Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence born August 15 1990 is an American actress The worlds highestpaid actress in 2015 and 2016 her films have grossed over 6 billion worldwide to date She appeared in Times 100 most influential people in the world list in 2013 and the Forbes Celebrity 100 list from 2013 to 2016 During her childhood Lawrence performed in church plays and school musicals At 14 she was spotted by a talent scout while vacationing in New York City with her family She moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career in guest roles on television Her first major role was that of a main cast member on the sitcom The Bill Engvall Show 20072009 She made her film debut in a supporting role in the drama Garden Party 2008 and had her breakthrough playing Ree Dolly a povertystricken teenage girl in the comingofage independent mystery drama Winters Bone 2010 Lawrences career progressed with starring roles as the mutant Mystique in the XMen film series 20112019 and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series 20122015 The latter made her the highestgrossing action heroine of all time Lawrence has received a number of accolades for various films including her three collaborations with filmmaker David O Russell Her performance as a young widow with an unnamed mental disorder in the romance film Silver Linings Playbook 2012 won her the Academy Award for Best Actress making her the secondyoungest Best Actress winner at 22 She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing an unpredictable wife in the black comedy American Hustle 2013 Lawrence also received Golden Globe Awards for both of these films and for her portrayal of businesswoman Joy Mangano in the biopic Joy 2015 A series of negatively reviewed films including Passengers 2016 and Red Sparrow 2018 and the subsequent media scrutiny of her choices of roles led to a small break from acting She returned in 2021 with the satirical black comedy Dont Look Up In 2022 and 2023 she produced and starred in the drama film Causeway and the romantic comedy film No Hard Feelings respectively