Jennifer Connelly

John Carpenter

…arpenter hired Bill Lancaster to adapt the novel into a script, which was completed in mid-1982. Carpenter had ear-marked Burt Lancaster to star as "Rainbird" and 12-year-old Jennifer Connelly as "Charly" but when The Thing was a box-office disappointment, Universal replaced Carpenter with M...

Jennifer Connelly

• Birth Name Jennifer Lynn Connelly
• Nickname Jenny C
  
• Write biography Jean Bergeron
  Roger Dalazen<[email protected]>
  
• Spouse Paul Bettany (1 January 2003 - present); 1 child
  
• Trade Mark Often plays intelligent, thoughtful characters.
  
• Other Work Music video: Appeared (with Jason Priestley) in Roy Orbison's video "I Drove AllNight".
  Music video: Appeared in Claudio Simonetti video "Jennifer" withElena Pompei.
  Music video: Appeared in Duran Duran's concert film 'As The Lights Go Down'.
  Music video: She had a small part in a Simon Milne-directed music video for theDuran Duran song "Union of the Snake" (released in 1984, it was part ofthe "Dancing on the Valentine" video EP and later ...
  Music video: Appeared in the Joe Satriani video 'Always With Me, Always With You" (from the album "Surfing with the Alien").
  
• Personal quotes Acting is great. When it works it is so fulfilling. You do the researchand work with other talented people who are creative and compassionateand use all your faculties. The ability to express yourself...
  I so much enjoy being able to completely allow myself to be consumed bya role, and really grow in the process,once you've done that, it's hardto go back working on things you don't care about.
  [talking about the films she did in the beginning of her career]: Youdon't want to get rid of your experiences, because they're yourexperiences - good or bad - and you need them, but it would be great...
  [Talking about her character in A Beautiful Mind (2001)]: Aliciais the person who's trying to ground John Nash in reality and bring himhome, literally, and back to what he was. In "A Beautiful Mind", ...
  [talking about her son Kai Dugan]: We've already done playstogether. Very short plays. He dictates them to me. Sometimes he castsme, sometimes he doesn't. And when I'm in the play, he'll sometimes say...
  [on "The Ball Room Dance" scene, her favorite fromLabyrinth (1986)]: I wore a beautiful silver ball gown, whichwas a refreshing change from the blue jeans I wore in almost everyother scene. It was rea...
  
• Salary _Hulk, The (2003)_: $1,500,000.00
  Hulk (2003): $1,500,000.00
  
• Article "The Washington Post" (USA), 12 December 2008, Vol. 132, Iss. 7, pg. 28 in Weekend section, by: Ellen McCarthy, "Jennifer Connelly Doesn't Stand Still"
  "Platinum Series" (Greece), December 2005, pg. 25, "Stoihiomeno nero"
  "Movieline's Hollywood Life" (USA), April 2005, Vol. 14, Iss. 15, pg. 50-51, by: Queenan, Joe, ""Tragic Muse?""
  "The Sun" (UK), 19 March 2002, pg. 30+31, by: Clodagh Hartley, "A Beautiful Body"
  "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 22 February 2002, Vol. -, Iss. 640/641, pg. 54-55, by: Benjamin Svetkey, "Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly"
  "People Weekly" (USA), 4 February 2002, pg. 73-74, "Beautiful Minder"
  
• Pictorial "Er is post!" (Netherlands), January 2010, Iss. 1
  "V Magazine" (USA), 2005, Iss. 38, pg. 91+93-97+99, by: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, "The Real Thing"
  "Celebrity Skin" (USA), September 2004, Iss. 132, pg. 104, by: staff, "Top 100 Sexiest Stars #21: Jennifer Connelly"
  "Celebrity Skin" (USA), November 2003, Vol. 27, Iss. 122, pg. 33, by: staff, "Top Requests: Jennifer Connelly"
  "Playboy" (USA), October 2003, Vol. 50, Iss. 10, pg. 38, by: staff, "Sleaze Frame: jennifer Connelly"
  "Celebrity Skin" (USA), May 2003, Vol. 25, Iss. 116, pg. 90-91, by: staff, "Celebrity Skin Hall of Fame: Jennifer Connelly"
  
• Cover Photo "Elegance" (Netherlands), February 2010
  "Marie Claire" (USA), December 2008
  "Vogue" (USA), November 2007
  "Glamour" (USA), February 2007
  "Cosmopolitan" (France), January 2007
  "Platinum Series" (Greece), December 2005
  
• Filmography

  American Pastoral (2011) Drama

  Cheaters (2011) Comedy

  Salvation Boulevard (2011) Thriller

  9 (2009/I) Sci-Fi

  Creation (2009/I) Biography

  Labyrinth (1986) Musical

  What's Wrong with Virginia (2010) Drama

  "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#17.71)}

  '9': The Long and the Short of It (2009) (V) Short

  '9': U-Control Picture in Picture (2009) (V) Documentary