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Jennifer Connelly

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Jennifer Connelly

Born December 12, 1970 in Cairo, New York, USA46 films

Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After having worked as a model for several years, she began to concentrate on acting, starring in a variety of films including the horror film Phenomena (1985), the musical fantasy film Labyrinth (1986), the romantic comedy Career Opportunities (1991), and the period superhero film The Rocketeer (1991). She received praise for her performance in the science fiction film Dark City (1998) and playing a drug addict in Darren Aronofsky's drama film Requiem for a Dream (2000).

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Connelly was named Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education in 2005. She has been the face of Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton fashion advertisements, as well as for Revlon cosmetics. In 2012, she was named the first global face of the Shiseido Company. Magazines, including Time, Vanity Fair, and Esquire, as well as the Los Angeles Times newspaper, have included her on their lists of the world's most beautiful women.

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Top Gun: Maverick posterFirst watchTop Gun: Maverick20228.2as Penny BenjaminAfter more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Requiem for a Dream poster8.0Requiem for a Dream2000Spider-Man: Homecoming poster7.3Spider-Man: Homecoming2017A Beautiful Mind poster7.9A Beautiful Mind2001Once Upon a Time in America poster8.4Once Upon a Time in America1984Blood Diamond poster7.6Blood Diamond2006Alita: Battle Angel poster7.3Alita: Battle Angel2019Dark City poster7.3Dark City19989 poster7.092009

Filmography

46 films as actor
  1. 2023Bad BehaviourLucy
  2. 2022Top Gun: MaverickPenny Benjamin
  3. 2019Alita: Battle AngelChiren
  4. 2017Only the BraveAmanda Marsh
  5. 2017Spider-Man: HomecomingKaren / Suit Lady (voice)
  6. 2016American PastoralDawn Levov
  7. 2014ShelterHannah
  8. 2014NoahNaameh
  9. 2014Winter's TaleVirginia Gamely
  10. 2014AloftNana Kunning
  11. 2013Stuck in LoveErica
  12. 2011Salvation BoulevardGwen Vanderveer
  13. 2011The DilemmaBeth
  14. 2010VirginiaVirginia
  15. 2009CreationEmma Darwin
  16. 20099#7 (voice)
  17. 2009He's Just Not That Into YouJanine
  18. 2008InkheartRoxanne
  19. 2008The Day the Earth Stood StillHelen Benson
  20. 2007Reservation RoadGrace Learner
  21. 2006Blood DiamondMaddy Bowen
  22. 2006Little ChildrenKathy Adamson
  23. 2005Dark WaterDahlia Williams
  24. 2003House of Sand and FogKathy
  25. 2003HulkBetty Ross
  26. 2001A Beautiful MindAlicia Nash
  27. 2000Requiem for a DreamMarion Silver
  28. 2000PollockRuth Kligman
  29. 2000Waking the DeadSarah Williams
  30. 1998Dark CityEmma Murdoch
  31. 1997Inventing the AbbottsEleanor Abbott
  32. 1996Far HarborEllie
  33. 1996Mulholland FallsAllison Pond
  34. 1995Out ThereWoman in Grocery Line (uncredited)
  35. 1995Higher LearningTaryn
  36. 1994Of Love and ShadowsIrene
  37. 1992The Heart of JusticeEmma Burgess
  38. 1991The RocketeerJenny Blake
  39. 1991Career OpportunitiesJosie McClellan
  40. 1990The Hot SpotGloria Harper
  41. 1989EtoileClaire Hamilton / Natalie Horvath
  42. 1988Some GirlsGabriella
  43. 1986LabyrinthSarah
  44. 1986Seven Minutes in HeavenNatalie Becker
  45. 1985PhenomenaJennifer Corvino
  46. 1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaYoung Deborah