Jennifer Lawrence
Acting • Born 1990-08-15
Biography
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress and producer. She is known for starring in both action film franchises and independent dramas, and her films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide. The world's highest-paid actress in 2015 and 2016, she appeared on Time's 100 most influential people in the world list in 2013 and the Forbes Celebrity 100 list from 2013 to 2016. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Peabody Award. 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 (2007–2009). She made her film debut with a supporting role in the drama Garden Party (2008). She had her breakthrough playing a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent film Winter's Bone (2010). Lawrence gained stardom portraying 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. Lawrence collaborated with filmmaker David O. Russell on three films, all of which garnered her significant recognition. For portraying a troubled young widow in the romance Silver Linings Playbook (2012), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the second-youngest winner in the category at age 22. Lawrence won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing an unpredictable wife in the black comedy American Hustle (2013). She also received Golden Globe Awards for both, and for portraying businesswoman Joy Mangano in the biopic Joy (2015). A series of mixed reviews and media scrutiny of her role choices led to a small break from acting. Lawrence returned with the black comedy Don't Look Up (2021), after which she produced and starred in the drama Causeway (2022) and the comedy No Hard Feelings (2023). In 2025, she received renewed critical attention for her lead role in the psychological drama Die, My Love. Lawrence is a feminist and advocates for women's reproductive rights. In 2015, she founded the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation, which advocates for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Special Olympics. She is also an active member of the anti-corruption organisation RepresentUs. Lawrence formed the production company Excellent Cadaver in 2018.
Filmography
86 credits
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Movie • 2012
Self - Katniss Everdeen
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie • 2014
Self - Katniss Everdeen
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Movie • 2016
Self (Katniss Everdeen)
No Hard Feelings
Movie • 2023
Maddie Barker
Burial Rites
Movie
Agnes Magnúsdóttir
Garden Party
Movie • 2008
Tiff
mother! The Downward Spiral
Movie • 2017
Self
Like Crazy
Movie • 2011
Sam
The Poker House
Movie • 2008
Agnes
Winter's Bone
Movie • 2010
Ree Dolly
X-Men: First Class
Movie • 2011
Raven / Mystique
The Beaver
Movie • 2011
Norah
The Hunger Games
Movie • 2012
Katniss Everdeen
House at the End of the Street
Movie • 2012
Elissa Cassidy
Silver Linings Playbook
Movie • 2012
Tiffany Maxwell
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie • 2013
Katniss Everdeen
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Movie • 2014
Raven / Mystique
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie • 2015
Katniss Everdeen
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie • 2014
Katniss Everdeen
Serena
Movie • 2014
Serena Pemberton
American Hustle
Movie • 2013
Rosalyn Rosenfeld
The Devil You Know
Movie • 2013
Young Zoe
The Burning Plain
Movie • 2008
Young Mariana
Joy
Movie • 2015
Joy
X-Men: Apocalypse
Movie • 2016
Raven / Mystique
Die My Love
Movie • 2025
Grace
Passengers
Movie • 2016
Aurora Lane
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Movie • 2015
Self
Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action
Movie • 2023
Self
mother!
Movie • 2017
Mother
A Beautiful Planet
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Wives
Movie
Red Sparrow
Movie • 2018
Dominika Egorova
Why Don't You Love Me?
Movie
Claire
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Movie • 2011
Self
100 Years
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Dark Phoenix
Movie • 2019
Raven Darkholme / Mystique
Wide-Awake
Movie • 2012
The Snake Charmer
Love, Antosha
Movie • 2019
Self
Unbreaking America
Movie • 2019
Self
The Making of 'Winter's Bone'
Movie • 2010
Self
Causeway
Movie • 2022
Lynsey
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Movie • 2015
Self - Katniss Everdeen
Don't Look Up
Movie • 2021
Kate Dibiasky
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Movie • 2016
Self
Dior and I
Movie • 2015
self
The Making of American Hustle
Movie • 2014
Self
What Happens at Night
Movie
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie • 2026
Katniss Everdeen
Untitled Jennifer Lawrence/Amy Schumer Project
Movie
X-Men: Apocalypse Unearthed
Movie • 2016
Self
Mutant vs. Machine: The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
Movie • 2015
Self
Medium
TV • 2005
Young Allison
Monk
TV • 2002
Mascot
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Abby Bradford (2007)
The Bill Engvall Show
TV • 2007
Lauren Pearson
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV • 2002
Self
Quotidien
TV • 2016
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Guest
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Frame
TV • 2013
Katniss Everdeen
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
鲁豫有约一日行
TV • 2016
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV • 2007
Self
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
TV • 2008
Self
Medium
TV • 2005
Claire Chase
Chicken Shop Date
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Chelsea Lately
TV • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV • 2025
Self
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Germany's Next Topmodel
TV • 2006
Self - Special Guest