Biography

Occupation:    Actress
Born:    c.1970, New York, NY
Education:    Yale (drama, English)
Fresh-faced former model who made her film debut at age 12 as the young Elizabeth McGovern character, seen in flashbacks in Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984). Horror cultists may remember her as the girl who has a peculiar relationship with the insect world in Dario Argento's Italian fear opus, CREEPERS (1984).
Connelly has subsequently been featured in mostly forgettable teen fare, with the possible exception of Jim Henson's LABYRINTH (1986) in which she was overshadowed by David Bowie and a cast of Henson creatures. She was the only innocent among Southern schemers in Dennis Hopper's thriller, THE HOT SPOT (1990); the voluptuous town beauty in the teen comedy CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (1991); and a 1940s Hollywood starlet in THE ROCKETEER (1991).


Filmography

1984    CREEPERS    performer
1984    ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA    performer
1986    LABYRINTH    performer
1986    SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN    performer
1988    SOME GIRLS    performer
1989    ETOILE/BALLET    performer
1990    THE HOT SPOT    performer
1991    CAREER OPPORTUNITIES    performer
1991    THE ROCKETEER    performer
1993    THE HEART OF JUSTICE    performer
1994    OF LOVE AND SHADOWS    performer
1995    HIGHER LEARNING    performer
1996    MULHOLLAND FALLS    performer