photo credit: Natasha Baucas
Birth Name:
Jennifer Lynn Connelly
Birthplace:
Catskill Mountains, New York, U.S
Date of Birth:
December 12, 1970
Race or Ethnicity:
Irish, Norwegian, Jewish Polish and Russian
American actress who won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Better known for the films Dark City, Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind and others.
Connelly’s father was Roman Catholic and of Irish and Norwegian descent, and Connelly’s mother was Jewish, a descendant of immigrants from Russia and Poland.
Source:
Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio, 2004
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oh God I thought she was Italian because of her surname.. Connelly 10000% Italian.. but ok she is really beautiful
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Connelly is an IRISH surname.
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If her surname ended with an “i” instead of a “y”, maybe. But nope, her surname’s Irish.
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I dont know how someone could think Connelly is a 100% Italian that just madness.
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ha ha ha
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She’s pretty but hope she goes back to her Rocketeer/Mall Rat weight from back in the early 90′s. She really stood out back then.
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to kira ;)
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