Jennifer Connelly, the New "Size Zero" Hollywood Star

Jennifer Connelly, an actress who made no connection in public's minds before “A beautiful mind”, is now on the top list of the Hottest Women of 2008. She is also staring in one of the most watched movies this week, “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. Hollywood actresses look fabulous during their fifteen minutes of fame, but the media couldn’t stop gossiping about her weight.

Jennifer Connelly, a remarkably beautiful woman, has turned 38 last week. She is a successful actress and also the mother of a sweet boy. Unfortunately, since she started to be noticed, her weight was dropping proportionally with the amount of news written about her. Becoming a Hollywood star means, most of the times, having to reach perfection. And that is size two, or even zero.

It seems Jennifer is no exception. At the premiere of “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, the actress was looking skinnier than ever and the question on everybody’s lips was: ”How, when, and most importantly, why did she lose so much weight?” Even a cameraman was joking about her thin figure and said: "What do you call Jennifer Connelly with a penny on her head? A nail!"

Jennifer used to be on a vegan diet, which helped her lose weight and, also, live a healthy life. But, during her pregnancy, she went back to her meat-eating habits because she couldn’t resist the turkey sandwich. "I'd been vegan for many years, and then all of a sudden, when I was pregnant with Kai, I wanted a turkey burger. That was the end of my being vegan,” she explains.

After the birth of her sun, she continued eating healthy and taking care of her body. The food which is always present in her diet are apples. “I eat so many apples, it's stupid,” she said. Her favorite apples are the Pink Lady apples and she eats at least three a day. Jennifer also exercises in order to keep fit. She runs for "six to 10 miles on trails through the woods at our place up in the country."

She practices Yoga because of the way it makes her feel – “integrated”. "I get myself into some weird contortion poses in my trailer,” she adds. When she’s not exercising or working at the movie, Jennifer cooks for her family and loves drinking a glass of red wine while preparing a meal.