Requiem for a Dream, Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly has been in some fantastic and/or critically acclaimed movies (Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind, ..), some movies that I liked but others did not (Dark Water), and some really crappy ones (Hulk).
I still have not seen the classic Jennifer Connelly –David Bowie movie, Labyrinth.
But her presence in a movie, regardless of the plot, sure as hell brightens it up for me — even when it’s an extremely depressing movie like House of Sand and Fog where she is a practicing addict who just can’t seem to get her shit together.
Jennifer Lynn Connelly, an American Oscar-winning film actress, was born December 12, 1970. Although she has been working in the film industry since she was a teenager, and was catapulted to fame on the basis of her appearances in films like Labyrinth and Career Opportunities, she did not receive critical acclaim for her work until the 2000 drama Requiem for a Dream ( a pretty damn rough movie to watch), and the 2001 biography A Beautiful Mind, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
There is one feature in particular that makes Jennifer Connelly climb to the higher regions of the lists of women I find physically appealing, and if you, dear reader, ever read what I write on here about the beautiful women I celebrate on this pictorial blog – and you probably do not read this, you just look at the pictures – you can surely guess what feature I’m going on and on about.
She has outstanding eyes!
Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York to Gerard Connelly (a clothing manufacturer) and Eileen (an antiques dealer); Connelly’s father is a Catholic of Irish and Norwegian descent, while her mother’s family consists of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland. Jennifer was raised in Brooklyn Heights, in Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Bridge, attended St. Ann’s School, except for four years the family spent living in Woodstock, New York. One of her father’s friends he knew through the garment trade was an advertising executive.
This advertising executive friend of Jennifer’s father suggested Jennifer audition at a modeling agency. At the age of 10, her career started in newspaper and magazine ads, then moved to television commercials.
Jennifer has thick black eyebrows. Most women do a lot more plucking than Jennifer. Oh, I am not saying they are bushy or anything; I’m not complaining. Basically, Jennifer Connelly has this wonderful natural look that is so damn appealing to me.
Horror Movie – Dark Water
DARK WATER approaches modern domestic anxiety from an original angle: that of a devoted mother who will go to unimaginable lengths to protect her daughter from an apartment that threatens to literally unleash a torrent of fury. Studying the mind-bending, heart-stopping territory where everyday reality encounters the darkest supernatural mysteries.
Acclaimed director Walter Salles (“Central Station,” “The Motorcycle Diaries”) makes his Hollywood debut bringing to life a tale of psychological terror that probes unsettling questions about where we live, who we can trust and the things that we fear the most, DARK WATER revisits anew an original Japanese short story by highly regarded horror writer Koji Suzuki, author of “The Ring”. The screenplay was written by Rafael Yglesias. Who also wrote Roman Polanski’s “Death and the Maiden,” Peter Weir’s “Fearless,” an adaptation of his own novel.
Jennifer Connelly Resources
IMDB – Jennifer Connelly Filmography
Ask Men – Jennifer Connelly
A decent bio on Jennifer Connelly
Palace of Horror – Jennifer Connelly
June 16, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Yes, I think Jennifer is talented…but would like to point out that she was not in Hulk. That was Liv Tyler. It would have been nicer with Jennifer though
I love Labyrinth, and appreciate the fact that she doesn’t look like every other woman. I wonder if there’s a man equivalent to her for me somewhere 
April 7, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Jennifer Connelly was in the previous incarnation of Hulk, but not the most recent one.