Biography
Talented young actress and Academy Award nominee Jennifer Lawrence was born in 1990 in Louisville Kentucky. Determined from her mid-teens to be an actress, the youngster convinced her parents to travel with her to New York
Jennifer Lawrence
to find an agent. Without training or experience, Lawrence managed to get work in commercials and gain enough attention from Hollywood to prompt a move, with her entire family, to Los Angeles.
Lawrence’s first acting job outside of commercials came in the 2006 made for television movie Company Town. She went on to guest spots on the established TV series Monk, Cold Case and Medium. Her first recurring role was on The Bill Engvall Show, lasting 23 episodes from 2007-2009.
During the show’s run, Lawrence began to branch out into feature film acting, landing roles in Garden Party, The Poker House, The Burning Plain and Devil You Know. She was cast in her first leading role in Winter’s Bone, a film that went on to garner top honors at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as well as Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Lawrence as Best Actress. She will be seen in 2011 in the much-delayed release of The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson, as well as the indie drama Like Crazy.
Lawrence has also been tapped to play Katniss Everdeen in the movie adaptation of the wildly popular young adult novel The Hunger Games. At the tender age of 21, Jennifer Lawrence has officially Arrived.
– S. Millinocket
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Hunger Games Sneak Peek Trailer!
See the first look inside the production Yes, I know this was on the MTV Video Music Awards last night – but I don’t watch those, do you? I didn’t think so. So this morning, Lionsgate was kind enough to send me the sneak peek trailer for The Hunger Games to share with all of [...]
New Hunger Games Pictures!
Get a glimpse of the action on the set I know, I know – The Hunger Games is still almost a year away. But as we know, they already have a full cast and are filming right now. And that can only mean one thing – sneak peeks! And I just happen to have a [...]
Hunger Games Gets a Cinna
Wait…Who? I love the way Lionsgate has gone about casting The Hunger Games. An excellent but not widely typecast actress in Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. Two fairly well known but not overexposed actors as the male leads Peeta and Gale and a whole host of newcomers as the other tributes. The adult cast is marked [...]
Hunger Games Casts Haymitch!
Actors signing on quickly So many actors in such a short time! Not long ago Lionsgate and director Gary Ross cast Jennifer Lawrence to play the lead role of Katniss in the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestseller The Hunger Games. I thought at the time – and still do – that she was a [...]
Hunger Games Casts Hemsworth and Hutcherson
Bring on the Boys! First, I have to tell you that I’ve now read The Hunger Games. I loved it. Yeah, yeah, I know I’m not remotely in the Young Adult demographic, but this is a really well plotted and characterized story. It’s filled with awesome potential set pieces and action sequences – I [...]
Hunger Games Has a Katniss!
Everdeen, that is, Katniss Everdeen When I first talked about the Hunger Games movie back in February, all we really had was the source material and a director (Gary Ross). Well, and a commitment from Lionsgate and a timeline, but no real details about the production. But times they are a’changin’ my friends! For now [...]
Prepping for Oscar – The Movies
From 5 to 10, more to love… Now that we’re mere days from Oscar, let’s take a look at the movie nominated for Best Picture. Since last year’s switch from 5 nominees to 10, things have gotten a little more interesting. It isn’t like any more have a chance of winning, but I like the [...]
Three Hot Women…
…lead a fiery Oscar race I admit that I don’t pay undue attention to award speculations. There are so many permutations of movie and TV awards that, honestly, I have a hard time caring about most of them. With one exception – the Oscars. I actively try to see movies and performances with big [...]
New on Netflix – October 19th and October 26th
I’m in the mood for mooooooovies… Another day, another New on Netflix! Since we’re coming up on Halloween, let’s see if there’s anything scary about to be unleashed. October 19th Robin Hood (action, Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchette) – Netflix release, DVD and Blu-ray dealayed from purchase release of September 21st Holy Rollers (crime drama, Jesse Eisenberg, Justin [...]
