How did Jennifer Lawrence get famous?
Although Jennifer Lawrence was born in a small town in Kentucky, it took a trip to New York City to be "discovered" when a man approached Lawrence, then 14, and her mother in Union Square.
"My mom gave him her number because she didn't know it was potentially dangerous and creepy, and then she called me and said the modeling agencies wanted to meet with me," she said. MTV News in 2015. "And I decided on the taxi ride, I thought, 'well, I'm only going to sign with a modeling agency if they let me perform.' That she came out of nowhere… she was already negotiating «.
Two years after that fateful encounter, Jennifer Lawrence earned her first IMDb credit with an appearance on the television show. Monk in 2006. A few small roles later, and Lawrence landed her first starring role, appearing in 31 episodes of The Bill Engvall Show.
She got her big break in 2010 in the indie crime drama. Winter Bone, where she played a young woman searching for her missing father of hers while living in dire poverty in the Ozark Mountains. The film was a critical success and earned Lawrence an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
But she starring in independent dramas doesn't get world fame. So after the success of that movie, J-Law went to Hollywood, starring in the big-budget blockbusters X-Men: First Class and the Hunger Games. By the time she last played Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Mockingjay Part 2 in 2015, Jennifer Lawrence was a household name.
During her brief career thus far, Jennifer Lawrence has already garnered two Academy Awards: Best Actress for 2012 Silver Linings Playbook and Best Supporting Actress for 2013's American Hustle. She has also made a great bank. Specifically, $ 130 million according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Jennifer Lawrence is only 29 at the time of writing, so we hope to see Lawrence on the big screen for decades to come.
