6. Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind (2001)
2001 was a good year, regarding Oscar nominees being easy on the eyes. While Halle was busy winning the Best Actress award, Jennifer Connelly took home the Supporting Actress trophy, for her performance in A Beautiful Mind. If it were up to us, the film would have centered on her and have been called A Beautiful Face, but I guess that’s why we’re not filmmakers. Connelly’s career really started when she was in the successful Labyrinth, and then in The Rocketeer. Her career trajectory has been much more subdued than most on this list, as she chose to pursue smaller, more unique films, rather than blockbuster successes.
Fun Fact: Jennifer attended both Yale and Stanford, studying classical theater.
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