Jennifer Lawrence
The early decades of the twenty-first century saw American cinema move across a wide range of registers, from small-scale character drama to high-concept genre filmmaking, and a generation of performers built careers that crossed those boundaries with regularity. Jennifer Shrader Maroney, known publicly as Jennifer Lawrence, emerged from that environment as an actress working across film and television, as well as a voice actor, film director, and film screenwriter.
Born on August 15, 1990, in Indian Hills, Lawrence is a citizen of the United States and works in English. She is noted for her roles in Winter's Bone, The Hunger Games, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and Joy — a body of work that spans distinct corners of American film production. These projects reflect her movement between different kinds of storytelling and different scales of production over the course of her career.
Her work in Silver Linings Playbook and Joy drew particular attention from industry award bodies. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy. These honors place her among a formally recognized group of American film actresses active during this period, and they represent the most precisely documented institutional responses to her screen work.
Lawrence's professional roles extend beyond acting into directing and screenwriting, indicating a range of industry participation that is not limited to performance. Her Library of Congress Authorized Heading — "Lawrence, Jennifer, 1990-" — reflects the formal archival record attached to her name. The Academy Award for Best Actress remains the most specifically documented honor associated with her career and serves as the concrete institutional measure by which her work has been formally assessed.
Quotes by Jennifer Lawrence
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I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece.
I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.'
I adapt to directors, I don’t like making directors adapt to me. If I’m with Clint Eastwood then I’ll do two takes, if I’m with Fincher I’ll do 50 – though the thought of that sounds horrible.
As soon as somebody farts around me, I think it’s hilarious. This is something my brothers did that now the boys at work are obsessed with. You cup it, and then you throw it in someone’s face and say, ‘Take a bite out of that cheeseburger!’
I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn’t view it as something that I would want to do.
In a short amount of time, I’ve lived so much, had so many experiences and met so many different types of people and even lived in so many countries. If I had been in school, I’d be learning about the world from books.
I like when things are hard; I’m very competitive. If something seems difficult or impossible, it interests me.
My husband is a very present husband, and that has made going to work feel easier. I don’t feel guilty. I definitely feel less guilt because I know he’s there during breakfast, lunch and supper if I’m not.
Whenever I really want a part, I’m not sure what to do. How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie?
I’m still the same and I don’t feel any different but when the elevator doors open and everybody gasps, it’s an alienating feeling.