Jennifer Lawrence
Biography
Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress and producer who began acting as a teenager, taking guest parts on television and a regular role on the sitcom The Bill Engvall Show. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, she made her film debut in Garden Party (2008) and took the Marcello Mastroianni Award for The Burning Plain. Her breakthrough came as a poverty-stricken teenager in Winter's Bone (2010), which earned her a first Academy Award nomination, and she became an international star as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games series and as the mutant Mystique in the X-Men films. Her performance in Silver Linings Playbook (2012) brought her the Academy Award for Best Actress, and she also won a BAFTA for American Hustle (2013) and a Golden Globe for Joy (2015). Later films include Don't Look Up (2021), Causeway (2022), No Hard Feelings (2023) and Die My Love (2025).
36years old
Turns 37 on August 15in 307 days
- Born Indian Hills
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (birth name)Also credited as JLaw and Jennifer Lawrence Maroney
Movie Career
- Films
- 28
- Career span
- 17 years2008 to 2025
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Behind the award
At age 22, Lawrence won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with the Golden Globe and SAG Award, becoming the second-youngest winner of that Oscar category.
Getting ready for a role
In Red Sparrow, the espionage thriller based on Jason Matthews' novel, Lawrence played Dominika Egorova, a Russian spy. To prepare, she trained in ballet for four months and learned a Russian accent.
Beyond film
Lawrence recorded the song The Hanging Tree for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 soundtrack, and it charted on multiple international singles charts.
Behind the award
In 2025, Lawrence received the Donostia Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, a honor for her work in cinema, and she became the youngest person ever to receive it.
Jennifer Lawrence movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Hunger Games2012 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Katniss Everdeen
IMDb rating 7.21.1M votes
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013 Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Katniss Everdeen
IMDb rating 7.5783K votes
Most often with
Francis Lawrence directed four of these films, David O. Russell three and Bryan Singer two. Seven actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Francis Lawrence
All films by David O. Russell
All films by Bryan Singer
Also five films together1 more actor
- Willow ShieldsThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and The Hunger Games (2012)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jennifer Lawrence's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$6.1 billion
23 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 28 films: 23 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 23Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 80% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$865M14.1% of the total
- 2$755M12.3% of the total
- 3$748M12.2% of the total
- 4$694M11.3% of the total
- 5$653M10.7% of the total
- 6$544M8.9% of the total
- 7$354M5.8% of the total
- 8$303M5.0% of the total
$1.2 billionfrom the other 15 films with a worldwide figure, 20% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 2013 to 2016, eight of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2013 | Best Actress | Silver Linings Playbook | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2016 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Joy | Won |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | American Hustle | Won |
| 2013 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Silver Linings Playbook | Won |
| BAFTA | |||
| 2014 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | American Hustle | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| 2013 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Silver Linings Playbook | Won |
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Won |
| 2013 | AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress | Won | |
| 2013 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead | Silver Linings Playbook | Won |
| 2013 | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance | Silver Linings Playbook | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.