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Jennifer Connelly
Actress, Requiem for a Dream
Jennifer Connelly grew up in
Brooklyn Heights, just across the
Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan,
except for the four years her fam-
ily spent in Woodstock, New York.
Back in Brooklyn Heights, she
attended St. Ann’s school. Her fa-
ther was in the garment industry,
and a close friend of the family
was an advertising executive.
Halle Berry
Actress, X-Men: The Last Stand
Halle Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to an African-Amer-
ican father, Jerome Berry, a former hospital attendant, and a
European-American mother, Judith (Hawkins) Berry, a retired
psychiatric nurse. Halle has an older sister named Heidi Berry.
Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years when she
won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant.
Brooke Shields
Actress, The Blue Lagoon
“Want to know what comes
between me and my Calvins?
Nothing”. If you had not heard of
Brooke Shields before, this tag-
line from her Calvin Klein Jeans
ad had to grab your attention. Not
that she had not had a previously
noteworthy resume. She was
born on May 31, 1965 in New
York City and, at age 12.
Sandra Bullock
Actress, The Proposal
Sandra Bullock was born in a Virginia
suburb of Washington, DC, to an Amer-
ican voice teacher father and a Ger-
man opera singer mother. She grew
up on the road with her parents and
younger sister. She often performed in
the children’s chorus of whatever pro-
duction her mother was in. That singing
talent later came in handy for her role
as an aspiring country singer in The
Thing Called Love.
Demi Moore
Actress, Ghost
Demi Moore was born Demetria Gene Guynes on Novem-
ber 11, 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Her father, Charles
Harmon, left her mother, Virginia, before Demi was born.
Her stepfather, Danny Guynes, did not add much stability
to her life, either. He frequently changed jobs and made
the family move a total of 40 times.