Born in New York's Catskill Mountains on Dec. 12, 1970, Jennifer Connelly grew up in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. She began appearing as a model in print ads at age 10 and eventually landed gigs in TV commercials.Connelly's first film role was in director Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and she followed up with Phenomena (1985). After taking time off to attend Stanford University, she played smaller parts in movies such as The Rocketeer (1991) and Of Love and Shadows (1994).
Starting with Dark City in 1998, Connelly starred in a string of critically acclaimed films that included Requiem for a Dream and Pollock (both 2000), culminating in a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in A Beautiful Mind (2001). After tackling the big-budget actioner Hulk (2003), she earned high praise for her portrayal of the emotionally confused Kathy Nicolo in House of Sand and Fog (2003).
A Beautiful MindJohn Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) was a brilliant economist -- when his mind was clear. But life changed forever with the revelation that he was schizophrenic, although his brilliance persisted amidst the anguish his mental illness caused for him and his wife (Jennifer Connelly). Ron Howard... Read More
The Day the Earth Stood StillIn this updated version of the 1951 classic sci-fi thriller, Keanu Reeves stars as an alien named Klaatu who's sent to Earth to warn the leaders of the world about the consequences of their dangerous ways. Joined by a heavily armed robot companion, Klaatu informs the people of Earth that the... Read More
House of Sand and FogWhen her husband dumps her, the emotionally unstable Kathy Nicolo (Jennifer Connelly) finds her house in the California hills seized in foreclosure and put up for public auction by local authorities, including a sympathetic sheriff's deputy (Ron Eldard). An exiled Iranian air force colonel (Ben... Read More
LabyrinthIn this Jim Henson-directed fantasy, teenage Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) embarks on a life-altering quest when she attempts to rescue her little brother, Toby (Toby Froud), from the clutches of treacherous Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie), who lives in a castle surrounded by a giant labyrinth.... Read More
HulkThe classic comic book makes its big-screen debut under the imaginative direction of Ang Lee. Researcher Dr. Bruce Banner's (Eric Bana) failed experiments cause him to mutate into a powerful and savage green-skinned hulk when he loses control of his emotions. And the only person who seems to stand... Read More
The Dilemma (2011) | PG-13 | |
Salvation Boulevard (2011) | NR | |
What's Wrong With Virginia (2010) | R | |
Creation (2009) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Reservation Road (2007) | R | |
R | ||
Little Children (2006) | R | |
Dark Water (2005) | UR | |
Movies 101 (2005) | NR | |
Hulk (2003) | PG-13 | |
House of Sand and Fog (2003) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Pollock (2000) | R | |
Requiem for a Dream (2000) | UR | |
Waking the Dead (1999) | R | |
Dark City: Director's Cut (1998) | NR | |
R | ||
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) | R | |
Mulholland Falls (1996) | R | |
Far Harbor (1996) | R | |
Higher Learning (1995) | R | |
Of Love and Shadows (1994) | R | |
The Rocketeer (1991) | PG | |
Career Opportunities (1991) | PG-13 | |
The Hot Spot (1990) | R | |
R | ||
Labyrinth (1986) | PG | |
R | ||
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | R | |
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