Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress. She is known for starring in both action film franchises and independent dramas, and her films have grossed over billion worldwide. The world’s highest-paid actress in 2015 and 2016, she appeared in Time’s 100 most influential people in the world list in 2013 and the Forbes Celebrity 100 list from 2013 to 2016.
Lawrence began her career as a teenager with guest roles on television. Her first major role was as a main cast member on the sitcom The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009). She made her film debut with a supporting role in the drama Garden Party (2008), and had her breakthrough playing a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent film Winter’s Bone (2010). Lawrence gained stardom portraying the mutant Mystique in the X-Men film series (2011–2019Jennifer Lawrence) and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015). The latter made her the highest-grossing action heroine.
Jennifer Lawrence : Facts
- Born :Jennifer Shrader LawrenceAugust 15, 1990 (age 33)Indian Hills, Kentucky, U.S.
- Other names: Jennifer Lawrence Maroney[1]
- Occupation : Actress
- Years active : 2006–presentOrganizations
- Children :1
Jennifer Lawrence : Early life and education
Growing up, Lawrence was fond of horseback riding and frequently visited a local horse farm. She has an injured tailbone as a result of being thrown from a horse. When her father worked from home, she performed for him, often dressing up as a clown or ballerina.Lawrence had her first acting assignment at age nine, playing a prostitute in a church play based onJennifer Lawrence the Book of Jonah. For the next few years, she continued taking parts in church plays and school musicals.
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990, in Indian Hills, Kentucky, to Gary, a construction company owner, and Karen a summer camp manager. She has two older brothers, Ben and Blaine.Her mother raised her to be “tough” like her brothers, and would not allow her to play with other girls in preschool, as she deemed her “too rough” with them.Lawrence was educated at the Kammerer Middle School in LouisvilleShe did not enjoy her childhood due to hyperactivity and social anxiety, and considered herself a misfit among her peers.awrence has said that her anxieties vanished when performing on stage and that acting gave her a sense of accomplishment. Her school activities included cheerleading, softball, field hockey and basketball, which she played on a boys’ team coached by her father.
Lawrence was 14 and on a family vacation in Jennifer LawrenceNew York City when she was spotted on the street by a talent scout, who arranged for her to audition for talent agents.Her mother was not keen on her pursuing an acting career, but she briefly moved her family to New York to let Lawrence read for roles. After her first cold reading, the agents said that hers was the best they had heard from someone so young; however, her mother convinced her that they were lying. Lawrence said her early experiences were difficult because she felt lonely and friendless.She signed with CESD Talent Agency, which convinced her parents to let her audition for roles in Los Angeles. While her mother encouraged her to go into modeling, she insisted on pursuing acting,which she considered a “natural fit” for her abilities, and turned down several modeling offers. She dropped out of school at 14 without receiving a General Educational Development (GED) or diploma. Lawrence has described herself as “self-educated” and said that her career was her priority.[16] Between her acting jobs in the city, she made regular visits to Louisville, where she was an assistant nurse at her mother’s camp.
Jennifer Lawrence : Career
Lawrence began her acting career with a minor role in the television pilot Company Town (2006), which was never sold. She followed it with guest roles in several television shows, including Monk (2006) and Medium (2007). She received her first part as a series regular on the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show, in which she played Lauren, the rebellious teenage daughter of a family living in suburban Louisville, Colorado.The series premiered in 2007 and ran for three seasons.Tom Shales of The Washington Post considered her a scene stealer in her part, and Jennifer Lawrence David Hinckley of the New York Daily News wrote that she was successful in “deliver[ing] the perpetual exasperation of teenage girls”.In 2009 Lawrence won a Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performer in a TV Series for the role.
Lawrence made her film debut in the 2008 drama film Garden Party, in which she played a troubled teenager named Tiff. She then appeared in director Guillermo Arriaga’s feature film debut The Burning Plain (2008), a drama narrated in a hyperlink format. She was cast as the teenage daughter of Kim Basinger’s character, who discovers her mother’s extramarital affair. She shared the role with Charlize Theron, who played the older version of her character. Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe described her role as “a thankless task”, but Derek Elley of Variety praised her as the production’s prime asset. Her performance earned her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Emerging Actress at the 2008 Venice Film Festival. The same year, she appeared in the music video for the song “The Mess I Made” by Parachute.In 2008, she starred in Lori Petty’s drama The Poker House as the oldest of three sisters living with a drug-abusing mother. Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter opined that Lawrence “has a touching poise on camera that conveys the resilience of children”.She won an Outstanding Performance Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival for her performance in the film.
Lawrence’s breakthrough role came in Debra Granik’s independent drama Winter’s Bone (2010), based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Woodrell. The film featured her as 17-year-old Ree Dolly, a poverty-stricken teenage girl in the Ozark Mountains who cares for her mentally ill mother and younger siblings while searching for her missing father. She traveled to the Ozarks a week before filming began to live with the family on whom the story was based, and in preparation for the role, she learned to fight, skin squirrels, and chop wood.David Denby of The New Yorker asserted that the film “would be unimaginable with anyone less charismatic” and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that “her performance is more than acting; it’s a gathering storm. Lawrence’s eyes are a roadmap to what’s tearing Ree apart.”The production won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.The actress was awarded the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance, and received her first nominations for the Golden Globe Award, SAG Award and Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the second-youngest Best Actress Oscar nominee at the time.
Jennifer Lawrence : Worldwide recognition (2011–2013)
Jennifer Lawrence fter her dramatic role in Winter’s Bone, Lawrence looked for something less serious, and found it with her first high-profile release—Matthew Vaughn’s superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011)—a prequel to the X-Men film series. She portrayed the shapeshifting mutant Mystique, a role played by Rebecca Romijn in the earlier films. Vaughn cast Lawrence, as he thought that she would be able to portray the weakness and strength involved in the character’s transformation. For the part, Lawrence lost weight and practiced yoga.For Mystique’s blue form, she had to undergo eight hours of makeup, where latex pieces and body paint were applied to her otherwise nude body, as Romijn had done on the other films. This process required Lawrence to report to set at 2 a.m She was intimidated in the role as she admired Romijn. Writing for USA Today, Claudia Puig considered the film to be a “classy re-boot” of the film series, and believed that her “high-spirited performance” empowered the film.With worldwide earnings of $350 million, X-Men: First Class became Lawrence’s highest-grossing film at that point.
In 2012, Lawrence starred as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, an adaptation of the first book in author Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of the same name. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the series tells the story of the teenage heroine Everdeen as she joins rebel forces against a totalitarian government after winning a brutal televised annual event. Despite being an admirer of the books, Lawrence was initially hesitant to accept the part, because of the grand scale of the film. She agreed to the project after her mother convinced her to take the part.She practiced archery, rock and tree climbing, and hand-to-hand combat techniques, and other physically demanding activities for the role. While training for the part, she injured herself running into a wall. The Hunger Games garnered positive reviews, with Lawrence’s portrayal of Everdeen being particularly praised Roger Ebert described the film as “an effective entertainment,” and found Lawrence to be “strong and convincing in the central role.” Similarly, Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called her an “ideal screen actress”, believing that she had embodied the Everdeen of the novel, and added that she “anchors [the film] with impressive gravity and presence”.With worldwide revenues of over $690 million, The Hunger Games became a top-grossing film featuring a female lead, making Lawrence the highest-grossing action heroine of all time.
Jennifer Lawrence : Hiatus and return to film (2019–present)
Following roles in a series of mixed reviewed films, Lawrence took a small break from acting. She felt unsatisfied with her films, wanted to avoid media scrutiny, and focused on domestic activities during this period. Wanting to work with director Adam McKay since she was 19, Lawrence returned in 2021 in his film Don’t Look Up for Netflix for a reported fee of $25 million.A “slapstick apocalypse”, the film had her and costar Leonardo DiCaprio play two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about an extinction-level asteroid.For the role, Lawrence received a red dye job and an undercut. In an interview with Vogue, she said that she extensively researched the typical look of aspiring astrophysicists. Reviews for the film were mixed, but critics mostly praised the performances of Lawrence and DiCaprio,who were described as “powerhouse” by Ian Sandwell of Digital Spy and “a delight to watch” by Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV. Lawrence earned a fifth Golden Globe nomination for the film.[119] It broke the record for the most views, 152 million hours in a single week in Netflix history, and ranks as the platform’s second most-watched film within 28 days of release
Under Excellent Cadaver, Lawrence produced Bread and Roses (2023), a documentary film from director Sahra Mani about Afghan women under Taliban rule. Keen to work in a comedy, Lawrence accepted her friend Gene Stupnitsky’s offer to star in his sex comedy No Hard Feelings (2023), which she also produced.She played a young woman facing bankruptcy who accepts a Craigslist posting from wealthy parents to date their introverted 19-year-old son (played by Andrew Barth Feldman). Reviewers had favorable opinions on the film, and appreciated Lawrence’s comic timing She received another Golden Globe nomination for her performance.
Jennifer Lawrence : Other ventures
Lawrence identifies a She has promoted body positivity among women In 2015, she wrote an essay for Lenny Letter criticizing the gender pay gap in Hollywood, describing her own experiences in the industry, such as the lesser pay she received for her work on American Hustle in comparison to her male co-stars.In a 2015 interview with Vogue, she condemned Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis for her opposition to same-sex marriage.Lawrence was raised a Republican and voted for John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, but has since been critical of the party.Lawrence strongly opposed Donald Trump’s presidency, stating in 2015 that his election would “be the end of the world”.[162] She endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Lawrence joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2011.She has lent her support to several charitable organizations, such as the World Food Programme, Feeding America, and the Thirst Project.Along with her The Hunger Games co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, she partnered with the United Nations to publicize poverty and hunger.She organized an early screening of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) to benefit Saint Mary’s Center, a disabilities organization in Louisville, and raised more than $40,000 for the cause. She partnered with the charity broadcast network Chideo to raise funds for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games by screening her film Serena (2014). She also collaborated with Omaze to host a fundraising contest for the games as part of the premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014).
Jennifer Lawrence : Personal life
In 2018, she began a relationship with Cooke Maroney, an art gallery director. They became engaged in February 2019[180][181] and married that October in Rhode Island.As of May 2019, they reside in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City and in Beverly Hills, California.In February 2022, Lawrence gave birth to their son, Cy.
Lawrence was one of the victims of the 2014 celebrity nude photo leak, in which several private nude pictures of her were hacked and posted online. She emphasized that the photos were never meant to go public, calling the leak a “sex crime” and a “sexual violation”, and added that viewers of the images should be ashamed of themselves for “perpetuating a sexual offense” Lawrence further said her pictures had been intended for Hoult during their relationship, and that unlike other victims of the incident, she did not plan to sue Apple Inc.