THE LIFE OF JENIFFER LAWRENCE

Everybody knows Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, but the actress who played her is Jennifer Lawrence.

Jennifer was born in 1990 in Kentucky, USA. She has two brothers. When she was a child Jennifer liked sports and she played hockey and basketball for an all-boys team. She also worked as a model. At the age of 14, she knew she wanted to be an actress, so she went to New York City to look for work.

She appeared in advertisements for MTV, the fashion company H&M and got work as an actress on TV. Her family moved to Los Angeles so that Jennifer could work on TV and in films. In 2010, she acted in the film Winter’s Bone and she was nominated for many awards, including an Oscar. In 2012, she starred in the film The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen. The strange thing about her is she never had acting classes. When she isn’t working, Jen likes painting, surfing and playing the guitar.