Young actress Jennifer Lawrence has tended toward strong, substantial characters, including Ree in "Winter's Bone" and Katniss in "The Hunger Games," in her relatively short career.

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From 2007-2009 Jennifer Lawrence had a supporting role as Lauren Pearson on "The Bill Engvall Show."

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Jennifer Lawrence and J.D. Padro in 2008's "The Burning Plain."

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In 2010's "Like Crazy," Jennifer Lawrence plays Sam, a live-in, on-again-off-again girlfriend who knows her boyfriend is in love with someone else.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Ree in 2010's critically acclaimed "Winter's Bone."

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In 2011 Jennifer Lawrence played Mystique in "X-Men: First Class" and spent some scenes wearing nothing but blue paint.

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Jennifer Lawrence won her first Academy Award for her role as Tiffany in the 2012 film "Silver Linings Playbook."

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In the 2012 thriller "House at the End of the Street," Jennifer Lawrence played Elissa.

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Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games," released by Lionsgate in 2012.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in a scene from "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."

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Jennifer Lawrence plays Rosalyn Rosenfeld in the David O. Russell-directed, star-packed 2013 film "American Hustle" with, from left, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Christian Bale.

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Sometimes Raven, sometimes Mystique, Jennifer Lawrence's blue mutant is key to the plotline of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (2014) as she deals with her anger issues and changes the future in dark ways.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in the third "Hunger Games" installment, "Mockingjay Part 1" (2014).

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In her final turn as Katniss Everdeen, Lawrence's heroine brings her revolution to the steps of the Capitol for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2," in theaters Nov. 20, 2015.

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Jennifer Lawrence portrays Long Island housewife-turned-multimillionaire Joy Mangano, who invented the Miracle Mop, in "Joy," coming to theaters Dec. 25, 2015.

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