Jennifer Lawrence
| Jennifer Lawrence | |
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 Lawrence at the 83rd Academy Awards, February 27, 2011 |
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| Born | Jennifer Shrader Lawrence August 15, 1990 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence[1] (born August 15, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She has had lead roles in TBS's The Bill Engvall Show and in the independent films The Burning Plain and Winter's Bone, for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 20, this made her the second youngest actress to ever be nominated for the award. She also played Mystique in X-Men: First Class. She was cast as Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming 2012 film, The Hunger Games, which is based on the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
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[edit] Early life
Jennifer Lawrence was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Karen (née Koch), who runs a children's camp, and Gary Lawrence, who once owned a concrete construction firm, Lawrence & Associates.[2][3][4] She acted in church plays[5] and, by the age of 14, had decided to pursue an acting career, persuading her parents to take her to New York City to find a talent agent. Although she had no training or experience, she received high praise from the agency for which she auditioned. She graduated from high school two years early in order to begin a career in acting.[2]
[edit] Career
[edit] Early work
Lawrence was in the main cast of the TBS comedy The Bill Engvall Show, playing eldest daughter 'Lauren Pearson'. Written and created by Bill Engvall and Michael Leeson, the show is set in a Denver suburb and follows the life of 'Bill Pearson' (played by Engvall), a family counselor whose own family could use a little dose of counseling. The series went on the air in September 2007 and was canceled in 2009 after three seasons.
Lawrence had roles in the television series The Devil You Know, Cold Case, Medium, and Monk.[6]
In 2008, she appeared in a small role in the film Garden Party directed by Jason Freeland. The same year, Lawrence appeared on the big screen in Guillermo Arriaga's film directorial debut The Burning Plain, opposite Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. Her performance in the film earned her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young emerging actor/actress during the Venice Film Festival in 2008.
Still in 2008, she had the lead role in another film director's debut, Lori Petty's The Poker House, where Lawrence starred opposite Selma Blair and Bokeem Woodbine.
Lawrence featured in the music video for the song "The Mess I Made", from the 2009 album Losing Sleep by Parachute.
[edit] 2010 - present
Lawrence's lead role in Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, which won best picture at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, is generally cited as a breakout performance for her.[7] She portrays Ree Dolly, a seventeen-year-old in the rural Ozarks who cares for her mentally ill mother and her younger brother and sister, when she discovers that her father has put their house and land up as a bond for a court appearance he didn't make.[8]
The performance was highly acclaimed by film critics. David Denby, writing in The New Yorker, said "the movie would be unimaginable with anyone less charismatic playing Ree."[9] Lawrence received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for the role, on January 25, 2011.[10] She is the second-youngest person to date to be nominated for the category.
Lawrence had a role in The Beaver, a dark comedy starring Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson that was filmed in 2009, but which spent an extended period of time stalled due to controversies surrounding Gibson. It was released on May 6, 2011. Lawrence co-starred in the independent film Like Crazy, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and received a wider release by Paramount Pictures.[11]
In June 2011, Lawrence appeared as shape-shifting villain Mystique in X-Men: First Class,[12] a prequel to the rest of the X-Men film series. Lawrence's Mystique is a younger version of the character played by Rebecca Romijn in earlier X-Men films. Lawrence is also set to star alongside Elisabeth Shue in Mark Tonderai's thriller House at the End of the Street,[13] which completed filming in 2010 and is in post-production.[14]
Lawrence has stated that she has never taken drama classes or acting lessons, simply relying on her instincts when playing a role.[2] She lived in New York City for the first few years of her career, but resides in Santa Monica, California.[2]
In March 2011, it was reported that Lawrence had been cast as Katniss Everdeen in the movie The Hunger Games, set to be released in March 2012.[15] She had an accident on the last day of the six-week training phase.[16] She was also cast in The Silver Linings Playbook, opposite Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. Jennifer Lawrence was originally cast to play "O" in the film Savages, but dropped out to film The Hunger Games instead. The movie will come out March 23, 2012.
On June 18, 2011, it was announced that Lawrence was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an invitation that included that year her Winter's Bone co-star John Hawkes.
She was named the number 47 most desirable woman by Ask Men.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
- ^ According to the State of Kentucky. Kentucky Birth Index, 1911–1999. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/12252
- ^ a b c d Schneller, Johanna (June 11, 2010). "Interview with Winter's Bone star Jennifer Lawrence". The Globe and Mail (Canada). http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/johanna-schneller/interview-with-winters-bone-star-jennifer-lawrence/article1600683/. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ Moss, Josh (2010-12). "Too young for methods: Louisville's Academy Award-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence [Movies"]. Louisville Magazine. http://www.louisville.com/content/too-young-methods-louisvilles-academy-award-nomianted-actress-jennifer-lawrence-movies. Retrieved February 11, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Lord, Joseph (January 23, 2011). "Louisville's Jennifer Lawrence waits for magical Oscar nomination". Louisville Courier-Journal. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110123/FEATURES07/301230059/1011/SCENE/Louisville+s+Jennifer+Lawrence+waits+for+magical+Oscar+nomination. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ Lord, Joseph (October 14, 2009). "Jennifer Lawrence: Bigger Things". Louisville Courier-Journal. http://louisville.metromix.com/movies/article/jennifer-lawrence-bigger-things/1535101/content. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ Stern, Marlow (June 12, 2010). "Jennifer Lawrence is the breakout star of Winter's Bone!". Manhattan Movie Magazine. http://www.manhattanmoviemag.com/interviews/jennifer-lawrence-is-the-breakout-star-of-winter%E2%80%99s-bone.html. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ Medina, Jeremy (June 28, 2010). "Jennifer Lawrence dishes on 'Winter's Bone' and stripping for 'Esquire'". BlackBook. http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/jennifer-lawrence/20149. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ Kit, Borys (October 14, 2010). "Two join 'House at the End of the Street'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/two-join-house-end-street-24282.
- ^ Denby, David (July 5, 2010). "Current Cinema: Thrills and Chills". The New Yorker (Condé Nast): 78–79. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2010/07/05/100705crci_cinema_denby. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
- ^ MTV News Staff (January 25, 2010). "Oscar Nominations List 2011". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1656582/2011-oscar-nominations.jhtml. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (January 23, 2011). "Sundance 2011: 'Like Crazy' is bought, and will be released by, Paramount Pictures". L.A. Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/01/like-crazy-sundance-anton-yelchin-jones-jennifer-lawrence.html. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ Wells, Jeffrey (October 24, 2010). "Lawrence on the Line". Hollywood elsewhere. http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2010/10/lawrence_on_the.php. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ^ Max Thieriot and Jennifer Lawrence Move into the House at the End of the Street
- ^ a b "House at the End of the Street at the IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1582507/. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ Warner, Kara (March 17, 2011). "Exclusive: Jennifer Lawrence Officially Cast In 'Hunger Games'". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660152/jennifer-lawrence-hunger-games.jhtml. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
- ^ "9 Untold Secrets of the High Stakes 'Hunger Games'". The Hollywood Reporter. February 1, 2012. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hunger-games-jennifer-lawrence-josh-hutcherson-liam-hemsworth-gary-ross-twilight-285957.
- ^ "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". The Young Artist Foundation. 2011. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms32.html. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ "2011 IGN Award for Best Ensemble Cast". IGN. http://uk.ign.com/lists/summer-movie-awards-2011/best-ensemble-cast. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
