Who is Snowpiercer star Jennifer Connelly? Age, movies, family and Labyrinth child star past
FANS of Jennifer Connelly are thrilled that the actress has swapped the big screen for the small one for new TNT series Snowpiercer.
The Hollywood star has enjoyed an incredible film career, which includes being the teenage star of an 80s cult classic film.
Who is Jennifer Connelly?
Jennifer is a 49-year-old American actress born on December 12, 1970.
She spent most of her childhood in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of New York City.
Jen began modeling at the age of 10, appearing in print advertisements and television commercials.
Her first film appearance was in a small part in Sergio Leone’s gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America (1984).
What are Jennifer Connelly's biggest movies?
As a teen, Jennifer had leading roles in several films, including Jim Henson’s children’s film Labyrinth (1986).
It was in this movie, which she starred in opposite the late David Bowie, that she became a Hollywood star.
Her other big films include:
- The Rocketeer (1991)
- Mulholland Falls (1996)
- Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- Pollock (2000)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) - for which she won a Oscar for.
- Blood Diamond (2006)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
- Creation (2009)
- Noah (2014)
- American Pastoral (2016)
- Only the Brave (2017)
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Snowpiercer premiered on TNT on May 17, which is Jennifer's newest acting credit.
The show is a sci-fi TV series based on a graphic novel about a dystopian world in which the survivors of the human race are stuck on board a forever-moving train.
Jennifer plays Melanie Cavill, a first class passenger on the train and is the Voice of the Train, making any announcements.
Many of the first class passengers dismiss the lower-class passengers, but Melanie is intrigued by them.
At the end of the first in this ten-episode series, it's revealed that Melanie is actually Mr. Wilfred, the character that invented the Snowpiercer to begin with.
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Is Jennifer Connelly married and does she have children?
Jennifer is married to actor Paul Bettany and they currently call Brooklyn, New York their home.
The couple met while filming 2002's A Beautiful Mind and tied the knot in 2003.
They have two children, daughter Agnes and son Stellan.
Jennifer's son Kai from a previous relationship with photographer John Dugan is also part of the family.