theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Date:
  • 12 December 1970
Birthplace:
  • Catskill Mountains, New York
Quote:
  • "Jenny's look was compelling. She was dressed in a party dress with an almost Mona Lisa-like look on her face. The picture made her interesting right away. When you meet her you'll see what I mean." Claudia Black, Director of models, Ford Models, Inc. (Dynamite Magazine, 1982)
Education:
  • St. Ann's School, Brooklyn Heights, NY
  • Yale University (New Haven, CT) - 2 years
  • Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
  • Trained with Roy London, Howard Fine & Harold Guskin
Factoids:
  • Grew up in Brooklyn Heights and Woodstock, NY
  • Worked as a model for the Ford Agency at age 10
Significant Other:
  • Husband: Paul Bettany, actor; married 2003
  • Previously romantically linked to actor Bill Campbell, photographer David Dugan
Family:
  • Father: Gerard Connelly, worked in garment industry
  • Mother: Eileen Connelly, antique store owner
  • Son: Kai Dugan, b. 1997; father: David Dugan
  • Son: Stellan Bettany, b. 2003; father: Paul Bettany
Feature Film
Credits:
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
    9 (2008)
    He's Just Not That into You (2008)
    Reservation Road (2007)
    Blood Diamond (2006)
    Little Children (2006)
    Dark Water (2005)
    House of Sand and Fog (2003)
    The Hulk (2003)
    A Beautiful Mind (2001)
    Waking the Dead (2000)
    Requiem for a Dream (2000)
    Pollock (2000)
    Dark City (1998)
    Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
  • Mulholland Falls (1996)
    Far Harbor (1996)
    Higher Learning (1995)
    Of Love and Shadows (1994)
    Career Opportunities (1991)
    The Rocketeer (1991)
    The Hot Spot (1990)
    Some Girls (1988)
    Étoile (1988)
    Labyrinth (1986)
    Seven Minutes in Heaven (1985)
    Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)
    Phenomena (1985)
    Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
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