1) Requiem for a Dream (2000)
When she came under the command of 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 extremely outstanding.
In the film she amply plays Marion, the girlfriend of Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto), a young man who fights a battle with her addiction to her drugs, and which ends up dragging her into the world of addictions. Connelly is a wealth of talent and with her interpretation she immerses us in 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 powerful 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 showing some erroneous facts about Nash's life, however, it was widely celebrated for the acting performance of Connelly and Russell Crowe.
3) Labyrinth (1986)
One of her first big roles. Jennifer Connelly shares credits with David Bowie in this fantastic 80s adventure.
In the film she plays Sarah, who in a moment of desperation, wishes for her brother to be kidnapped by the Goblins, and her wish comes true. To get it back, Sarah enters the labyrinth to search for King Jareth (Bowie) in this world where fairy tales are as real as life itself.
4) Phenomena (1985)
Jennifer Connelly showed signs of her great talent from a very young age and she was recruited in 1985 by Italian director Dario Argento for Phenomena.
The film transports us to a women's boarding school in Switzerland, where young Jennifer Corvino (Connelly), who has telekinetic and telepathic powers, tries to unmask a serial killer who is terrorizing her classmates. During her investigation, Jennifer will also discover the terrible secret that hides 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 novel of the same name by Andre Dubus III.
Her work alongside Ben Kingsley was one of the most acclaimed of that year and of her career to date, and although she did not obtain the Oscar nomination as expected, it ended up establishing her as an interpreter with great qualities.
