Jennifer Connelly has long been a mainstay in Hollywood.
Connelly seemed to avoid the child star curse, although that doesn’t mean she escaped completely unscathed.
Connelly got through her hardships, though, and is now thriving.
Clearly, Connelly has changed a lot since her early years in the acting industry.
Here’s a closer look at her stunning transformation.
Connelly hadn’t enjoyed modeling, but acting proved to be a better fit for her skills and interests.
For a time, she was even unaware of this herself.
When she was a teenager, she appeared in some commercials in Japan.
Connelly’s reaction to being told she had a no.
1 single in Japan was one of shock.
It would also turn out to be one of her most memorable roles.
“He was lovely,” she said.
“He was just a nice, sweet guy cracking jokes and friendly with the crew.”
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She decided to take a break from acting to go to college.
She initially enrolled at Yale, where she studied English, but ended up transferring to Stanford.
Connelly toldThe Telegraphthat she initially attempted to study physics but “just bombed.”
After two years of college, Connelly transferred to Stanford, but never finished her degree.
She decided to return to acting, saying she found she enjoyed it a lot more as an adult.
Connelly still uses a lot of what she studied in college and enjoys reading and writing poems.
“That poster, it popped,” co-producer Hunt Lowry said (viaYahoo!
“It became a star unto itself.
I remember seeing it at the time and saying, ‘Wow, this is something.’
It caught everyone’s eye, I can tell you that.”
Whaley added that he believed that audiences were only interested in watching the female lead.
Instead, people saw her talent as superficial.
While she was recognized as a sex symbol, she wanted to be respected for her art.
Part of the problem was that Connelly wasn’t being selective enough in the roles she was taking on.
I don’t want to be that girl in that tank top right now."
Connelly revealed that she “really campaigned for” the part and auditioned for it twice.
Filmmaker Keith Gordon was initially reluctant to cast her in the film.
Gordon was blown away by her performance.
“Waking the Dead” opened the door to meatier roles for Connelly.
Not only was she responsible for another human life, but her approach to her career was also transformed.
She added that, while motherhood has influenced her acting, her job has also affected her parenting.
The actress revealed that there’s no great secret to juggling her career with her family.
It’s “just a matter of … looking at calendars,” said Connelly.
The couple first met in 2000 on the set of “A Beautiful Mind.”
The couple met again “months and months” after “A Beautiful Mind” wrapped.
Both were single by that time, and Bettany asked Connelly out.
She added, “If I’m not feeling cross, I look a little bit cross.
I can’t help it.
It’s just my face.”
Connelly also tends to gravitate towards more serious roles for another reason.
The actress admitted that the types of roles she typically takes on have influenced how people think of her.
She insisted that, in real life, though, she isn’t “a particularly sad person.”
Connelly continued, “I don’t feel bereft or depressed.
I don’t think of myself as chilly.”
The actress was quite reclusive in her younger years.
When she was in college, she kept to herself, although this wasn’t entirely by choice.
She threw herself into her schoolwork instead of developing a social life.
“Going to premieres is not my idea of a fun night out,” she said.
She’s not being chauffeured around in a limo on her trips, either.
In 2017, she was one of the actresses in the growing #MeToo movement who condemnedHarvey Weinstein.
She decried his actions as “a violation of human rights.”
HerIMDb profileshows that she’ll often take two years between projects.
She has no regrets over her more sporadic acting schedule.
“And that’s wonderful.
My job really suits me.”
While a science fiction production, “Snowpiercer” is also a stark examination of class inequality and capitalism.
“These days, the films made for theatrical release have to be spectacles,” she said.
Connelly plays a character who was mentioned in the first film.
Tom Cruise confirmed Connelly’s involvement in the film in 2018, tellingExtrathat he’s an admirer of Connelly.
“She is enormously talented,” he said.
“She’s gonna be amazing in the movie.”
