Jennifer connelly

Born in the Catskill Mountains, New York, on December 12, 1973, Jennifer Lynn Connelly was an only child and spent most of her childhood in Brooklyn, where her father ran a textile business. He was a family friend, an executive from an advertising company, who suggested that little Jennifer go to a casting. That’s how, at the age of ten, she began working as a model and television commercial actress. “I wouldn’t let my son do it. It was fun for me not to go to school, to travel and meet different people, but it was not an easy way to grow. Honestly, I felt stupid ”, the actress later explained. The following year, she made her debut on the big screen, by the hand of a magnificent director, Sergio Leone , inOnce Upon a Time in America , an epic gangster story. And while his brief role drew attention, and he was not short of offers, the movies he was offered next didn’t keep up. In 1985 he plays his first leading role inDario Argento ‘s Phenomena , abloody by-product that was a huge success in Europe. more unnoticed happenedYouth Slips , a romantic comedy for teens.

Still, the late creator of the Muppets, Jim Henson , chose Connelly out of hundreds of hopefuls to star.Inside the Labyrinth , a fantasy story in which he travels to a magical world to save his brother, kidnapped by the Goblin king. He was accompanied by the musician David Bowie , and the usual dolls from the Henson factory.

And although he took advantage of his life studying English at Yale University, he wasted his talent on the movies. In the 90s, most of his movies are expendable, likeBurning lips , a risqué thriller from the unclassifiable Dennis Hopper . more entertaining wasRocketeer , a superhero that did not achieve the expected success, but the protagonist, Bill Campbell , became her boyfriend for some time. De amor y de sombra was a disappointing adaptation of a novel by Isabel Allende . “It was a very hard time. I came to decide that I would not work on something that did not really interest me, ”explains the actress. Although they hardly recruited her for important roles, she stayed afloat, with titles that did not sweep at the box office, but did have some impact, such asSeeds of rancor ,Mulholland Falls. The Hat Brigade ,The Abbotts’ secret andDarkCity . And although she had not become a star, she took a run and boards to face the new millennium, launching herself from the springboard into more difficult roles, as the impressive drug addict ofRequiem for a Dream . After a brief intervention inPollock finally established herself as a devoted wife who supported her husband, suffering from schizophrenia, the mathematician John Nash, inA wonderful mind . At that time she was a single mother, and on the set she met the man of her life, her co-star Paul Bettany , with whom she finally decided to settle down and get married on January 1, 2003. Furthermore, she will not forget this film for a longanother reason, because although until then she had not been nominated, the Hollywood academics noticed her talent and awarded her an Oscar. “I think the statuette has made me look like a safer bet, although personally I think I’m still the same.”

And from the wife of a math monster, she became the wife of a comic book monster, remembering that “green, I want you green” thing that Lorca wrote, because that’s the color ofHulk . For this, he placed himself under the orders of the prestigious Taiwanese director Ang Lee , whom he describes as “meticulous as a filmmaker.”

After such a long career, he is not afraid of any role, judging by what is known about him.House of sand and fog , his new work whose filming has just finished. Her character is a woman addicted to alcohol who has lost her house by not paying the mortgage…