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.
