Jennifer Lawrence is a Hollywood actress, who has acted in a number of Hollywood movies and television shows. She was first noticed in her lead role in The Bill Engvall Show on TBS, which came out in the year 2007. After that, she was a part of the American drama film, Winter’s Bone in 2010. “X-Men: First Class”, which released in 2011, became her first commercially successful endeavor.

For her outstanding performances, she has been nominated for and has won many awards including Oscar Award, Golden Globe, and others. She won the Academy Award for her acting in the comedy- drama, Silver Linings Playbook. She won a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for her work as a supporting role in the comedy-drama, American Hustle.

Jennifer Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990 in Kentucky in the United States. Her father, Gary Lawrence, is a construction worker and mother, Karen is a camp manager for kids. She is the youngest and has two brothers, Blaine and Ben. At a young age of fourteen, she managed to convince her parents to take her to New York City so that she can pursue her dreams of becoming an actor. As a student, she was quite smart and completed her high school with a 3.9/4 average score, two years in advance. Even at that young age, Lawrence worked in her parent’s children camp, all the while studying and working small acting jobs.

Lawrence made her acting debut with the comedy series, The Bill Engvall Show. She played the role of the eldest daughter. Starting in the year 2007, the series wrapped up after completing season 3. The cast of the show received excellent reviews from the critic. The cast even won a number of awards and received award nominations, thus putting Lawrence on a path to success.

took the plunge into the movie business in 2008, with a brief role in the American drama film, Garden Party. After that, she once again made an appearance in the movie, The Poker House by Lori Petty, for which she won the Los Angeles Film Festival Award for an Outstanding Performance. Her next role was in the movie, The Burning Plain, along with seasoned actors like Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. For this performance, she received the Best Emerging Actress Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival. Lawrence was also seen in a music video by Parachute, The Mess I Made.

Her breakout performance was in the movie, Winter’s Bone, a creation of Debra Granik which also won the Best Picture Award at the Sunday Film Festival. In this movie, she played the role of a fourteen year old who takes care of her young siblings as well as a sick mother and is also searching for her missing father. Her performance gained critical acclaim and won the hearts of the audiences. She received the award for the Best Breakthrough Performance from the National Board of Review and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Then came Like Crazy, an independent film, in which Jennifer Lawrence performed with Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, and Alex Kingston. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. She also made an appearance in the comedy, The Beaver. Although the movie was wrapped up in 2009 itself, it was released only later in the year 2011, due to the controversies clouding the star actress Mel Gibson. She starred in the movie, X-Men: First Class, which also premiered the same year, as a prequel to X-Men Series. In the movie, Lawrence acted alongside James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. She played the role of the shape-changing mutant, Mystique, which was previously done by Rebecca Romijn. The movie was big success at the box office and earned a total of $353.6 million. In the year 2011, Lawrence also joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.