Jennifer Shrader Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990. She is an American actress. Her first major role was as a lead cast member on TBS's The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009) and she subsequently appeared in the independent films The Burning Plain (2008) and Winter's Bone (2010), for which she received nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. At age 20, she was the second-youngest actress ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 22, her performance in the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook (2012) earned her the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Satellite Award and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress, amongst other accolades, making her the youngest person ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress and the second-youngest Best Actress winner.

Lawrence is also known for playing Raven Darkhölme / Mystique in the 2011 film X-Men: First Class, a role she will reprise in X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014. Beginning in 2012, she achieved international recognition starring as the heroine Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and its three sequels, an adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best-selling series of the same name. Her performance in the films garnered her notable critical praise and marked her as the highest-grossing action heroine of all time. Lawrence's performances thus far have promptedRolling Stone to call her "the most talented young actress in America." In 2013, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.