Lawrence began her career as a teenager with guest roles on television. Her first major role was as a main
 cast member on the sitcom The Bill Engvall  Show (2007–2009). She made her film debut with a supporting role
 in the drama Garden Party (2008), and had her breakthrough playing a poverty-stricken 
 teenager in the independent film Winter's Bone (2010). Lawrence gained stardom portraying the mutant Mystique
 in the X-Men film series (2011–2019) and Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015).
 The latter made her the highest-grossing action heroine.

 Lawrence collaborated with filmmaker David O. Russell on three films, which earned her various accolades.
 For portraying a troubled young widow in the romance Silver Linings Playbook (2012), she won the Academy
 Award for Best Actress, becoming the second-youngest winner in the category at
 age 22. Lawrence won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing an unpredictable wife 
 in the black comedy American Hustle (2013). She also received Golden Globe Awards for both, and for portraying
 businesswoman Joy Mangano in the biopic Joy (2015). A series of mixed reviewed films and the media scrutiny of
 her role choices led to a small break from acting. Lawrence returned with the streaming film Don't Look Up (2021),
 after which she produced and starred in the drama Causeway (2022) and the comedy No Hard Feelings (2023).