Jennifer Connelly For Shiseido: Brand Rehires Former Face (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

In case you needed another already-gorgeous celebrity to sell you more makeup, Jennifer Connelly has signed a contract with Shiseido. The "A Beautiful Mind" actress will be the face of the Future Solution LX premium skin care line, with ads dropping in the fall.

Although less of a household name than Revlon or Cover Girl, the high-end Japanese cosmetics brand is actually celebrating its 140th anniversary. In fact, as Connelly told Women's Wear Daily, "I've had a long relationship with Shiseido -- I worked with them in the Eighties on an ad campaign, and have been using their products ever since."

We hadn't known that before, but it's true: with a little digging, we found that the raven-haired actress shilled for Shiseido's "Perky Jeans" line, complete with cheesy Japanese commercials, back in her younger, more perky days.

While we couldn't find any vintage Jennifer Connelly videos, we did find some screenshots as well as a ridiculous Jennifer Beals Shiseido commercial from around the same era, to give you an idea.

Here's to a more grown-up ad campaign this time around...

Read more at WWD.com.

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Comments

[DjMikiRia]

11:24 PM on 02/07/2012

I found this in a box of βeta video cassettes my mother had stored in her attic for years. I saw your report about Shiseido resigning Mrs. Connelly and that no video of that time could be located, so I captured this and uploaded it for archival purposes.

Jennifer Connelly - Shiseido Perky Jean 広告 1986.avi

http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/rd5x3f42e4/jennifer_connelly_shiseido_perky_jean_%E5%BA%83%E5%91%8A_1986.avi

[edejan]

05:00 PM on 02/06/2012

I absolutely love Shiseido. Glad she representing them again!

[wbill1026]

07:23 PM on 02/04/2012

Shes just incredible.She attended Yale and Stanford with honors and is just the most beautiful classy woman.I love her. : )

[Carrick]

10:11 AM on 02/04/2012

I'm a huge fan of hers... talented actress, edgy fashion sense, a radiant smile, priorities straight with family first... intelligent.. and a beauty. Plus, she's married to the amazing Paul Bettany.

[karen lyons kalmenson]

07:39 AM on 02/04/2012

what makes her outstanding is that her look is different and stands out above the rest

[teddyray1]

11:30 PM on 02/03/2012

I loved her in Career Opportunities. I could watch her ride that coin-operated horse for hours.

[LXIX WITHU]

07:01 PM on 02/03/2012

Major cutiepie.

[supertuffy86]

06:42 PM on 02/03/2012

Great! I love Shiseido and Jennifer Connelly :)

[thachnamxanh]

01:21 AM on 02/06/2012

Me too.

[LMPE]

06:31 PM on 02/03/2012

That was back in the days when she starred in movies like "Once Upon a Time in America", "Phenomena" (aka "Creepers") and "Labyrinth". All good movies, and she still appears in good stuff.

[snoopjohnny]

06:04 PM on 02/03/2012

Liked her in "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

[Dana Armstrong]

03:27 PM on 02/03/2012

Always been jealous of Jennifer Connelly... She danced with the Goblin King.... :(
Y U NO STAY SARAH?

[LMPE]

06:31 PM on 02/03/2012

I just recently saw that!

[Martiniman]

02:51 PM on 02/03/2012

My wife says its ok if Jennifer shows up at our door to whisk me away...what are the odds?

[Lily P]

12:44 PM on 02/03/2012

Did you hear that? That was my DH blowing a ....

[Lochness71]

10:53 AM on 02/03/2012

They don't get much more beautiful or classy than Jennifer.

[Just a passerby]

11:21 AM on 02/03/2012

true dat.

[efrallyn]

01:23 PM on 02/03/2012

she's naturally pretty, love her look

[jbeachboy32]

04:07 PM on 02/03/2012

didnt she have surgery or so and lost weight?

[rubadub]

10:51 AM on 02/03/2012

It's not fair!