Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly: Biography in Details

Who is Jennifer Connelly?

Jennifer Connelly is an American model and Academy Award-winning actress. She won the Academy Award in 2001 for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Alicia Nash in the movie The Beautiful Mind (2001).

Jennifer Connelly: Age(53 Years), Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Nationality

Jennifer Connelly was born on 12 December 1970 in Catskill Mountains, New York. Her nationality is American and has a mixed ethnicity of Jewish, Irish, and Norwegian.

She is the daughter of Gerard Connelly(father), a clothing manufacturer, and Eileen Connelly(mother), an antique dealer. Her father is Irish Norwegian and her mother is Jewish.

In which school did Jennifer Connelly attend?

Jennifer Connelly attended Saint Ann’s, a private Arts school. She along with her family moved to Woodstock in 1976. After living in Woodstock for four years, they returned back to Brooklyn Heights and she rejoined Saint Ann’s.

Jennifer Connelly: Professional Life, Career, and Awards

Jennifer Connelly was very beautiful since her childhood. Her beauty was noticed by a friend of her father at the age of ten and he suggested her for an audition for modeling.

Then, she began her career as a model, appearing in commercials, TV advertisements, newspapers, and on the covers of magazines such as Seventeen and Muppet Magazine. Her popularity as a model landed her a role in the movie Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

In 1995, she got her first major role as Jennifer Corvino in the film Phenomena. She appeared in the film Labyrinth in 1986. She also appeared in movies like Career Opportunities and The Rocketeer.

Her role as Jenny Blake in the film The Rocketeer was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her role as Anna in the movie Dark City was highly appreciated by the audience.

Since then, she has appeared in many films. She appeared as Alicia Nash in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind, based on Sylvia Nasar’s 1998 book.

Jennifer Connelly won Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award along with ten separate honors for her performance in that movie.

Later, she appeared in several movies like Hulk, Dark Water, Blood Diamond, and much more. Her role as Kathy Nicolo in the movie House of Sand and Frog was also nominated for several awards.

Since then, Jennifer Connelly has been working in many movies. She was listed on Top Sexiest Women and Most Beautiful Girls several times.

Besides her acting field, she became a human rights education ambassador for Amnesty International in 2005, and in 2012; she became the ambassador of Save the Children Fund.

Jennifer Connelly: Salary and Net Worth

Her hard work for a long period of time earned her a net worth of 50 million dollars as of 2023, but her salary is unknown.

Jennifer Connelly: Rumors, and Controversy

Talking about the rumors and controversy, there were rumors about her breakup and that also she is single again. Jennifer Connelly has not been in any controversy yet.

How tall is Jennifer Connelly?

Moving towards her body measurements, she has a good height is 5 Feet and 6 Inches (1.69 m) with a bodyweight of 61kg.

Her hair color is black and her eyes are green. Jennifer Connelly has an hourglass body with breast size 38, waist size 26, and hips size 37.

Her bra size is 34D, her dress size is 10 and her shoe size is 6.5.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Jennifer Connelly is active on various sorts of social media like Facebook and Instagram but she is not active on Twitter.

She has around 3.7 million followers on Facebook. She has more than 316k followers on Instagram.

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