Jennifer Connelly
Connelly in 2009, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Jennifer Lynn Connelly
Place of Birth: Cairo, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 12, 1970
Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, Norwegian
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Jennifer Connelly is an American actress and model. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for A Beautiful Mind (2001). She is also known for her roles in the films Once Upon a Time in America, Phenomena, Seven Minutes in Heaven, Labyrinth, Etoile, The Hot Spot, Career Opportunities, The Rocketeer, Of Love and Shadows, Mulholland Falls, Inventing the Abbotts, Dark City, Waking the Dead, Requiem for a Dream, Pollock, Hulk, House of Sand and Fog, Dark Water, Little Children, Blood Diamond, Reservation Road, The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), He’s Just Not That Into You, Creation, The Dilemma, Stuck in Love, Winter’s Tale, Aloft, Noah (2014), Shelter, American Pastoral, Only the Brave, and Top Gun: Maverick, and on the series Snowpiercer.
Jennifer is the daughter of Ilene, an antiques dealer, and Gerard Karl Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Jennifer’s father was of Irish and Norwegian ancestry. Jennifer’s mother was Jewish, of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and had been educated at a yeshiva. Jennifer was raised mostly in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, with a few years in Woodstock, upstate. Her family was secular by the time she was born.
Jennifer is married to English actor Paul Bettany. She has a son with her former partner, photographer David Dugan; and two children with Paul.
Jennifer’s maternal grandfather was Jacob “Jack” Schumann/Schuman (the son of Meyer Schumann/Schuman and Yetta/Yette Gottlieb). Jacob was born in Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish parents. Meyer was the son of Hellel Schumann and Sarah Gottlieb. Yetta was the daughter of Victor Gottlieb and Chaya Chenyu.
Jennifer’s maternal grandmother was Leah/Leona “Lee” Bernzweig (the daughter of Benjamin Bernzweig and Sophia/Sophie Rubin). Leah was born in New York, to Jewish parents from Galicia (Poland). Benjamin was the son of Moshe/Moses Bernzweig and Rachael Hannah. Sophia was the daughter of Dora.
Sources: Interview on Inside the Actors Studio, 2004 – https://www.youtube.com
Genealogy of Jennifer Connelly (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Jennifer’s maternal grandfather, Jacob “Jack” Schumann/Schuman, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jacob “Jack” Schumann/Schuman on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jennifer’s maternal grandmother, Leah/Leona “Lee” Bernzweig, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Leah/Leona “Lee” Bernzweig on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
It’s hard to believe, that base on the site pictures of both her and her husband(Paul Bettany), that he’s 5 months younger
correction: based on
Paul aged like milk.
Jennifer looks like Ayelet Shaked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayelet_Shaked
I agree with theropod’s comment, though. Jennifer Connelly is stunning!
You just chose her fairer skinned picture. She is mostly olive skinned, a lighter one specifically.
Fair-skinned is Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore. She surely doesn’t fit with them, unless if you’re colour blind.
After I check my eyes, I want you to do me a favour by going back to your English class and learn the meaning of “olive”.
Chevy Chase is olive-skinned, slightly. Connelly isn’t.
http://www.nndb.com/people/499/000024427/Chevy4.jpg
She is not as pale as Kidman, Blanchett, and Moore, but she is still fair-skinned. Not having skin the color of paste does not mean you are suddenly “olive,” “tanned,” or “bronzed.”
Here are more pictures of Connelly:
http://adventureamigos.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/jennifer-connelly-70971.jpg
http://cdn03.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/connelly-revlon/jennifer-connelly-revlon-commercial-01.jpg
Here are two even when she was young:
http://www.jenniferconnelly.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/labyrinth913.jpg
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1870707/images/o-JENNIFER-CONNELLY-LABYRINTH-facebook.jpg
Where is her natural olive, tanned, or bronzed skin here? She was a teenager.
Once again, I advise you to get your eyes checked.
I saw her pictures where she’s olive skinned. You just linked me the ones where she is lighter (nitpicked them rather). So I didn’t know that she would’ve been this light on a regular basis.
Don’t be a smartass. And didn’t you just agree with me? (“I agree with Theropod”), when I said that she looks exotic. Pfft…Get a clue man.
Here is a model wearing bronzer or perhaps she tanned. I am not sure. Whatever the case, this is the color:
http://i57.tinypic.com/335841e.jpg
Here is a woman with olive skin:
http://i.imgur.com/l9lUe.jpg
Connelly’s skin is not naturally that color nor anywhere near it. Even her tans have reddish undertones to them.
There are plenty of actresses and models who also use bronzer or tan. The majority of them are not naturally that color. By your definition, anyone who is not as fair as Blanchett has olive skin, which is a lot of people.
The “olive-skinned” woman looks more like she has brown skin.
She looks Turkish or Georgian – bronze skin, blue eyes. Very exotic.
Jennifer Connelly doesn’t have bronze skin, though. Her eyes also aren’t blue.
Connelly is naturally tanned or olive – I just happened to call that “bronze”.
There’s something about the shape of her eyes and eyebrows that make her look Turkish.
Her eyes are blue with a bit of hazel in them:
http://famousface.us/wp-content/gallery/jennifer-connelly/jennifer-connelly-7.jpg
her eyes don’t have “hazel” in them. They’re blue with amber/brown around the pupil which is called central heterochromia and is quite common. Hazel eyes are solely a golden brown colour (essentially just a light luminous brown) resembling a hazelnut. To say hazel eyes are anything other than a light amberish brown or to say a person has “hazel” within their eyes makes no sense and is a common misconception. Note some hazel eyes will show hints/specks of green shades in them when observed in strong lighting which is usually around the outskirts of the eye and is what causes the amber/gold colours within the iris. However if the green is too signifcant/obvious then the iris cannot be defined as hazel as a hazelnut presents no green colouration whatsoever. Some people will argue that the “hazel colour” is different to “hazel eyes” but once again that is a misconception, common amongst North Americans and areas exposed to Americanistion. Hazel is a colour of its own being a lighter more luminous shade of brown, it is not nor will it ever be a combination of colours.
her eyes don’t have “hazel” in them. They’re blue with amber/brown around the pupil which is called central heterochromia and is quite common. Hazel eyes are solely a golden brown colour (essentially just a light luminous brown) resembling a hazelnut. To say hazel eyes are anything other than a light amberish brown or to say a person has “hazel” within their eyes makes no sense and is a common misconception. Note some hazel eyes will show hints/specks of green shades in them when observed in strong lighting which is usually around the outskirts of the eye and is what causes the amber/gold colours within the iris. However if the green is too signifcant/obvious then the iris cannot be defined as hazel as a hazelnut presents no green colouration whatsoever. Some people will argue that the “hazel colour” is different to “hazel eyes” but once again that is a misconception, common amongst North Americans and areas exposed to Americanisation. Hazel is a colour of its own being a lighter more luminous shade of brown, it is not nor will it ever be a combination of colours.
http://www.freeallimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jennifer-connelly-2.jpg
Connelly does not have olive skin. You need to get your eyes checked. Morena Baccarin has olive or bronzed skin.
She is so exotic.
How come this beauty gets few comments? She has an exotic ancestry.
Coz she’s a beautiful brunette, but not “exotic”.
i’ll say
Why isn’t she exotic? She is biracial.
um, no she’s not.