Jennifer Lawrence

August 15, 1990

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence

Actress

2013 Silver Linings Playbook

2012 The Hunger Games

2012 House at the End of the Street

2011 X-Men: First Class

2011 The Beaver

2011 Like Crazy

2010 Winter's Bone

2007-2009 The Bill Engvall Show (TV series)

2009 Devil You Know

2008 The Burning Plain

2008 The Poker House

2008 Garden Party

2007-2008 Medium (TV series)

2007 Not Another High School Show (TV movie)

2007 Cold Case (TV series)

2006 Monk (TV series)

2006 Company Town (TV movie)

Appearances

2011 MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (TV special)

2010-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)

2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)

2011 La noche de los Oscar (TV movie)

2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

2011 The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards (TV movie)

2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)

2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)

2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)

2011 The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)

2011 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV special)

2011 In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (TV series)

2011 What's Going On? with Mike Mitchell (TV series)

2010 Breakfast (TV series)

2010 Moving Pictures Live! (TV series)

Academy Awards

2011 Nominated Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2011 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

2011 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Young Actor/Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2011 2nd place COFCA Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

2011 Breakthrough Film Artist for: Winter's Bone (2010) for acting

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won CFCA Award Most Promising Performer
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

2010 Nominated CFCA Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Chlotrudis Awards

2011 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actress
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2010 2nd place DFWFCA Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Empire Awards, UK

2011 Nominated Empire Award Best Newcomer
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2010 Won Pauline Kael Breakout Award for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Golden Globes

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Gotham Awards

2010 Won Best Ensemble Cast for: Winter's Bone (2010)

2010 Nominated Breakthrough Award for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Independent Spirit Awards

2011 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Irish Film and Television Awards

2011 Nominated Audience Award Best International Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated Sierra Award Best Actress
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

2010 Nominated Sierra Award Best Youth in Film
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2011 Nominated ALFS Award Actress of the Year
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2010 2nd place LAFCA Award Best Actress
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Los Angeles Film Festival

2008 Won Outstanding Performance for: The Poker House (2008)

National Board of Review, USA

2010 Won NBR Award Best Breakthrough Performer for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2011 Nominated OFCS Award Best Actress
for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2011 Won Rising Star Award

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated PFCS Award Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Winter's Bone (2010)

2010 Nominated PFCS Award Breakout Performance - On Screen for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Prism Awards

2011 Nominated Prism Award Performance in a Feature Film for: Winter's Bone (2010)

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Won SDFCS Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

2010 Nominated SDFCS Award Best Ensemble Performance for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Satellite Awards

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2011 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Seattle International Film Festival

2010 Won Golden Space Needle Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2010 2nd place SEFCA Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Stockholm Film Festival

2010 Won Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Teen Choice Awards

2011 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Breakout: Female for: X-Men: First Class (2011)

2011 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Chemistry for: X-Men: First Class (2011)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won TFCA Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

2011 Won VFCC Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Venice Film Festival

2008 Won Marcello Mastroianni Award for: The Burning Plain (2008)

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won WAFCA Award Best Actress for: Winter's Bone (2010)

Young Artist Awards

2009 Won Young Artist Award Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series for: "The Bill Engvall Show" (2007)

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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 a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 20, this made her the second youngest actress to ever be nominated for the award. She was cast as Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming 2012 film, The Hunger Games, which is based on the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

Lawrence was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Karen (Koch), who runs a children's camp, and Gary Lawrence, who once owned a concrete construction firm, Lawrence & Associates. She acted in church plays 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.

I never felt like I completely, 100% understood something so well as acting.