11 Oscar Winners Who Started Out in (Sometimes Goofy) Horror Movies

Jennifer Connelly

The winner of Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her outstanding turn as Alicia Nash in 2001’s A Beautiful Mind, Jennifer Connelly got her start in a smaller role in 1984’s Once Upon a Time in America before taking the lead the next year in Dario Argento’s Phenomena (above).

She would of course go on to star in films from Labyrinth to The Rocketeer to Requiem for a Dream to 2022’s year’s mega-hit Top Gun: Maverick.

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