Jennifer Connelly Biography

Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly has proven her versatility as an actress. Connelly received a Golden Globe, BAFTA, AFI, Broadcast Critics and Academy Awardâ for her role in Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind. She most recently completed production on The House of Sand and Fog, directed by Vadim Perelman and starring opposite Ben Kingsley. Connelly starred in the critically acclaimed film by Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream. Her haunting portrayal of a drug addict earned her an Independent Film Spirit Award nomination. Connelly also starred in Ed Harris' highly acclaimed film, Pollock, as well as in Keith Gordon's Waking the Dead, opposite Billy Crudup. Her other film credits include Pat O'Connor's Inventing the Abbotts, also starring opposite Billy Crudup; Lee Tamahori's 1950's crime drama, Mulholland Falls; John Singleton's controversial film, Higher Learning; Of Love and Shadows, directed by Betty Kaplan and co-starring Antonio Banderas; The Rocketeer, directed by Joe Johnston; and the comedy, Career Opportunities, written by John Hughes, as well as Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time in America.