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Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly

17 films · 1,368 frames · top-billed in 11 · 19852022

Born 12 December 1970 · Cairo, New York, USA

Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After having worked as a model for several years, she began to concentrate on acting, starring in a variety of films including the horror film Phenomena (1985), the musical fantasy film Labyrinth (1986), the romantic comedy Career Opportunities (1991), and the period superhero film The Rocketeer (1991).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 17 films · 1,368 frames · top-billed in 11 · 19852022

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2002
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture2002
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2002
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress2001

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,368 frames from the 17 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jennifer takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 17 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 46% natural — the look of the work Jennifer takes.

Time of day

Night45%
Day44%
Interior5%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Natural46%
Low key43%
High key7%

Shot size

Medium42%
Closeup22%
Wide22%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle9%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral56%
Tense19%
Lonely10%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,368 frames from Jennifer Connelly's 17 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.