Jennifer Lawrence

• Full Name: Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (III)
• Born: August 15, 1990 (1990-08-15)
• Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• Family: Gary Lawrence (Father) Karen Lawrence (Mother) Ben Lawrence (Brother) Blaine Lawrence (Brother)
• Production & Management Company: Anonymous Content
• Repped by: CAA and attorney Steve Warren

The History of Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence grew up in the suburbs of Louisville, but since her family owned a farm she had the best of both worlds. Her family operated a childrens camp that she regularly helped at. She participated in many different school activities like cheerleading, sports, and more.

So how did Jennifer Lawrence, a young aspiring actress start a career in the busy acting world? Well, Jennifer threw her foot in the door by chance by vacationing in New York City and getting her photo taken on the street. The next day they called her in for an audition for a Reese’s Peanut Butter Puff commercial. The agents didn’t give her the part but they were so impressed with her acting abilities that they signed her on the spot. Her first gig ended up being for MTV (My Super Sweet 16), shortly after that she landed commercials for Burger King and Verizon Wireless and others.

Jennifer Lawrence started her acting career in 2006 with the made for TV movie Company Town. After a few other TV show and movie appearances (Cold Case, Medium & Monk, Not Another High School Show) Jennifer Lawrence finally landed her big break with the TV series The Bill Engvall Show. She continued playing as Lauren Pearson on The Bill Engvall Show for three seasons (2007-2009). Jennifer Lawrence won a Young Artist Award for her acting on The Bill Engvall Show.

Television was not enough for Jennifer Lawrence however, she rapidly moved on to THE BIG SCREEN. Since then we have had the pleasure of seeing her perform in several movies, some of which she has even starred as the main role!

In 2009 Jennifer Lawrence played a small role as Young Zoe in the movie Devil You Know. This movie has yet to be released. I personally emailed the producer and he has hopes that it will be picked up at some point.

2010 was the year that Jennifer Lawrence became a household name. It was a busy year for Jennifer Lawrence as she starred in the lead role (Ree Dolly) in Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 as a 17 year old girl in the rural Ozarks caring for her mentally-ill mother and her younger brother  and sister when she discovers that her father put their house and land up as a bond for a court appearance he failed to appear at. Winter’s Bone won both the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic Film award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Jennifer Lawrence was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in Winter’s Bone. Sadly the award went to Natalie Portman but I’m sure she will be nominated many more times with her tremendous acting talent.

Jennifer Lawrence has continued her great career by starring in her first sci-fi movie X-Men: First Class. Lawrence performs as Mystique. a shapeshifter who can mimic other people, though she cannot replicate superpowers. Jennifer co-starred next to James McAvoy (Professor Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Nicholas Hoult, Alice Eve, and Caleb Landry Jones among others.  Jennifer Lawrence also played as Porter’s girlfriend in The Beaver, a dark comedy based on an original script by neophyte screenwriter Kyle Killen. The film is directed by Jodie Foster and stars Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, and Foster. The Beaver follows a depressed CEO of a toy company (Mel Gibson) who dons a beaver handpuppet to better communicate with his wife (Jodie Foster) and his two sons (Anton Yelchin, Riley Thomas Stewart).

The Future of Jennifer Lawrence

But neither of these movies compare to the role Jennifer Lawrence landed in the beginning of 2011, The Hunger Games. Some call it “The next Twilight“, others hope it isn’t made into a trilogy as badly as Twilight was. Regardless to say this is what all of Jennifer Lawrence’s fans are currently looking forward to.

Jennifer Lawrence has been cast alongside Max Thieriot (Jumper) in Mark Tonderai’s horror film House at the End of the Street. Lawrence will play a teenage girl who moves to a new neighborhood and discovers that a double murder occurred in the house across the street. The girl befriends the crime’s only survivor, played by Theriot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film “is looking to be to Psycho what Disturbia was to Rear Window.” Aaron Ryder, Peter Block, and Tim Williams are producing, along with Hal Lieberman and Jonathan Mostow. David Loucka wrote the script based on a story by Mostow. Production on House at the End of the Street is set to begin this July in Ottawa.

Quotes

• “As a kid I never did drugs because I was thinking about the future. I sound like an old person, but when I saw kids making dumb decisions, I would think, What’s your future going to end up being?” – Jennifer Lawrence

Fun Facts:

• So far Jennifer Lawrence has won 3 awards directly, while movies and television series she acted in has won 3 awards, thats a total of 6 awards due to her tremendous acting talent.
• In between acting jobs, Jennifer went on a missionary trip to the Dominican Republic and worked as an assistant nurse at a summer camp.
• Jennifer Lawrence Is an avid reader.
• She is featured in the music video for the song The Mess I Made, by the band Parachute from their album Losing Sleep.
• The only girl to be born on the Lawrence side of the family in fifty years
• Jennifer Lawrence refuses to have a facebook account, and a twitter account is in her words, “out of the question,”

Filmography

Serena (2013) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence played Serena Pemberton in the Depression-era of Northern Carolina. The future of George Pemberton’s timber empire becomes complicated when it is learned that his wife, Serena, cannot bear children.

• Co-Stars: Bradley Cooper and Toby Jones
• Director: Susanne Bier
• Writers: Ron Rash (based upon the novel), Christopher Kyle

The Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence plays as Tiffany in this movie about a former teacher who moves back in with his mother and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife after spending four years in a mental institution.

• Co-Stars: Bradley Cooper, Julia Stiles and Robert De Niro
• Director: David O. Russell
• Writers: Matthew Quick (novel), David O. Russell (screenplay)
• Genre: Comedy

House at the End of the Street (2012) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence will play Elissa in this horror film about a mother and daughter who move into a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is very far from over.

• Co-Stars: Elisabeth Shue and Max Thieriot
• Director: Mark Tonderai
• Writers: Jonathan Mostow (based on a story by), David Loucka (screenplay)
• Genre: Horror

The Hunger Games (2012) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence is set to star as Katniss in this highly anticipated movie based on the book trilogy!

• Co-Stars: Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth
• Director: Gary Ross
• Writers: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins
• Genre: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Like Crazy (2011) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence stars as Sam in this movie about a British college student who falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she’s banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

• Co-Stars: Anton Yelchin and Alex Kingston
• Director: Drake Doremus
• Writers: Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones
• Genres: Drama | Romance

X-Men: First Class (2011) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence plays as Mystique in this prequal of X-Men. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-MEN.

• Co-Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Zoe Kravitz
• Director: Matthew Vaughn
• Writers: Jane Goldman (screenplay), Ashley Miller (screenplay)
• Genres: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

The Beaver (2011) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence plays as Porter’s girlfriend Nora. The Beaver is an upcoming dark comedy based on an original script by neophyte screenwriter Kyle Killen. The film is directed by Jodie Foster and stars Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, and Foster. The Beaver follows a depressed CEO of a toy company (Mel Gibson) who dons a beaver handpuppet to better communicate with his wife (Jodie Foster) and his two sons (Anton Yelchin, Riley Thomas Stewart). The script by Killen topped the 2008 Blacklist, a ranking of the best unproduced screenplays.The Beaver is currently in post-production.

• Co-Stars: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster
• Director: Jodie Foster
• Writer: Kyle Killen
• Genres: Comedy | Drama

Devil You Know (Unreleased) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence plays as Young Zoe.

Winter’s Bone (2010) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence stars as the lead role (Ree Dolly) in Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone (screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010) as a 17 year old girl in the rural Ozarks caring for her mentally-ill mother and her younger brother and sister when she discovers that her father put their house and land up as a bond for a court appearance he failed to appear at. Winter’s Bone won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic Film award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

• Official Winter’s Bone Website
• Winter’s Bone Facebook Fanpage

The Burning Plain (2008) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence (playing Mariana) starred in Guillermo Arriaga’s directorial debut The Burning Plain, opposite Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. Her performance in the film earned her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Emerging Actor/Actress during the Venice Film Festival in 2008.

The Poker House (2008) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence was the lead role (Agnes) in Lori Petty’s The Poker House opposite Selma Blair and Bokeem Woodbine. Her performance in the film earned her the Outstanding Performance Award from the Los Angeles Film Festival

Garden Party (2008) Movie

Jennifer Lawrence plays a minor role as Tiffany “Tiff” in the drama film directed by Jason Freeland and starring Vinessa Shaw and Willa Holland. Garden Party was filmed in Los Angeles, California. The film was released on July 11, 2008 in the United States.

• Official Garden Party movie website

The Bill Engvall Show (2007-2009) TV Show Sitcom

Jennifer Lawrence played as Lauren Pearson for three seasons. Jennifer Lawrence won a Young Artist Award for her acting on The Bill Engvall Show. List of Episodes Jennifer Lawrence appeared in:

• The Barbecue (????)
• Good People (17 July 2007)
• Aloha, Raffles (24 July 2007)
• How Bill Met Susan (31 July 2007)
• Have You Seen My Muffins, Man? (7 August 2007)
• Feel Free to Say No (14 August 2007)
• Jealous Guy (21 August 2007)
• The Birthday (28 August 2007)
• Go Ahead, See If I Karaoke (4 September 2007)
• Pineblock Derby (3 July 2008)
• Susan’s Best Friend (10 July 2008)
• Honey Do (15 November 2008)
• The Night Before Christmas (15 November 2008)
• You Decide (18 July 2009)
• Give Me a Break (18 July 2009)
• Let It Go (25 July 2009)
• The Way We Were (1 August 2009)
• Oh, Brother (8 August 2009)
• I Like It That Way (15 August 2009)
• The Coffee Maker (22 August 2009)
• United Front (29 August 2009)
• Trash Talk (5 September 2009)
• Car Trouble (5 September 2009)

Medium (2007-2008) TV Episode


Allison has trouble getting a “read” from a victim’s possessions, but that might be because of conflict with Ariel who believes she’s caught her mother in a lie.

• Jennifer Lawrence plays a guest role as Young Allison.
• Season 4, Episode 2: But for the Grace of God (2008)
• Aired on January 14th, 2008.
• Director: Peter Markle
• Writers: Glenn Gordon Caron (creator) René Echevarria (written by)

Interconnected dreams begin when Allison and Ariel stumble across a murder scene, and Ariel’s resentment grows as she’s needed to help catch the killer.

• Jennifer Lawrence plays a guest role as Claire Chase
• Season 3, Episode 7: Mother’s Little Helper (2007)
• Aired on January 3rd, 2007.
• Director: Vincent Misiano
• Writers: Glenn Gordon Caron (creator) Moira Kirland (writer)
• Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Not Another High School Show (2007) TV

Description: A parody of popular teen TV dramas such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Dawson’s Creek and Laguna Beach.

• Jennifer Lawrence makes an appearance as a Frantic Girl.
• Writer: Mike Bender
• Released on September 21st, 2007
• Genre: Comedy

Cold Case (2007) TV Episode


Description: After seven years, the body of a missing woman who had been living in her car with her two daughters is discovered in that car at the bottom of a lake.

• Jennifer Lawrence guest appearence as Abby Bradford
• Season 4, Episode 18: A Dollar, a Dream
• Aired on March 18th, 2007.
• Director: Chris Fisher
• Writers: Meredith Stiehm (creator), Erica Shelton (writer)
• Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Monk (2006) TV Episode


Julie’s backetball coach is murdered, and Monk must step in as the new coach while trying to solve the case.

• Jennifer Lawrenece guest appearence as Mascot
• Season 5, Episode 3: Mr. Monk and the Big Game
• Aired on July 21st, 2006.
• Director: Chris Long
• Writers: Andy Breckman (creator) Jack Bernstein (written by)
• Genres: Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Company Town (2006) TV Movie

A look at the lives of government agents who all live in the same Washington D.C. neighborhood.

• Jennifer Lawrence played the role of Caitlin.
• Aired in 2006
• Director: Thomas Carter
• Writer: Elwood Reid
• Genre: Drama