As a teenager, Connelly continued her career as a model, at the same time starring in films such as Labyrinth and Career Opportunities. Connelly was born in Round Top, New York in the Catskill Mountains to Ilene, an antiques dealer, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. The family moved to Woodstock, New York in 1976. in December 1986 she recorded two pop songs for the Japanese market: “Monologue of Love” and “Message of Love”, Connelly sang in phonetic Japanese as she did not speak the language. After Connelly’s frequent appearances as a model, her mother started to take her to acting auditions where she was selected for a supporting role as Deborah Gelly in Sergio Leone’s 1984 gangster epic, Once Upon a Time in America. Connelly described the movie as “an incredibly idyllic introduction to movie-making”. Her first leading role was as Jennifer Corvino in Italian giallo-director Dario Argento’s 1985 film Phenomena, followed by the lead in the coming-of-age movie Seven Minutes in Heaven the same year. Encouraged by her parents to continue with her film career, she left college and returned to the movies the same year.
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