Jennifer Connelly
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Jennifer Ann Connelly
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12/12/1970 Birthplace:
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This fresh-faced former child model made her film debut at age 12, seen in flashbacks as the young incarnation of Elizabeth McGovern's character in Sergio Leone's gangster epic "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984). Horror cultists may remember her as the girl who has a peculiar relationship with the insect world in Dario Argento's Italian fear opus "Creepers" (1985).Jennifer Connelly subsequently was featured in mostly forgettable teen fare, with the possible exception of Jim Henson's "Labyrinth" (1986), in which she was overshadowed by David Bowie and a cast of Henson creatures. That same
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Milestone
Raised in Brooklyn Heights, New York
Began modeling and doing commercials at age ten; continued working as a model until her teens
1984
Acted in first feature, "Once Upon a Time in America"; portrayed Elizabeth McGovern's character as a child
1986
Starred in "Seven Minutes in Heaven"
1986
Played a girl trying to rescue her baby brother from Goblin King David Bowie in "Labyrinth"
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