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Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (English: Jennifer Shrader Lawrence, August 15, 1990 -) is an American actress and producer. She has starred in many blockbuster action movies, as well as in many independent dramas. Her films have grossed more than $6 billion at the global box office, and she became the world's highest-paid actress in 2015 and 2016. Lawrence made guest appearances on many TV series in her early days, and later landed her first major role in the situation comedy "The Bill Enggworth Family Show." She starred in her first film "Garden Party" in 2008, and made her breakthrough with the independent film "Freeze to Death" in 2010, for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. She became famous for her roles as the mutant queen in the "X-Men" film series (2011 to 2019) and Katniss Everdeen in the "Hunger Games" film series (2012 to 2015). Her role as Katniss has become the highest-grossing action movie heroine in film history. Lawrence won the Oscar for Best Actress for the 2012 film "The Job", becoming the second youngest winner in the history of this award at the age of 22. Later, she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress for "The Love of the Sea" and "Sister Huan Becomes Self-Strengthening" respectively. After participating in the 2019 movie "Dark Phoenix", Lawrence took a brief break from acting and returned in 2021 with "Don't Look Up". Later, she starred in "Across the Water Bridge", "Training Your Virgin" and "Die, My Love", and served as a producer through the production company Excellent Cadaver she founded. Lawrence is actively involved in charity and public affairs. In 2015, she established the "Jennifer Lawrence Foundation" to support different charities. She also serves as a director of the anti-corruption organization RepresentUs. She is a feminist and has publicly fought for women's rights many times. She is married to gallery director Cooke Maloney and has two sons.
- Category
- Film & TV
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1990-08-15
- Wikidata
- Q189490