Greatest Actor Alive (No. 37): Jennifer Lawrence

Age: 23

Stating the Case: True, the artist known as J.Law may not have the most expansive body of work, but show us another actor with such consistently bravura performances over the past five years.

It was her rough-and-tumble performance in “Winter’s Bone” (2010) that first got everyone wondering who this remarkable young actress was — and where she was going. In no time she was playing a superhero (2011’s “X-Men: First Class”) and, in 2012, Lawrence became an international superstar as Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games.” That year also had Lawrence proving she could still impress the Academy while also being a bona fide movie star with her Oscar-winning performance in “Silver Linings Playbook.”

Following last year’s double header of “American Hustle” (which earned her a Golden Globe and another Oscar nom) and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” (which earned roughly a bajillion dollars), there’s just no stopping this ultra-talented beauty who’s known as much for her charming (and admirably oddball) off-screen persona as she is for her brilliant on-screen characterizations.

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