Connelly wins supporting actress Oscar

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HOLLYWOOD - Jennifer Connelly won the best supporting actress Oscar this afternoon at the 74th Annual Academy Awards for playing the wife of genius mathematician John Nash, whose struggle with schizophrenia is used as the backdrop for "A Beautiful Mind."

Connelly, 31 and a first-time Academy Award nominee, started her career as a child model, making her film debut in 1984's "Once Upon a Time in America."

The Academy Awards are the US film industry's top honours and are given out each year by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in a ceremony televised live around the globe.

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