[3][4] Her father was Roman Catholic, and of Irish and Norwegian descent. Jennifer Lynn Connelly or more famously known as Jennifer Connelly, is one of the most known American origin actresses who started her career as a child model. Spider-Man: Homecoming currently enjoys a 4.12 out of 5 on ComicBook.com's anticipation rankings. 'I'm not going to cast the girl who was in that movie for this adult project.' [61] Initially, director Keith Gordon was reluctant to cast Connelly in this role as he did not consider her a serious actress. On top of that, she voiced Karen, the voice of Tom Holland’s first Stark Spider-Man suit in Spider-Man: Homecoming.. [124], On January 1, 2003, in a private family ceremony in Scotland, she married actor Paul Bettany, whom she had met while working on A Beautiful Mind. She is the daughter of Ilene, an antiques dealer, and Gerard Karl Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Jennifer Connelly. [71] Roger Ebert wrote, "Jennifer Connelly is luminous as Alicia. 1 (2000), and director … [110][111] The film was premiered during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Jennifer Connelly and her husband, Paul Bettany. Connelly isn’t exactly a million years old – far from it – but she’s a bit … She was designed as an aid for Spider-Man similar to J.A.R.V.I.S. [128], On November 14, 2005, Connelly was named Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education. Quotes . Pacific actors. [132], In February 2012, Connelly was announced as the first global brand ambassador for Shiseido, having previously worked with the company in the 1980s in a series of advertisements for the Japanese market. Although the Austin Chronicle's review wrote "Vaughn nails it, and his nicely nuanced everyguy performance is aided by the always-excellent Connelly,"[103] the film opened to generally negative reviews. She’s not very tech-savvy. [5] Connelly's mother was Jewish,[6][7] and was educated at a yeshiva;[8][9] all of Connelly's maternal great-grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland and Russia. 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Her agent Risa Shapiro persuaded him to watch Connelly's performance in Far Harbor. [32], In 1990, Dennis Hopper directed The Hot Spot, in which Connelly played Gloria Harper, a woman being blackmailed. [131] In May 2012, Connelly was named ambassador for Save the Children fund, to advocate for children's rights in the United States and worldwide. It was a very peculiar way to grow up, combined with my personality. [15] Her parents sent a picture of her to the Ford Modeling Agency, which shortly after added her to its roster. Magazines, including Time, Vanity Fair and Esquire, as well as the Los Angeles Times newspaper, have included her on their lists of the world's most beautiful women. Shopping. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Homecoming Swings To Top Of Opening Weekend Box Office. [91] Variety magazine praised her portrayal: "Despite its layer of darkness Connelly gives a really rich performance as a woman whose principles back her into a corner". Jennifer Connelly Celebrity Profile - Check out the latest Jennifer Connelly photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at Rotten Tomatoes! [34], Connelly's next film was the 1991 romantic comedy Career Opportunities, starring alongside Frank Whaley. Info. [129] She appeared in an advertisement highlighting the global need for clean water, and sought donations for African, Indian, and Central American drilling projects for the non-profit organization Charity: Water. All rights reserved. In the 2010s, she took on supporting roles in Aronofsky's epic film Noah (2014) and in the action film Alita: Battle Angel (2019). Her performance, and the similarity of her nose to Elizabeth McGovern's, who played the character as an adult, convinced the director to cast her. Producer Michael London said about Connelly's portrayal: "I think she understood Kathy and knew in her bones that she could take this character and give her the kind of dimension that she had. By Matthew Aguilar I found it really compelling that both sides do things that are morally questionable, because life is often like that." [65] Howard and the producers eventually chose Connelly and Crowe due to their onscreen chemistry. - September 5, 2017 03:29 pm EDT. [102], In 2011, Connelly starred in Ron Howard's comedy The Dilemma with Vince Vaughn. [122], While filming The Rocketeer, Connelly began a romance with her co-star Billy Campbell, which lasted for five years before they broke up in 1996. Spoilers incoming for Spider-Man: Homecoming, so if you haven't seen it yet you've been warned. [86] By her own account, the character she played in the film proved tougher than any of her previous roles. [107] During the same year, Connelly recorded an audiobook version of Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky, which integrates the A-List Collection of Audible.com, released in March 2012. Connelly appears in the film under the official title of "Karen/Suit Lady", as she is the voice of the A.I. There is a difference, and because of that difference, Dark Water works". A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Take a visual walk through her career and see 3 images of the characters she's voiced. Connelly has described herself as a conscientious student who "wasn't really concerned with having a social life or sleeping or eating much. "[120] Indiewire wrote that Connelly conveyed the role with a "steady hand",[121] while St. Paul Pioneer Press defined her interpretation as "compelling". Scott of The New York Times said, "There is, for one thing, Ms. Connelly, keen and spirited in the underwritten role of a woman who starts out as a math groupie and soon finds herself the helpmeet of a disturbed, difficult man."[73]. [46] The critic from Entertainment Weekly thought Connelly gave a strong performance; writing she "raises the stakes any time she’s on screen". Connelly said afterwards, "[A Beautiful Mind] is the film I'm really proud of and really love. But, some might not remember that Jennifer Connelly voiced Friday (another A.I. [23][24] Connelly described the movie as "an incredibly idyllic introduction to movie-making". [100] Connelly described the film as a "very different" and "very personal". [95] Connelly then voiced the character named "7", an adventurous warrior in the animated film 9. [49][50] Author Sean McMullen wrote, "Jennifer Connelly is visually splendid as the 1940s femme fatale (Emma). [79] In his review, critic Roger Ebert wrote, "I cared about the Jennifer Connelly character; she is not a horror heroine but an actress playing a mother faced with horror. Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American film actress and former child model who is well known for her role as Alicia Nash in the 2001 biographical drama film, A Beautiful Mind, which earned her an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. Connelly appears in the film under the official title of "Karen/Suit Lady", as she is the voice of the A.I. [17] Upon release, A Beautiful Mind was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than US$313 million worldwide. Connelly was named Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education in 2005. Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor. In the film, she plays a girl who psychically communicates with insects to pursue the killer of students of the Swiss school where she has enrolled. [62] The New York Times described her performance, "As Sarah, Ms. Connelly captures a burning ethereality and willfulness that are very much of the period. Connelly was born in Cairo, New York, in the Catskill Mountains. [33] The film was a box office failure but Connelly was praised. [67] For her performance, Connelly earned a Golden Globe,[68] an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress,[69] and a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. [82] New York magazine praised her performance: "Connelly is such a smart, sane, unhistrionic actress that she almost disguises the fact that her character is a wheeze. [118] Variety deemed her appearance "solid but underused",[119] while Detroit News stated "Connelly has too little to do, but when she lets go, she hits hard. [38] She appeared alongside Jason Priestley in the Roy Orbison music video for "I Drove All Night" the following year, directed by Peter Care. 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[60], Also in 2000, Connelly appeared in Waking the Dead, based on the 1986 novel of the same name, playing Sarah Williams, an activist killed by a car bomb in Minneapolis while she was driving Chilean refugees (Sarah Williams was also the name of Connelly's character in Labyrinth). and playing Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), as well as the miniseries WandaVision (2021). [89] This was followed by a role in the 2009 romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You, which also featured Jennifer Aniston and Ginnifer Goodwin. Marvel’s cleverly roped Connelly in to give them to give the pair of Artificial Intelligence programmes a real-life connection beyond what’s on screen. That is, it makes us feel like voyeurs when looking at it, but it's so juicily erotic that we can hardly look away". Her father had Irish and Norwegian ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish immigrant family. [85] After her son dies in a hit-and-run, Grace gradually tries to overcome her grief, while her husband Ethan (Phoenix) becomes obsessed with discovering who killed him. 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In 1995, director John Singleton cast Connelly as a lesbian college student in Higher Learning. That gives him full access to the suit's true capabilities, including Connelly's A.I. Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970), is an American film actress and former child model who started modeling after a friend of her parents suggested an audition. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. After that Black Panther debuts on February 16, 2018, while Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on May 4, 2018. [35] People magazine criticized the film for exploiting Connelly's body; the marketing included a life-size cardboard cutout showing Whaley watching Connelly ride a mechanical horse, with the caption "He's about to have the ride of his life". [15] The cast garnered critical acclaim for their portrayal of physical and mental degradation.[60]. [116] The Washington Post declared Connelly and Crowe's performances "impressively grounded, powerful";[117] The Denver Post felt that Connelly portrayed the role with "fine intelligence". 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[93] Set during the writing of On the Origin of Species, the movie depicts Darwin's struggle with the subject of the book as well as with his wife, who opposed his theories, and their mourning for their daughter Annie. [99] Connelly prepared for the role by watching documentaries on schizophrenia; she also spent time at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the New York University's Cancer Center to understand the affections and obstacles of her character. I've felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel really strongly about and the rest of the time just live my life. Share. Watch later. [75], Next in 2003, she appeared in House of Sand and Fog, a drama based on the novel by Andre Dubus III. [80], She played Kathy Adamson in an adaptation of the novel Little Children alongside Kate Winslet, a film which focuses on the relationship between Sarah Pierce (played by Winslet) and Brad Adamson (Patrick Wilson). [39][40], Connelly next appeared in Of Love and Shadows, a 1994 Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan starring Antonio Banderas. [84], Her next appearance was as Grace in the drama Reservation Road with Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo, released in 2007. In 2012, she was named the first global face of the Shiseido Company. [16], When her mother began taking her to acting auditions, a then 12-year-old Connelly was quickly selected for a supporting role as the aspiring dancer and actress Deborah Gelly in Sergio Leone's Jewish gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America (filmed 1982–83, released 1984). Peter is able to remove the suit's tracker so Tony Stark can't know his whereabouts. I liked the fact that there is no good guy and bad guy. 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