Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She has had lead roles in TBS's The Bill Engvall Show and in the independent films The Burning Plain and Winter's Bone, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She was recently cast as Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming film, The Hunger Games, which is based on the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

17-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared


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Early life

Lawrence was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky,[2] the daughter of Karen, who runs a children's camp, and Gary Lawrence, who once owned a concrete construction firm.[3][4][5] She acted in church plays[4] and, by the age of 14, had decided to pursue an acting career, persuading her parents to take her to New York City to find a talent agent. Although she had no training or experience, she received high praise from the agency for which she auditioned. She graduated from high school two years early in order to begin a career in acting.[2]
[edit] Career

Lawrence starred in Guillermo Arriaga’s directorial debut The Burning Plain, opposite Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. Her performance in the film earned her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young emerging actor/actress during the Venice Film Festival in 2008.

She was part of the main cast of the TBS comedy The Bill Engvall Show as Lauren Pearson. Written and created by Bill Engvall and Michael Leeson, the show is set in a Denver suburb and follows the life of ‘Bill Pearson’ (played by Engvall), a family counselor whose own family could use a little dose of counseling. The series was canceled in 2009 after having aired three seasons.

Lawrence's other film credits include a lead role in Lori Petty's The Poker House opposite Selma Blair and Bokeem Woodbine as well as roles in Devil You Know and Garden Party. Her television credits include roles on Cold Case, Medium, and Monk.[6] She is also featured in the music video for the song "The Mess I Made", from the album Losing Sleep by Parachute.

Lawrence had the lead role, frequently cited as a "breakout performance" for her,[7] in Debra Granik's Winter's Bone (which won best picture at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010). She portrays seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly in the rural Ozarks, caring for her mentally-ill mother and her younger brother and sister, when she discovers that her father has put their house and land up as a bond for a court appearance.[8] The performance was highly acclaimed by film critics: David Denby, writing in The New Yorker, said "the movie would be unimaginable with anyone less charismatic playing Ree."[9] Lawrence received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for the role, on January 25, 2011.[10]

Lawrence had a role in The Beaver, a dark comedy starring Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson. The Beaver was filmed in 2009, but after spending an extended period of time stalled due to controversy surrounding Gibson, it received a release date of May 6, 2011. Lawrence also has a starring role in the independent film Like Crazy, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and has reportedly been picked up by Paramount Pictures for a wider release.[11] In June 2011, Lawrence appeared as shape-shifting villain Mystique in X-Men: First Class,[12] a prequel to the rest of the X-Men film series. Lawrence's Mystique is a younger version of the character played by Rebecca Romijn in earlier X-Men films. Lawrence is also set to star alongside Elisabeth Shue in Mark Tonderai's thriller House at the End of the Street,[13] which completed filming in 2010 and is in post-production.[14]

Lawrence has stated that she has never taken drama classes or acting lessons, simply relying on her instincts when playing a role.[2] She lived in New York City for the first few years of her career, but resides in Santa Monica, California.[2]

Lawrence has been cast as Katniss Everdeen in the movie The Hunger Games, set to be released in March 2012.[15]
[edit] Filmography
Year↓ Title↓ Role↓ Notes
2006 Company Town Caitlin Television movie
2006 Monk Mascot One episode
2007 Cold Case Abby Bradford One episode
2007 The Donald Gray Show Frantic girl TV movie
2007–2008 Medium Claire Chase/Young Allison Two episodes; different characters
2007–2009 The Bill Engvall Show Lauren Pearson 23 episodes
Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series
2008 Garden Party Tiff
2008 The Poker House Agnes Los Angeles Film Festival – Outstanding Performance Award
2008 The Burning Plain Mariana Venice Film Festival – Marcello Mastroianni Award
2009 Devil You Know Young Zoe
2010 Winter's Bone Ree Dolly Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Pauline Kael Breakout Award
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance
Seattle International Film Festival for Best Actress
Stockholm International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year
Nominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actress[16]
2011 The Beaver Norah
2011 Like Crazy Sam
2011 X-Men: First Class Raven Darkholme / Mystique
2012 House at the End of the Street Post-production[14]
2012 The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen Filming
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