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48. Jennifer Lawrence, “X-Men: Days of Future Past”
The “X-Men” franchise seemed to running out of steam, until Fox rebooted it with the old-cast-meets-the-new-cast premise and brought back director Bryan Singer. The conceit worked, but only because this new movie handed so much screen time to Lawrence—once again doing cartwheels as Mystique.
17. Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay–Part 1”
She’s the most important actor in movies right now, and Lawrence delivers yet another winning performance as Katniss Everdeen in the second-to-last chapter of the franchise based on the Suzanne Collins book. It’s not an easy task to make a beloved literary hero feel so three-dimensional—even Daniel Radcliffe admits to dozing off during the middle “Harry Potters”—but Katniss feels as alive as ever as she prepares for her final showdown with the Capitol.
