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Jennifer Shrader MaroneyΒ (nΓ©eΒ Lawrence, born August 15, 1990) is an American actress and producer. She has starred in both action film franchises and independent dramas, and her films have grossed over $6Β billion worldwide. She was theΒ world's highest-paid actressΒ in 2015 and 2016.
Lawrence began her career as a teenager with guest roles on television. Her first major role was as a main cast member on the sitcomΒ The Bill Engvall ShowΒ (2007β2009). In 2008, she made her film debut with a supporting role in the dramaΒ Garden Party. She earned theΒ Marcello Mastroianni AwardΒ for her performance inΒ The Burning Plain. Her breakthrough came with the role of a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent filmΒ Winter's BoneΒ (2010), for which she earned her firstΒ Academy AwardΒ nomination forΒ Best Actress. Lawrence achieved international stardom for portraying the mutantΒ MystiqueΒ in theΒ X-MenΒ film seriesΒ (2011β2019) andΒ Katniss EverdeenΒ inΒ The Hunger GamesΒ film seriesΒ (2012βpresent). The latter franchise made her character the highest-grossingΒ action heroineΒ of all time.
Lawrence collaborated with filmmakerΒ David O. RussellΒ on three films, which earned herΒ various accolades. For portraying a troubled young widow in the romanceΒ Silver Linings PlaybookΒ (2012), she won theΒ Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming theΒ second-youngestΒ winner in the category at age 22. Lawrence also won aΒ BAFTA AwardΒ for her supporting role in the black comedyΒ American HustleΒ (2013) and aΒ Golden Globe AwardΒ for portraying businesswomanΒ Joy ManganoΒ in the biopicΒ JoyΒ (2015). She later starred in the sci-fi romance filmΒ PassengersΒ (2016), the psychological horror filmΒ Mother!Β (2017), and the spy thrillerΒ Red SparrowΒ (2018) to varying critical and commercial success. After a hiatus, Lawerence returned to acting with the satirical dark comedyΒ Don't Look UpΒ (2021). She has since starred in the dramasΒ CausewayΒ (2022) and Die My LoveΒ (2025), and the comedy No Hard FeelingsΒ (2023), all of which she co-produced.
Outside of acting, Lawrence founded the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation in 2015, which advocates for theΒ Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaΒ and theΒ Special Olympics, and the production companyΒ Excellent CadaverΒ in 2018. She sang lead on the 2014 single "The Hanging Tree", which charted worldwide. She is aΒ feministΒ and advocates for women'sΒ reproductive rights. She is also an active member of the anti-corruption organisationΒ RepresentUs. She is married to gallery directorΒ Cooke Maroney, with whom she has two children.
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