1. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
When she was directed by Darren Aronofsky for Requiem for a Dream, Jennifer Connelly already had more than 15 years of experience in front of the camera, however, what she did in said cult film is beyond outstanding.
In the film, she more than plays Marion, the girlfriend of Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto), a young man who fights a battle with her addiction to drugs, which ends up dragging her into the world of addictions. Connelly is a waste of talent and she immerses us in her interpretation of the misery that torments her character.
2. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A year after Requiem for a Dream, Jennifer Connelly returned to the screen with a forceful performance in A Beautiful Mind, in which she played Alicia Nash, a character with which she was recognized with the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, a Globe Gold, and a British Academy Film Award.
A Beautiful Mind divided opinions for misrepresenting Nash's life, yet it was widely celebrated for the acting performances of Connelly and Russell Crowe.
3. Labyrinth (1986)
One of her first big roles. Jennifer Connelly shares credits with David Bowie in this fantastical '80s adventure.
In the tape, she plays Sarah, who in a moment of despair, wishes that her brother would be kidnapped by the Goblins, and her wish comes true. To retrieve it, Sarah enters the maze to search for King Jareth (Bowie) in this world where fairy tales are as real as life itself.
4. Phenomena (1985)
Jennifer Connelly showed her great talent from a very young age and she was recruited in 1985 by the Italian director Dario Argento for Phenomena.
The film transports us to a women's boarding school in Switzerland, where the young Jennifer Corvino (Connelly), who has telekinetic and telepathic powers, tries to expose a serial killer who is terrorizing her classmates. During her investigation, Jennifer will also find out the terrible secret that is hidden behind the walls of the boarding school.
5. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Jennifer Connelly began the new millennium consolidated as a great dramatic actress, which led her to enroll in this 2003 project based on the homonymous novel by Andre Dubus III.
Her work with Ben Kingsley was one of the most acclaimed of that year and of her career so far, and although she did not get an Oscar nomination as expected, she ended up consecrated as an interpreter with great qualities.
6. Little Children
In 2006, the American was part of this film that addressed the affair between Sarah (Kate Winslet), a well-educated woman who cannot accept her life as a housewife and mother, and Brad (Patrick Wilson), an unemployed father married to a beautiful filmmaker (Jennifer Connelly).
The actress gives an outstanding performance in this love triangle that is definitely worth watching.
