Jennifer Lynn Connelly was born on 12 December 1970 in Cairo, in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, the daughter of Ilene and Gerard Karl Connelly – Jennifer has an Irish ancestry. She is an actress who started as a child model, but Jennifer is mostly known for her portrayal of Marion Silver in the science fiction movie “Requiem For A Dream” in 2000.
So how rich is Jennifer? As per the estimation by sources, Jennifer has a net worth of $32 million as of early 2016. Her career as an actress has helped her to gain riches as well as fame.
Jennifer Connelly Net Worth $32 Million
Daughter of an antiques dealer and a clothing manufacturer, Connelly was raised in Brooklyn Heights near the Brooklyn Bridge. She attended a private school specializing in arts, Saints Ann’s. Her family moved to Woodstock New York in 1976 in order to escape the city smog, but she returned to Saint Ann’s four years later. At the age of ten, as per the suggestion of her father’s friend, she auditioned as child model which was the first step to her career as an actor as well as a model.
Connelly having started as a child model at an age of ten. She appeared in her first movie at the age of 11, although with appearances in nine movies by the time she was 20, Connelly was yet to be praised for her skill or be known to the general public even though she had an early success. It was in 2000s that she finally found her deserved recognition through movies like “A Beautiful Mind” – winning an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award – and “Requiem For A Dream”. She also starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in movie “Blood Diamond” which was a commercially successful movie that helped boost her net worth as well as her fame.
She has made appearances in numerous other movies, among them “A Loft” “Stuck In Love”, and “Noah”. Initially finding romantic comedy suiting her talent and personality, she later went on to play mature roles in movies. Even at her young age as a child model, Connelly had been portrayed in magazines like Muppet Magazine and Seventeen. Connelly in 2005 was named as an Ambassador for Human Rights Education. She has also been a face for Revlon cosmetics. Connelly has been included by Time, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times and Esquire in their list of world’s most beautiful women.
Talking about her personal life, Connelly began her relation with her co-star Billy Campbell while filming the movie “The Rocketeer”, but they broke up in 1996 after five years of involvement. She then had her first son Kai with David Dugan in 1997. She married Paul Bettany in 2003, in Scotland, whom she had met during the filming of “A Beautiful Mind” – the couple shares three children. So with a net worth of $32 million dollars, Connelly currently lives with her family, acting as well as working for the welfare of children around the world.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2002), Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (2002), BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2002)
Nominations
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (1991), Independent Spirit Award (2000), Empire Award for Best Actress (2002), Satellite Award for Best Actress (2004)
Movies
“Requiem For A Dream” (2000), “A Beautiful Mind” (2001), “Requiem For A Dream” (2000), “Blood Diamond” (2006), “Aloft” (2014), “Stuck In Love” (2012), “Noah” (2014)
[on growing up with a Catholic father and a Jewish mother] Ultimately I'm an Irish Catholic Jew. I'm riddled with guilt!
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[about her son] I don't think I would be doing this quality of work if it hadn't been for my son. He's changed me. He's helped me to understand myself and find my place in the world.
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[on "The Ball Room Dance" scene, her favorite from Labyrinth (1986)]: I wore a beautiful silver ball gown, which was a refreshing change from the blue jeans I wore in almost every other scene. It was really a gorgeous set, with masses of huge chandeliers and thousands of flickering candles, hundreds of silken cushions and curtains, and masses of people in strange masks and ornate dresses. There was the thrill of dancing with David Bowie to one of the songs he composed especially for the film. There wasn't enough room, for technical reasons, to really dance around properly, but we just drifted slowly and gracefully (I hope!) to David's music, and he looked fabulous! It's all a sort of magical fantasy sequence inside a huge bubble.
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[talking about her son Kai Dugan]: We've already done plays together. Very short plays. He dictates them to me. Sometimes he casts me, sometimes he doesn't. And when I'm in the play, he'll sometimes say to me, "No Mom, you didn't say that right!"
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[Talking about her character in A Beautiful Mind (2001)]: Alicia is the person who's trying to ground John Nash in reality and bring him home, literally, and back to what he was. In "A Beautiful Mind", there are scenes that were painful and scary and sad. I didn't have to go through degradation as I did in Requiem for a Dream (2000), but there is a lot of emotional terrain in this movie. There's a tragedy in the family and it takes a toll on each of them as they try to live with each other.
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[talking about the films she did in the beginning of her career]: You don't want to get rid of your experiences, because they're your experiences - good or bad - and you need them, but it would be great if they weren't on the video shelf!
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I so much enjoy being able to completely allow myself to be consumed by a role, and really grow in the process,once you've done that, it's hard to go back working on things you don't care about.
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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.
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Fact
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The Best Supporting Actress Oscar statuette for A Beautiful Mind (2001) was presented to her by Benicio Del Toro (24 March 2002 / Kodak Theatre Los Angeles).
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Met husband-to-be Paul Bettany on the set of A Beautiful Mind (2001). The couple later married without ever dating in the interim.
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She has ADHD, for which she has been medicated ever since she was a kid.
Returned to work 10 months after giving birth to her daughter Agnes to begin filming Stuck in Love (2012).
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When she was 17 she auditioned for the role of Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988), but the part went to Jodie Foster.
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Princess Jasmine's appearance in the Disney animated film Aladdin (1992) was based and influenced on her, as well as the sister of her animator, Mark Henn.
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Gave birth to her daughter Agnes Lark Bettany, with husband Paul Bettany, at home in New York via scheduled water birth (31 May 2011).
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Expecting her third child [December 14, 2010].
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Has twice played a character named "Sarah Williams". First was in Labyrinth (1986), second was in Waking the Dead (2000).
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Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her son Stellan in order to begin filming Dark Water (2005).
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Returned to work 7 months after giving birth to her son Kai in order to begin filming Waking the Dead (2000).
Auditioned for the title role of Firestarter (1984).
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Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#54). [2007].
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Has an interest in mathematics and software.
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Is a vegan.
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Ranked as #88 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005).
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Ranked #85 in Askmen's "Most Desirable Woman" (2002).
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Ranked #74 in FHM-USA's "100 Sexiest Women" (2002).
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Ranked #53 in Stuff's "103 Sexiest Women" (2003).
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Ranked #14 in Celebrity Sleuth's "25 Sexiest Women of 1993".
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Has said she used to use the online username "ecksor", which is a phonetic spelling of XOR (Exclusive OR) - a tribute to her cousin Jerry who is a computer security expert.
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Enrolled at Yale as an English major, then transferred two years later to Stanford.
In three of her movies (Dark City (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), and House of Sand and Fog (2003)), 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.