Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress who portrays Katniss Everdeen in the The Hunger Games film and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Career
Lawrence's most famous roles to date are in  and . She was nominated for the  for Winter's Bone, but ended up winning that same award for Silver Linings Playbook. She has starred in several other major films such as ', ', and . She is also set to reappear in the sequel, .

She placed 10th in 's PopSugar 100 Top 10 Rising Stars released in June 2011.

Katniss
Lawrence's casting as Katniss was approved author Suzanne Collins and director Gary Ross in defense of some speculation that she might be too old for the role. For her audition she played the scene where she is pleading with her mother to speak after her father's death. On May 18, 2011, revealed on their magazine cover the very first photo of her as Katniss Everdeen. Lawrence almost dropped out of the film due to an injury on set, but handled it and continued to play Katniss. While goofing around on the set with co-star Josh Hutcherson, Lawrence accidentally kicked him in the head, giving him a concussion. However he downplayed its effects to continue filming.

It has been confirmed that a file of Lawrence's vocals were used for the soundtrack of The Hunger Games film.

She was awarded "Best Female Performance" at the MTV Movie Awards for her role as Katniss.

Lawrence and her co-star, Josh Hutcherson, were raised in towns close to one another. Hutcherson is the reason her parents allowed her to pursue acting. The statement "If he can make it, so can I", may have been what really convinced the Lawrence's.