Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress and producer. She has starred in a number of box-office action hits as well as many independent dramas. Her films have grossed more than US$6 billion worldwide, and she was the world's highest-paid actress in 2015 and 2016. Lawrence began her career with guest roles on several television series before landing her first main role in the sitcom The Bill Engvall Show. She made her film debut in Garden Party in 2008 and had her breakthrough in 2010 with the independent film Winter's Bone, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She rose to fame playing the mutant Mystique in the X-Men film series (2011–2019) and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015); Katniss became the highest-grossing action heroine in film history. Lawrence won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook, becoming, at 22, the second-youngest winner in the award's history. She went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for American Hustle and Best Actress for Joy. After appearing in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix, she took a brief break from acting, returning in 2021 with Don't Look Up. She has since starred in Causeway, No Hard Feelings and Die My Love, and also works as a producer through her own production company, Excellent Cadaver. Lawrence is active in charitable and public causes: in 2015 she set up the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation to support various charities, and she sits on the board of the anti-corruption organization RepresentUs. A feminist, she has spoken out publicly for women's rights many times. She is married to art gallery director Cooke Maroney, and they have two sons.