Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress. The world's highest-paid actress in 2015 and 2016, her films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide to date. 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.
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 (2007–2009). She made her film debut in a supporting role in the drama Garden Party (2008), and had her breakthrough playing Ree Dolly, a poverty-stricken teenage girl, in the coming-of-age independent mystery drama Winter's Bone (2010). Lawrence's career progressed with starring roles as the mutant Mystique in the X-Men film series (2011–2019) and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015). The latter made her the highest-grossing 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 second-youngest 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 Don't Look Up. In 2022 and 2023, she produced and starred in the drama film Causeway and the romantic comedy film No Hard Feelings respectively.
Known For
No Hard Feelings
Maddie Barker
2023
Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action
Self
2023
Love, Antosha
Self
2019
Dark Phoenix
Raven Darkholme / Mystique
2019
Unbreaking America
Self
2019
Red Sparrow
Dominika Egorova
2018
mother! The Downward Spiral
Self
2017
100 Years
Narrator (voice)
2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
Raven / Mystique
2016
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Self (Katniss Everdeen)
2016
Joy
Joy
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Katniss Everdeen
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Katniss Everdeen
2014
Serena
Serena Pemberton
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Raven / Mystique
2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self (Katniss Everdeen)
2014
American Hustle
Rosalyn Rosenfeld
2013
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self (Katniss Everdeen)
2012
Burial Rites
Agnes Magnúsdóttir
Die My Love
Grace
2025
mother!
Mother
2017
Passengers
Aurora Lane
2016
A Beautiful Planet
Narrator (voice)
2016
The Hunger Games: The Phenomenon
Self
2015
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Self
2015
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Katniss Everdeen
2013
The Devil You Know
Young Zoe
2013
Wide-Awake
The Snake Charmer
2012
Silver Linings Playbook
Tiffany Maxwell
2012
House at the End of the Street
Elissa Cassidy
2012
The Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen
2012
Like Crazy
Sam
2011
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
X-Men: First Class
Raven / Mystique
2011
The Beaver
Norah
2011
14 Actors Acting
Self
2010
Winter's Bone
Ree Dolly
2010
The Burning Plain
Young Mariana
2008
Garden Party
Tiff
2008
The Poker House
Agnes
2008
The Wives
Why Don't You Love Me?
Claire
Wick Is Pain
(archive footage)
2025
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
2024
Causeway
Lynsey
2022
Don't Look Up
Kate Dibiasky
2021
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Self
2016
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
2016
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self (Katniss Everdeen)
2015
The Making of 'Winter's Bone'
Self
2010
Mob Girl
Arlyne Brickman
Sue
Sue Mengers
Lie Detector
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Quotidien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2016
鲁豫有约一日行
(1 episode)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Hot Ones
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Dior and I
self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
The Frame
Katniss Everdeen · (1 episode)
2013
Honest Trailers
Katniss Everdeen (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
2012
Conan
Guest · (1 episode)
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
2009
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Self · (1 episode)
2008
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self · (1 episode)
2007
The Bill Engvall Show
Lauren Pearson · (30 episodes)
2007
Chelsea Lately
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2007
Medium
Young Allison · (1 episode)
2005
Medium
Claire Chase · (1 episode)
2005
Cold Case
Abby Bradford (2007) · (1 episode)
2003
Monk
Mascot · (1 episode)
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (2 episodes)
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
60 Minutes
Self · (1 episode)
1968
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner & Presenter · (1 episode)
1944