Jennifer Lawrence is the biggest movie star in the world right now. In a business defined by its leading lights, thats a rare thing to be able to state with confidence, and rarer still for the person holding that distinction to be female. Much as Scarlett Johansson and Shailene Woodley have proven themselves as leading ladies to be reckoned with and Sandra Bullocks films routinely generate impressive returns, its the alpha males who tend to dominate the Hollywood landscape. Not so at the moment. With The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 out in cinemas this week and nailed on for a massive box office haul, Jennifer Lawrence is assured of another huge success to follow X-Men: Days of Future Past from earlier this year. The latest instalment of the mutant-filled franchise is currently the fourth highest-grossing movie this year, and Mockingjay Part 1 will surely eclipse its total. Furthermore, with the final Hunger Games film set to debut a year from now and X-Men: Apocalypse to follow in 2016, it is all but guaranteed that Lawrences name will figure highly in the annual box office sweepstakes for the next couple of years at the very least. Jennifer Lawrence is also one of precious-few actors equally at home in popcorn fare and acclaimed indies. In 2011, she became the second-youngest Best Actress nominee in history for her breakthrough performance in Winters Bone, and her 2013 win for Silver Linings Playbook made her the second-youngest winner. In January, her third Oscar nomination, this time as Best Supporting Actress in American Hustle, earned her the distinction of youngest person to earn three acting nominations; lest we forget, she is just 24 years-old. And, of course, theres more to Lawrence than meets the eye.
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