Jennifer Connelly:1980's Teen Model

 

Jennifer Connelly: 1980's Teen Model

 

Jennifer Lynn Connelly

(born December 12, 1970)

was born in Cairo, New York, in the Catskill Mountains.

 

Jennifer Connelly (Once Upon a Time in America,1984)

At the age of 14

 

Jennifer Connelly has long been a mainstay in Hollywood. Born on Dec. 12, 1970, as noted by Hello!, Connelly has spent most of her life in front of a camera in one way or another. She started off her career in show business as a child model and quickly pivoted to acting, landing her big break in Labyrinth. Connelly seemed to avoid the child star curse, although that doesn't mean she escaped completely unscathed. Connelly has maintained a successful career throughout her life, but it's a career that has had some major ups and downs. Connelly got through her hardships, though, and is now thriving.

 

Connelly seems to have struck the ideal work-life balance, continuing to act as well as spend time with her family, which includes her husband, fellow actor Paul Bettany, and her three children. Clearly, Connelly has changed a lot since her early years in the acting industry. Here's a closer look at her stunning transformation.

 

Connelly seems to have struck the ideal work-life balance, continuing to act as well as spend time with her family, which includes her husband, fellow actor Paul Bettany, and her three children. Clearly, Connelly has changed a lot since her early years in the acting industry. Here's a closer look at her stunning transformation.

 

Jennifer Connelly started modeling at the age of 10

Being a child star led to an unhappy adolescence for Jennifer Connelly

Labyrinth was Jennifer Connelly's big break

 Jennifer Connelly studied at Yale and Stanford

 Being a child star didn't mean that Jennifer Connelly completely missed out on a normal adolescence. 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 told The Telegraph that she initially attempted to study physics but "just bombed."

 

After two years of college, Connelly transferred to Stanford, but never finished her degree. In an interview with the Independent, she revealed that she hadn't been "looking for a vocation" in college, but instead she just wanted her "own private self-edifying experience outside of the movies." She decided to return to acting, saying she found she enjoyed it a lot more as an adult. "I went through a bad patch, but when it's good it's great, it's really great," she said of her career.

Connelly still uses a lot of what she studied in college and enjoys reading and writing poems.

 

Jennifer Connelly struggled to be seen as a serious actress

Starring in Waking the Dead was a turning point in Jennifer Connelly's career

Jennifer Connelly (Once Upon a Time in America,1984) At age of 14

"Deborah's Theme" Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in America)

 

Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas .

Jennifer Connelly is that on top of being a pretty decent actress and a beautiful woman.