A native of the United States, Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (August 15, 1990) is an actress. Her films have generated more than $6 billion globally to date, making her the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016.
In 2013, she was named one of Time magazine's 100 most important people in the world, and from 2013 to 2016, she was included in Forbes' Celebrity 100 list.
Lawrence was active in church and school productions as a kid. While on a family trip in New York City at the age of 14, she was discovered by a talent scout.
It was then that she began her career as a television guest star. During her time on The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009), she had a big role as a primary cast member.
A supporting performance in Garden Party (2008) and a breakout role in the indie mystery drama Winter's Bone earned her a place in the hearts of moviegoers worldwide (2010).
Lawrence's X-Men and The Hunger Games major roles have helped her rise in the acting ranks, as have her portrayals as Mystique and Katniss Everdeen. After that, she went on to become the biggest earning action heroine ever.
For her three films with director David O. Russell, Lawrence has garnered a slew of honors. Silver Linings Playbook (2012), in which she played a troubled young widow, earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, earning her the category's second-youngest winner at 22 years old.
American Hustle awarded her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as an erratic wife (2013). Laurence won Golden Globes for both films, as well as for her role as Joy Mangano, a businesswoman, in the film Joy (2015).
After a string of critically panned films and intense media criticism of her casting decisions, she took a brief hiatus from the performing world. When her Netflix dark comedy Don't Look Up premiered in 2021, she made a triumphant comeback.
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Early Life
Jennifer Lawrence was born on August 15, 1990, in Louisville, Kentucky. Ben and Blaine are Jennifer's two elder brothers. As a kid, Lawrence was prone to hyperactivity and social anxiety.
She was able to overcome her fears when she began performing. She participated in a number of local theatrical plays when she was still a resident of Kentucky, thanks to her high school and church.
When she was nine years old, she got her first acting part in a church production based on the Book of Jonah. In the years that followed, she continued to perform in church productions and school productions.
Film Career
When Lawrence landed her first paid acting part in the miniseries Company Town, it was in 2006. Subsequently, he was cast as a special guest star on other television series, including Monk and Medium.
The Bill Engvall Show, which aired on TBS at the time, featured her as the disobedient daughter Lauren. The show lasted three seasons and received several awards for her work. She was described as a scene-stealer by the Washington Post.
According to the New York Daily News, Lawrence “delivers the continuous irritation of young females” like no other actor. Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performer in TV Series in 2009 went to her for her role.
Jennifer Lawrence's Net Worth
American actress Jennifer Lawrence is worth an estimated $160 million. For her portrayal in 2012's Silver Linings Playbook, she received the Best Actress Oscar in 2013.
Lawrence's films have made more than $6 billion worldwide as of this writing. In 2015 and 2016, she earned more money than any other actress on the globe.
In 2013 she was included on Time's list of the world's most powerful people.
Lawrence is a vocal supporter of Planned Parenthood and a feminist. A year later, she launched the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation with the goal of promoting the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Special Olympics in her home state of California. She started Excellent Cadaver, a production firm, in 2018.
Personal Life
With Nicholas Hoult, she began a romance during the making of X-Men: First Class in 2010. They dated until the end of X-Men: Days of Future Past filming in 2014 when they called it quits.
Many of Lawrence's nude selfies were released online in the same year she was victimized by the iCloud picture theft. She began dating director Darren Aronofsky, whom she met while filming mother! in the fall of 2016.
After a year, they broke up. She began dating Cooke Maroney, an art gallery director, in 2018. It was February 2019 that they got engaged, and they got married in Rhode Island in October 2019.
Salary Highlights
Lawrence received a weekly payment of $3,000 for his work on Winter's Bone. After the huge success of the first Hunger Games movie in 2012, Jennifer Lawrence's compensation for the next two films surged.
The second time around, she made $10 million, and the fourth time around, she made $30-40 million in basic salary and incentives.
Jennifer made $20 million for the 2016 film Passengers, which was $8 million more than Chris Pratt, her co-star. She made $15 million with the 2018 film Red Sparrow.
Nowadays, a movie starring Jennifer Aniston usually pays her a minimum of $15 million just for showing there.
Bonus milestones might have a big impact on that total. A total of $20 million was made between August 2017 and August 2018, making Jennifer one of the top five highest-paid actresses in the world.
Although she was paid $5 million less than her co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio, for the 2021 Netflix film Don't Look Up, Jennifer Lawrence had top billing and received a salary of $25 million.
Real Estate
Lawrence bought a 5,500-square-foot Beverly Hills home for $8.225 million in 2014. The likes of Ellen DeGeneres and Jessica Simpson have owned it in the recent past.
She shelled out $15.6 million in 2016 for an Upper West Side penthouse in New York City. With a price tag of $15.45 million, she plans to sell the apartment in 2019. Unfortunately, when she sold the unit in 2020 for $9.9 million, she suffered a loss of $5+ million.
In 2017 she shelled out $9 million for a Tribeca apartment. She apparently charges between $25 and $30,000 a month to live in this apartment.
For a 5,000-square-foot condo in New York City's West Village, Jennifer shelled out $22 million in October 2020.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who Is Jennifer Lawrence Marrying?
If all goes according to plan, Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney will tie the knot in October. Laurence and Maroney exchanged wedding vows in Rhode Island's Belcourt of Newport house in October 2019, where they were joined in marriage by 150 of their closest friends and family members including Adele, Amy Schumer, and Kris Jenner.
Is Jennifer Lawrence in a Relationship?
As of 2019, the pair has been married for a year and a half.
Jennifer Lawrence has discovered her soul mate in her new love interest. Cook Maroney, the actor's husband since October of this year after they were engaged in January of this year.
