Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress and producer. Lawrence 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 in Time‘s 100 most influential people in the world list in 2013 and the Forbes Celebrity 100 list from 2013 to 2016.

Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence in 2016
Born	Jennifer Shrader Lawrence August 15, 1990 (age 34) Indian Hills, Kentucky, U.S.
Other names	Jennifer Lawrence Maroney
Occupations	Actress producer
Years active	2006–present
Organizations	Excellent Cadaver Jennifer Lawrence Foundation
Spouse	Cooke Maroney ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	1
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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) and 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, 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 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 reviewed films and the 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).

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. Lawrence formed the production company Excellent Cadaver in 2018.

She is an active member of the nonpartisan nonprofit anti-corruption organization RepresentUs and has served as a spokesperson in its videos about protecting democracy.

Early life and education

Jennifer Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990, in Indian Hills, Kentucky, to Gary, a construction company owner, and Karen (née Koch), a summer camp manager.
She has two older brothers, Ben and Blaine. Lawrence’s parents were not anticipating a child when she was born, and Karen once said “We thought we were finished having kids. We got rid of the baby bed and everything.”

The family owned a horse farm when she was a child, and Lawrence owned a horse named Muffin. Her mother raised her to be “tough” like her brothers, as she did not want Lawrence to be “a diva.”
Karen also refused to let her play with other girls in preschool, as she deemed her “too rough” with them and worried she would hurt them.

Even Lawrence admitted she was a “hyper” child. Lawrence was educated at the Kammerer Middle School in Louisville. She was raised as a Christian, although she would in 2017 call herself “not religious”, while admitting to still praying and rejecting the label of atheist.

Lawrence did not enjoy her childhood due to hyperactivity and social anxiety, and considered herself a misfit among her peers. “I didn’t have any friends.

I remember being kind of lonely,” she recalled. Lawrence has said that her anxieties vanished when performing on stage and that acting gave her a sense of accomplishment.

Her school activities included cheerleading, softball, field hockey and basketball, which she played on a boys’ team coached by her father.
Lawrence did not enjoy these activities, and recalled in 2015 “There’s something about team sports, classes, I didn’t take well to it. I didn’t like it. … I hated team sports.”

Growing up, she was fond of horseback riding and frequently visited a local horse farm. Lawrence has an injured tailbone as a result of being thrown from a horse. When her father worked from home, she performed for him, often dressing up as a clown or ballerina.

Lawrence had her first acting assignment at age nine, playing a Ninevite prostitute in a church play based on the Book of Jonah. For the next few years, she continued taking parts in church plays and school musicals.

Lawrence was 14 and on a family vacation in New York City when she was spotted on the street by a talent scout, who arranged for her to audition for talent agents.

Her mother was not keen on her pursuing an acting career, but she briefly moved her family to New York to let Lawrence read for roles. After her first cold reading, the agents said that hers was the best they had heard from someone so young; however, her mother convinced her that they were lying.

Lawrence said her early experiences were difficult because she felt lonely and friendless. She signed with CESD Talent Agency, which convinced her parents to let her audition for roles in Los Angeles.

While her mother encouraged her to go into modeling, she insisted on pursuing acting, which she considered a “natural fit” for her abilities, and turned down several modeling offers, though she modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch before beginning an acting career, and the modeling photos were never released.

She dropped out of school at 14 without receiving a General Educational Development (GED) or diploma. Lawrence has described herself as “self-educated” and said that her career was her priority Between her acting jobs in the city, she made regular visits to Louisville, where she was an assistant nurse at her mother’s camp.

Personal life

Jennifer Lawrence was one of the victims of the 2014 celebrity nude photo leak, in which several private nude pictures of her were hacked and posted online.
She emphasized that the photos were never meant to go public, calling the leak a “sex crime” and a “sexual violation”, and added that viewers of the images should be ashamed of themselves for “perpetuating a sexual offense”.

Lawrence further said her pictures had been intended for Hoult during their relationship, and that unlike other victims of the incident, she did not plan to sue Apple Inc.

Relationships and family

During filming of X-Men: First Class in 2010, Jennifer Lawrence began dating her co-star Nicholas Hoult. Their relationship ended around the time they wrapped filming X-Men: Days of Future Past, in August 2014. While in her 20s, Lawrence became pregnant.

She planned to have an abortion but instead miscarried while in Montreal. In September 2016, she began dating filmmaker Darren Aronofsky after they had met during filming of Mother! They broke up in November 2017.

In 2018, she began a relationship with Cooke Maroney, an art gallery director, after being introduced by actress Laura Simpson. They became engaged in February 2019 and held an engagement party at the River Café in Brooklyn in May of that same year.

Lawrence and Maroney were married on October 19, 2019, at the Belcourt of Newport mansion in Rhode Island. For their honeymoon, they stayed at the NIHI Sumba Resort in Indonesia, in the private home of resort owner J. Christopher Burch.

As of May 2019, they reside in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City and Beverly Hills, California. While filming Don’t Look Up, Lawrence suffered a second miscarriage and needed a dilation and curettage procedure.

On February 23, 2022, Lawrence gave birth to their son, Cy, named after American artist Cy Twombly.

Views

Jennifer Lawrence is a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. During a speech at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards, she voiced her support for the community, adding that her “first love” was a homosexual. Lawrence mentioned “I tried to convert him for years, but now I know conversion therapy doesn’t work.”

Lawrence also supports abortion rights. She showed her support by attending the Rally for Abortion Justice in Washington, D.C. in 2021 while pregnant. Attending alongside Amy Schumer, Lawrence held a sign that read “Women can’t be free if they don’t control their bodies.”

Despite growing up in a strictly conservative and Republican family, even voting for John McCain in 2008, Lawrence became a Democrat after hearing a joke on 30 Rock.

Artistry and public image

In 2012, the review website IndieWire described Jennifer Lawrence ‘s off-screen persona as “down-to-earth, self-deprecating, unaffected”. Adam McKay, who directed Lawrence in Don’t Look Up, considered her “a strong, funny truth-teller”.

“No one has more beautiful anger than Jen,” McKay said. “When she unleashes, it is a sight to behold.” An IGN writer described her as a “sharp”, “funny” and “quirky” actress who liked to “stay grounded” despite her considerable success.

Lawrence has said she finds acting “stupid” in comparison to life-saving professions like doctors, and therefore does not believe in being “cocky” about her accomplishments.

In 2012, Rolling Stone called Lawrence “the most talented young actress in America”.

Her The Hunger Games co-star Donald Sutherland found her an “exquisite and brilliant actor” and favorably compared her craft to that of Laurence Olivier. David O. Russell, who directed Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and Joy, has said that her acting “is effortless and she makes it look easy”.

She has played roles in both high-profile, mainstream productions and low-budget independent films, and appeared in a range of film genres. Lawrence did not study acting and has not been involved in professional theater.

She bases her acting approach on her observations of people around her. Lawrence said in 2010 that she did not “invest any of my real emotions” or take home any of her characters’ pain.

She went on to say that “I don’t even take it to craft services” and has never shared her characters’ experiences, relying instead on her imagination: “I can’t go around looking for roles that are exactly like my life.”

Lawrence also added “If it ever came down to the point where, to make a part better, I had to lose a little bit of my sanity, I wouldn’t do it. I would just do comedies.”

Lawrence has become one of the world’s highest-paid actresses. The Daily Telegraph reported in 2014 that she was earning $10 million per film.

In 2013, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world, Elle labeled her the most powerful woman in the entertainment business, and Forbes ranked her as the second most powerful actress, behind only Angelina Jolie.

In 2014, Forbes listed Lawrence as the second-highest-paid actress in the world with earnings of $34 million and named her as the most powerful actress, ranking at number 12 on the magazine’s Celebrity 100 list.

She appeared on the list again in 2015 and 2016. In 2015, Lawrence was named “Entertainer of the Year” by Entertainment Weekly—a title she also won in 2012—and was recognized as the highest-grossing action heroine in Guinness World Records for starring in The Hunger Games series.

In 2015 and 2016, Forbes ranked her as the world’s highest-paid actress, with annual earnings of $52 million and $46 million, respectively. In the following two years, it ranked her as the world’s third and fourth highest-paid actress, with respective earnings of $24 million and $18 million.

The Hollywood Reporter listed Lawrence among the 100 most powerful people in entertainment from 2016 to 2018. As of 2019, her films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide.

Lawrence appeared on Victoria’s Secret’s listing of the “Sexiest Up-and-Coming Bombshell” in 2011, People‘s Most Beautiful People in 2011 and 2013, Maxim‘s Hot 100 from 2011 to 2014, and was placed at number one on FHM‘s 100 Sexiest Women list in 2014.

From 2013 to 2015, she was featured on Glamour‘s annual listing of the best dressed women, topping the list in 2014. During Raf Simons’s tenure at Dior, Lawrence became a celebrity ambassador for the brand, appearing in advertisement campaigns for its fashion and perfumes.

She frequently wears Dior to red carpet events such as film premieres and award ceremonies. She wore a custom Dior bridal gown on her wedding day.

Other ventures

Jennifer Lawrence identifies as a feminist, a concept she argues should not intimidate people “because it just means equality”.
She has promoted body positivity among women. In 2015, she wrote an essay for Lenny Letter criticizing the gender pay gap in Hollywood, describing her own experiences in the industry, such as the lesser pay she received for her work on American Hustle in comparison to her male co-stars.

In a 2015 interview with Vogue, she condemned Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis for her opposition to same-sex marriage. Lawrence was raised a Republican and voted for John McCain in the 2008 presidential election but has since been critical of the party.

 Lawrence strongly opposed Donald Trump’s presidency, stating in 2015 that his election would “be the end of the world”. She endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

Lawrence joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2011. She has lent her support to several charitable organizations, such as the World Food Programme, Feeding America, and the Thirst Project.

Along with her The Hunger Games co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, she partnered with the United Nations to publicize poverty and hunger.
She organized an early screening of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) to benefit Saint Mary’s Center, a disabilities organization in Louisville, and raised more than $40,000 for the cause.

She partnered with the charity broadcast network Chideo to raise funds for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games by screening her film Serena (2014). She also collaborated with Omaze to host a fundraising contest for the games as part of the premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014).

In 2015, Lawrence teamed with Hutcherson and Hemsworth for Prank It FWD, a charitable initiative to raise money for the nonprofit organization DoSomething.

That year, she also launched the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation, which supports charities such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Special Olympics. In 2016, she donated $2 million to the Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville to set up a cardiac intensive care unit named after her foundation.

She is a board member of RepresentUs, a nonprofit seeking to pass anti-corruption laws in the United States.

In 2018, she collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood to set up the Time’s Up initiative to protect women from harassment and discrimination and took part in the 2018 Women’s March in Los Angeles. In 2018, Lawrence spoke out in support of retaining ranked-choice voting in Maine.

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List of films and roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Garden Party	Tiff
2008	The Poker House	Agnes
2008	The Burning Plain	Mariana
2010	Winter’s Bone	Ree Dolly
2011	Like Crazy	Sam
2011	The Beaver	Norah
2011	X-Men: First Class	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique
2012	The Hunger Games	Katniss Everdeen
2012	Silver Linings Playbook	Tiffany Maxwell
2012	House at the End of the Street	Elissa Cassidy
2013	The Devil You Know	Young Zoe Hughes	Filmed in 2005
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Katniss Everdeen
2013	American Hustle	Rosalyn Rosenfeld
2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique
2014	Serena	Serena Pemberton
2014	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Katniss Everdeen
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	Katniss Everdeen
2015	Joy	Joy Mangano
2016	A Beautiful Planet	Narrator	Documentary
2016	X-Men: Apocalypse	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique
2016	Passengers	Aurora Lane
2017	Mother!	Mother
2018	Red Sparrow	Dominika Egorova
2019	Dark Phoenix	Raven Darkhölme / Mystique
2021	Don’t Look Up	Kate Dibiasky
2022	Causeway	Lynsey	Also producer
2023	Bread and Roses	–	Producer only
2023	No Hard Feelings	Maddie Barker	Also producer
TBA	Die, My Love	TBA	Filming; Also producer

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List of television appearances and roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Monk	Mascot	Episode: “Mr. Monk and the Big Game”
2007	Cold Case	Abby Bradford	Episode: “A Dollar, a Dream”
2007–2008	Medium	Young Allison / Claire Chase	2 episodes
2007–2009	The Bill Engvall Show	Lauren Pearson	Main role
2013	Saturday Night Live	Herself (host)	Episode: “Jennifer Lawrence/The Lumineers”
2017	Jimmy Kimmel Live	Herself (host)	Episode: “November 2, 2017”

List of music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Ref.
2010	“The Mess I Made”	Parachute	Young Woman