Actress Jennifer Connelly is American. Before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime movie Once Upon a Time in America, she started her career as a child model.
After working as a model for a while, she focused more on acting, appearing in a number of movies such as the historical superhero movie The Rocketeer, the musical fantasy Labyrinth, the horror movie Phenomena, and the musical fantasy film Labyrinth (1991).
Where did Jennifer Connelly go to college and high school? Did Jennifer Connelly go to film school?
Connelly studied English literature at Yale University in 1988.
After two years at Yale, Connelly transferred to Stanford University to study drama. There, she trained with Roy London, Howard Fine, and Harold Guskin.
At the age of 35, Jennifer Connelly joined Amnesty International as an ambassador.
She has also worked with notable charities including Charity Water and Save the Children. When she first began, Jennifer Connelly specialized in romantic comedies. In the 1991 film Career Opportunity, she portrayed an affluent girl who was in love with a janitor.