Jennifer Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to Ilene on a necklace. Her favorite colors are cobalt blue, forest green, and "very pale green/gray -- sort of like the color of the sea". She likes to draw.
Has a son, Kai Dugan (born 1997), with photographer David Dugan.
Cut a single in Japan, which she sang in phonetic Japanese. She says her agent made up the idea that she is semi-fluent in the language.
Is fluent in French and Italian.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
The character Veronica in Heathers was originally written with her in mind, but she turned the role down.
Daughter-in-law of actor Thane Bettany and Anne Kettle.
First child with husband Paul Bettany , a son named Stellan Bettany , born 5 August, 2003. Stellans Godfather is the actor Charlie Condou , Pauls best friend.
Her father was of Irish and Norwegian heritage. Her mother was from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland and Russia).
Named her son Stellan after Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgrd.
In three of her movies ( Dark City , Requiem for a Dream , and House of Sand and Fog ), she appears standing at the end of a pier in a striking image. All three directors created the shots for different reasons, and they are not an homage or reference to each other, just a coincidence.
She was nearly cast as Diane Court in Cameron Crowe s Say Anything... . Ione Skye got the part instead.
Enrolled at Yale as an English major, then transferred two years later to Stanford.
Ranked #14 in Celebrity Sleuths "25 Sexiest Women of 1993".
Ranked #53 in Stuffs "103 Sexiest Women".
Ranked #74 in FHM-USAs "100 Sexiest Women".
Ranked #85 in Askmens "Most Desirable Woman".
Ranked as #88 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement..
Is a vegan.
Has an interest in mathematics and software.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#54). [2007].
Auditioned for the title role of Firestarter .
With A Beautiful Mind and Reservation Road , has now played the wife of Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix , who both appeared in Gladiator = Crowe as the hero and Phoenix as the villain.
Is an only child.
The Day the Earth Stood Still , in which she starred, opened on her 38th birthday. December 12, 2008.
Returned to work 7 months after giving birth to her son Kai in order to begin filming Waking the Dead .
Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her son Stellan in order to begin filming Dark Water .
Has twice played a character named "Sarah Williams". First was in Labyrinth , second was in Waking the Dead .
Expecting her third child [December 14, 2010].
Gave birth to her daughter Agnes Lark Bettany, with husband Paul Bettany , at home in New York via scheduled water birth (31 May 2011).
Princess Jasmines appearance in the Disney animated film Aladdin was based and influenced on her, as well as the sister of her animator, Mark Henn.
When she was 17 she auditioned for the role of Sarah Tobias in The Accused , but the part went to Jodie Foster.
Returned to work 10 months after giving birth to her daughter Agnes to begin filming Stuck in Love .
Was the 120th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for A Beautiful Mind at The 74th Annual Academy Awards on March 24, 2002.
Is one of 13 actresses who won their Best Supporting Actress Oscars in a movie that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for A Beautiful Mind ). The others are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind , Teresa Wright for Mrs. Miniver , Celeste Holm for Gentlemans Agreement , Mercedes McCambridge for All the Kings Men , Donna Reed for From Here to Eternity , Eva Marie Saint for On the Waterfront , Rita Moreno for West Side Story , Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer , Juliette Binoche for The English Patient , Judi Dench for Shakespeare in Love , Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago and Lupita Nyongo for 12 Years a Slave .
Is one of 22 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of New York. The others are Alice Brady , Teresa Wright , Anne Revere , Celeste Holm , Claire Trevor , Judy Holliday , Shirley Booth , Susan Hayward , Patty Duke , Anne Bancroft , Barbra Streisand , Jane Fonda , Lee Grant , Beatrice Straight , Whoopi Goldberg , Mercedes Ruehl , Marisa Tomei , Mira Sorvino , Susan Sarandon , Melissa Leo and Anne Hathaway.
She has ADHD, for which she has been medicated ever since she was a kid.
Met husband-to-be Paul Bettany on the set of A Beautiful Mind . The couple later married without ever dating in the interim.
The Best Supporting Actress Oscar statuette for A Beautiful Mind was presented to her by Benicio Del Toro (24 March 2002 / Kodak Theatre Los Angeles).
Was considered for the role of "Catherine Tramell" in Basic Instinct , which went to Sharon Stone.
According to Marvel producer Kevin Feige , the choice to have her voice the A.I. suit in Spider-Man: Homecoming was done as a homage to her appearance in John Hughes productions, which the superhero film pays tribute to, and as a meta joke as her husband Paul Bettany voices the A.I. suit of Iron Man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Born on the same date as Mdchen Amick.
Acting is great. When it works it is so fulfilling. You do the research,and work with other talented people who are creative and compassionate,and use all your faculties. The ability to express yourself completely,is the most wonderful feeling in the world. Each film is a chapter in,my life wherein I learn so much more about myself.
