Jennifer Connelly is one of the most popular American actresses who has been critically acclaimed for her acting performance and as a child model. Jennifer is an award winning actress and has entertained movie lovers by her fabulous acting performances. She has been working in the film industry ever since she was a teenager but finally got exposure in the year 2000 with her release Requiem for a Dream. Followed by her success in 2000, she won Oscar award for Best supporting role in the movie A Beautiful Mind, 2001.Jennifer was born in the year 1970, at the Catskill Mountains New York, to mother Eileen who was an antiques dealer and father Gerard Connelly, an owner of garment industry. Connelly 's primary education was in St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn , New York. While Jennifer was just a teenager, one of her uncles suggested going for an audition to a modeling agency. Her attractive looks and decent way of speaking gave her a chance in various newspaper and magazines ads. She then stepped towards movies and got her first supporting role in Segio Leone’s 1984. She was eleven at the time and was working quite comfortably. Next came Once Upon A Time In America (1982), Dario Argento’s Phenomenon (1985) and Seven Minutes In Heaven.It was at this time when Connelly was struggling in box office. Her movie fantasy , Labyrinth (1986) was not a success in box office but still fetched her lots of popularity. Hot Spot (1990) was also a moderately successful movie.
In 1991 she got a chance in big budget Disney movie The Rocketeer (1991)but the movie didn't do well at the box office. Connelly got a breakthrough late in 2000 with the release Requiem For A Dream. A Beautiful Mind (2001) earned her a well deserved Oscar . She appeared in few more commercially successful movies like Hulk and House Of Sand And Fog. Her role in horror movie Dark Water (2005) was also critically acclaimed. Now Connelly is a renowned actress and worked in films such as , Little Children, Blood Diamond and Reservation Road (2007).Next season,Jennifer will be acting along side her husband Paul Bettany in the movie Creation, about the life of Darwin. She is also playing the role of Helen Benson in her upcoming movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. In this movie, Connelly acts as an earthwomen that befriends an alien. Jennifer is finishing up a comedy role in, He’s Just Not That Into You. She is a also filming a new movie, “ Day†and will begin shooting next month at Vancouver. The movie is expected to be released in theaters on December 12, 2008.