I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life.

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During 2000 Jennifer Connelly appeared as Catherine Miller in the FOX drama series The $treet about a brokerage house in New York. Her later credits include the 2003 Marvel superhero film Hulk where Jennifer Connelly played Hulk/Bruce Banner's true love Betty Ross the 2005 thriller Dark Water the 2006 drama Blood Diamond the 2008 science fiction remake The Day the Earth Stood Still the 2009 romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You and the 2009 biographical drama Creation. In 2012 Jennifer Connelly was named the first global face of the Shiseido Company.

In 2012 Jennifer Connelly re-teamed with her Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky and A Beautiful Mind co-star Russell Crowe for the biblical epic Noah. In 2002 Connelly won an Academy Award a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for her supporting role as Alicia Nash in Ron Howard's 2001 biopic A Beautiful Mind. Connelly continued modeling and acting starring in films such as the 1986 Labyrinth and the 1991 Career Opportunities.