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Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress who portrayed Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and the final installment, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.

Biography[]

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born in Indian Hills, Kentucky and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, to Karen (née Koch), a children's camp manager, and Gary Lawrence, who owns Lawrence & Associates, a small construction company. She grew up on a horse farm and has two older brothers, Ben and Blaine, and is of English, German, Irish, and Scottish descent. In school, she was prescribed medication for social anxiety and hyperactivity. She acted in local theater 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. Prior to finding success in Hollywood, Lawrence attended Kammerer Middle School in Louisville. She graduated from high school with a 3.9 GPA. While growing up and in between acting, Lawrence served as an assistant nurse at the children's summer day camp, which her mother ran.

Career[]

Lawrence's most famous roles to date are in Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Don't Look Up, Passengers and No Hard Feelings. She was nominated 2 times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Winter's Bone and Joy, and won it for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook. She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for American Hustle. She also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in American Hustle and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy twice for Silver Linings Playbook and Joy. She has starred in several other major films such as The House at the End of the Street,The Burning Plain, The Poker House, and X-Men: First Class.She also reappears in the sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past.

She placed 10th in PopSugar's PopSugar 100 Top 10 Rising Stars released in June 2011.[1]

The Hunger Games[]

Jennifer Lawrence on Hunger Games set

Lawrence on the set of The Hunger Games.

Lawrence's casting as Katniss was approved by author Suzanne Collins and director Gary Ross in defense of some speculation that she might be too old for the role.[2] For her audition, she played the scene where she pleaded with her mother to speak after her father's death. On May 18, 2011, Entertainment Weekly revealed the very first photo of her as Katniss Everdeen on their magazine cover.[3] Lawrence almost dropped out of the film due to an injury on set, but handled it and continued to play Katniss. While goofing around on the set with co-star Josh Hutcherson, Lawrence accidentally kicked him in the head, giving him a concussion. However, he downplayed its effects to continue filming. It has been confirmed that a file of Lawrence's vocals were used for the soundtrack of The Hunger Games film.

She is very close friends with her co-star, Josh Hutcherson. Lawrence and Hutcherson were raised in towns close to each other.

Awards[]

Jennifer Lawrence has been nominated for and won many awards for her performance in The Hunger Games franchise. A full list of her awards and nominations can be found here.

Personal life[]

While filming X-Men: First Class in 2010, Lawrence began a romantic relationship with her co-star Nicholas Hoult. The couple broke up around the time they wrapped X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014.[4][5]

In September 2016, she began dating director Darren Aronofsky, whom she met during the filming of mother!. The couple split in November 2017. In 2018, she began dating Cooke Maroney, an art gallery director, and they became engaged in February 2019. In October 2019, she married Maroney in Rhode Island. They were confirmed to be expecting their first child in September 2021.[6] As of May 2019, she resides in Lower Manhattan, New York City and Beverly Hills, California.

Charity[]

In 2015, she launched the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation, which supports the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Special Olympics, and more.[7] She also donated two million dollars to the Children's Hospital Foundation, leading to the creation of a new intensive care unit at Kosair Children's Hospital.[8]

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Trivia[]

  • So far, she is the only actor from the Hunger Games franchise to chart on the American Top 40 hosted by Ryan Seacrest, albeit as a feature.
  • For the first two films, Lawrence had to dye her naturally blonde hair brown like Katniss, while her co-star, naturally brown-haired Josh Hutcherson, had to dye his own hair blonde. After filming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lawrence cut her hair to restore it to its natural state. She wore a wig for the final two films.[9]
  • While filming Catching Fire, Lawrence went temporarily deaf in one ear because of the underwater scenes, just as Katniss did in the book when she destroyed the Careers' camp.[10]

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