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Jennifer Connelly: Roles
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Connelly's next film role, as a gifted schoolgirl who teams with an entomologist to solve a string of murders in Dario Argento's Phenomena, proved that the young actress was well capable of handling leading roles. After a memorable Dorothy-esque turn in Jim Henson's fantasy adventure Labyrinth (1986), in which she must rescue her brother from Goblin King David Bowie, Connelly seemed to almost disappear for a short while. Subsequent appearances in such forgettable films as The Hot Spot and The Rocketeer, while frequent and helping the actress to maintain visibility, remained unchallenging and did little to advance her career.
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For Requiem, Jennifer received an Independent Spirit nomination, then moved on to play Ed Harris's mistress Ruth Klingman, in Pollock. Next she played tough brokerage supervisor Catherine Miller in TV series The Street, a role she accepted because it was close to her Manhattan home AND the producers provided a playroom for young Kai.
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Signed with Ford models, Jennifer did her share of print and television before appearing in front of cameras as an actress. While a student at St. Ann's School, she landed a role as a young Elisabeth McGovern for a flashback sequence in the mobster film, Once Upon a Time in America, starring Robert De Niro.
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This led Jennifer to a modelling career and she soon began appearing in magazine ads, and then later in commercials. Her acting debut came in an episode of the British horror-anthology series "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979). Her first movie experience came when a casting director introduced her to legendary filmmaker Sergio Leone, who was seeking an actress who could fill the role of a young girl to dance in his dramatic epic, _Once Upon A Time In America (1984)_ . Although having little screen time, the few minutes she was on-screen were enough to reveal her talent.
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