10 Famous Actors Who Were Totally Discovered By Chance

4. Jennifer Lawrence

Now the highest-grossing heroine of all time for her role as Katniss in The Hunger Games; Jennifer Lawrence has whipped up a storm in the movie world in the past few years. While on holiday in New York with her mother, the 14-year-old Lawrence was approached by a talent scout who asked to take her photo. She told the NY Daily News: "It wasn't creepy, he didn't ask to take me anywhere, he just wanted to take a picture. And then all these agencies started calling and then we just kind of went to do cold readings out of boredom." Kicking off with an impressive cold reading for a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup ad, she soon landed her breakthrough role in 2010's Winter's Bone, earning her an Oscar nomination.