Jennifer Connelly
Also Known As: Jennifer Lynn Connelly , Τζένιφερ Λιν Κόνελι, Τζένιφερ Κόνελι, 珍妮佛‧康納莉, Jennifer L. Connelly, 珍妮弗·康奈利, 珍妮佛康娜莉, جينيفر كونلي, جنیفر کانلی
Biography: Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After having worked as a model for several years, she began to concentrate on acting, starring in a variety of films including the horror film Phenomena (1985), the musical fantasy film Labyrinth (1986), the romantic comedy Career Opportunities (1991), and the period superhero film The Rocketeer (1991). She received praise for her performance in the science fiction film Dark City (1998) and playing a drug addict in Darren Aronofsky's drama film Requiem for a Dream (2000). Connelly was named Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education in 2005. She has been the face of Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton fashion advertisements, as well as for Revlon cosmetics. In 2012, she was named the first global face of the Shiseido Company. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Connelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cairo, New York, USA
Birthday: December 12, 1970
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Gender: Female
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Once Upon a Time in America
Overview: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-23
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A Beautiful Mind
Overview: Brilliant mathematician, John Nash, is on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-14
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Blood Diamond
Overview: An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-08
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Little Children
Overview: The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-06
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Requiem for a Dream
Overview: The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-06
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He's Just Not That Into You
Overview: Have you ever sat by the phone wondering why he said he would call, but didn't, or you can't figure out why she doesn't want to sleep with you anymore, or why your relationship just isn't going to the next level... they're just not that into you. Gigi just wants a man who says he'll call—and does—while Alex advises her to stop waiting by the phone. Beth wants a proposal after years of a committed relationship with her boyfriend, Neil, who sees nothing wrong with the status quo. Janine's not sure if she can trust her husband, Ben, who can't quite trust himself around Anna. Anna can't decide between the sexy married guy, or her straightforward, no-sparks standby, Conor, who can't get over the fact that he can't have her. And Mary, who's found an entire network of loving, supportive men, just needs to find one who's straight.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-06
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Overview: A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-10
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The Rocketeer
Overview: A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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Hulk
Overview: Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-19
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Dark City
Overview: A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-27
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Mulholland Falls
Overview: In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-26
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House of Sand and Fog
Overview: Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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Creation
Overview: A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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Some Girls
Overview: While on Christmas break, college student Michael journeys to Quebec City to spend time with his attractive girlfriend, Gabriella. Not long after he arrives, Gabriella breaks up with him, but her two equally gorgeous sisters waste no time showing romantic interest. In the meantime, Michael is left to deal with Gabriella's eccentric grandmother and offbeat father, an academic who spends most of his time naked.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-09
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Reservation Road
Overview: Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-13
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Dark Water
Overview: Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences—and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom…
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-08
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9
Overview: When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-19
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Pollock
Overview: In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-06
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Inventing the Abbotts
Overview: In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-04
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Labyrinth
Overview: When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-27
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Etoile
Overview: An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-03-17
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Phenomena
Overview: A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-25
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The Hot Spot
Overview: Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Genres: Romance Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-12
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Waking the Dead
Overview: A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Genres: Mystery Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-24
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The Dilemma
Overview: Longtime friends Ronny and Nick are partners in an auto-design firm. They are hard at work on a presentation for a dream project that would really launch their company. Then Ronny spots Nick's wife out with another man, and in the process of investigating the possible affair, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. As the presentation nears, Ronny agonizes over what might happen if the truth gets out.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-13
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Career Opportunities
Overview: Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-29
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Higher Learning
Overview: African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-11
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Seven Minutes in Heaven
Overview: Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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The Heart of Justice
Overview: David Leader investigates a seemingly senseless murder, and in the course of it is drawn into the labyrinth of a sinisterly unique wealthy family...
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-14
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Salvation Boulevard
Overview: Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-15
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Of Love and Shadows
Overview: Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-10
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Dario Argento's World of Horror
Overview: Documentary on horror/mystery filmmaker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Noah
Overview: A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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Virginia
Overview: A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-18
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Stuck in Love
Overview: An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-14
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Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-26
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Winter's Tale
Overview: A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-13
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The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
Overview: Celebrities salute Disney Studios' 50th year in Burbank, California.
Genres: Documentary Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-20
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Aloft
Overview: As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own and a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-12
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Inside the Labyrinth
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at Jim Henson's 1986 fantasy film, 'Labyrinth', featuring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-13
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Bad Behaviour
Overview: Lucy, a former child actor, seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon while she navigates her close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt-performer daughter, Dylan.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-02
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Shelter
Overview: Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-12
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Far Harbor
Overview: A group of seven young people spend a weekend in the home of a wealthy yuppie on Long Island and live out their problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-22
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Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Overview: To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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American Pastoral
Overview: Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-20
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Jim Henson Idea Man
Overview: Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-18
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Only the Brave
Overview: Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-22
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Alita: Battle Angel
Overview: When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-31
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Inkheart
Overview: The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-11
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
Overview: Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-05
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Top Gun: Maverick
Overview: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-21
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Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air
Overview: American TV-Special hosted by Bill Campbell, star of "The Rocketeer". A sneak peak at the film "The Rocketeer" with behind the scenes interviews and meeting "real-life rocketeers".
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-19
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Out There
Overview: A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he discovers some undeveloped film in it, including photos of an apparent alien abduction. When he goes public with the photos, he garners the attention of his former boss, the government and a woman who thinks her father was the abductee.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-19
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The World of Jim Henson
Overview: In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a five-season run on ABC of The Muppet Show to several theatrically released films, including five Muppet movies, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-23
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Inside a Beautiful Mind
Overview: "Behind-the-scenes" documentary on the making of and public reaction to the Ron Howard/Brian Grazer film "A Beautiful Mind." Featuring rare interviews with Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connally and mathematician John Nash.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-03
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The Making of Requiem for a Dream
Overview: A dive into the production of Darren Aronofsky's psychological drama.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-22
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