Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Maroney née Lawrence born August 15 1990 is an American actress and producer She has starred in both action film franchises and independent dramas and her films have grossed over 6 billion worldwide She was the worlds highestpaid actress in 2015 and 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 20072009 In 2008 she made her film debut with a supporting role in the drama Garden Party She earned the Marcello Mastroianni Award for her performance in The Burning Plain Her breakthrough came with the role of a povertystricken teenager in the independent film Winters Bone 2010 for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress Lawrence achieved international stardom for portraying the mutant Mystique in the XMen film series 20112019 and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series 2012present The latter franchise made her character the highestgrossing action heroine of all time Lawrence collaborated with filmmaker David O Russell on three films which earned her various accolades For portraying a troubled young widow in the romance Silver Linings Playbook 2012 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress becoming the secondyoungest winner in the category at age 22 Lawrence also won a BAFTA Award for her supporting role in the black comedy American Hustle 2013 and a Golden Globe Award for portraying businesswoman Joy Mangano in the biopic Joy 2015 She later starred in the scifi romance film Passengers 2016 the psychological horror film Mother 2017 and the spy thriller Red Sparrow 2018 to varying critical and commercial success After a hiatus Lawerence returned to acting with the satirical dark comedy Dont Look Up 2021 She has since starred in the dramas Causeway 2022 and Die My Love 2025 and the comedy No Hard Feelings 2023 all of which she coproduced Outside of acting Lawrence founded the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation in 2015 which advocates for the Boys Girls Clubs of America and the Special Olympics and the production company Excellent Cadaver in 2018 She sang lead on the 2014 single The Hanging Tree which charted worldwide She is a feminist and advocates for womens reproductive rights She is also an active member of the anticorruption organisation RepresentUs She is married to gallery director Cooke Maroney with whom she has two children Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Lawrence licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia