Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress, born in Louisville, Kentucky. After a brief career as a model during her teenage years, she landed a lead role in the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show. She began appearing in notable feature films, and had her breakthrough with the Oscar-nominated role of a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent drama Winter's Bone (2010). In 2013, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work as a depressed widow in the dramedy Silver Linings Playbook. She’s also played major leading roles in the hugely popular Hunger Games and X-Men series, and is the youngest actress in history to accrue four Academy Award nominations.