Trivia

By age 23 she became the youngest actress to be nominated for three Oscars, including two of them for the leading role, one of which she won.

She's a diehard fan of Jeff Bridges, and got the chance to meet him at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. She approached him, not realizing he was in the middle of an interview with Entertainment Tonight (1981) and hurried away. He noticed and immediately called her back. The reporter then handed a star-struck Lawrence the microphone and invited her to take over the interview.

Her love of Cool Ranch Doritos caused her to stain several dresses while on the set of American Hustle (2013), nearly ruining them in the process. The wardrobe department solved this problem by creating a number of identical dresses for her to use throughout the production so she would always have a clean one to wear.

For her role in Winter's Bone (2010), she learned to skin squirrels, chop wood, and fight.

For her role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012), she worked out twice a day and practiced archery.

She gave her Oscar to her parents, who keep it in their home in Louisville, KY, because she felt "odd" having it in her own house.

Was voted by her Middle School class as "Most Talkative" two years in a row.

Said in an interview that since she and The Hunger Games (2012) co-star Josh Hutcherson are such good friends, she decided to buy a house down the street from him.

Brought her parents as her date to the 70th Golden Globe Awards after breaking up with her boyfriend Nicholas Hoult.

When asked to gain weight for her role as Tiffany Maxwell in Silver Linings Playbook (2012), after slimming down to play Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012), her response was "Hell ya!".

On the set of The Hunger Games (2012), she showed up a couple of times with the same blood and scar makeup from the day before. Because of this, Elizabeth Banks gave her the nickname Katpiss Neverclean.

Closed 2014 as the highest-grossing actor of the year in Hollywood, her movies having grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide at the box office .

Was discovered at 14 by a talent scout in a New York City street while on vacation with her family in 2005, who later arranged her to auditioned for talent agents.

Became the second youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar upon winning it for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) on2/24/2012 (age 22); the youngest recipient is Marlee Matlin, who won for Children of a Lesser God (1986) on 3/30/87 (age 21).

Auditioned for the role of Bella Swan in Twilight (2008), but lost to Kristen Stewart.

Is a natural blonde. She dyed her hair brown for her role in The Hunger Games (2012).

Is the third Oscar-winning actress to appear in the 'X-Men" films, the others being Anna Paquin and Halle Berry. All three will appear together in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

Named as having the "sexiest eyes" by Victoria's Secret "What Is Sexy" list in 2012.

Gave birth to her first child at age 31, son Cy Maroney, in February 2022. Child's father is her husband, Cooke Maroney.

Revealed during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) in December 2015 that she has kissed co-star Liam Hemsworth off-camera. She also admitted in the same interview to smoking pot with her brother before attending the Oscars.

Named one of "Time" magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World IN 2013.

Her father had a concrete construction firm, Lawrence & Associates, and her mother runs a children's camp.

Named "Entertainer of the Year", along with Ben Affleck, by "Entertainment Weekly" on 11/30/2012.

She and Jeremy Renner are fifth cousins, once removed. In 2015, the research team at Ancestry.com discovered that they share an ancestor in Kentucky, farmer Robert Tague, who is Lawrence's fifth great-grandfather, while he's Renner's fourth. Lawrence and Renner worked together in American Hustle (2013).

She has English, German, Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Welsh, and remote French and Swiss-German, ancestry.

Was among the people affected by the hack of private pictures of various celebrities--mostly women--with many containing nudity, which were posted on the website 4chan and later distributed by other Internet networks. The event was nicknamed "The Fappenin'" by the media. The hack began whole new discussions about privacy in the Internet age as well as people unfairly and maliciously criticizing the victims for taking the pictures in the first place and putting them on their computer devices. In an interview with "Vogue" magazine in 2014, she commented on the hacks for the first time: "It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime [ . . . ] It is a sexual violation. It's disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change".

Is the third youngest Oscar nominee for best actress in a leading role, at age 20 years, 163 days. Only Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), at age 9 years, 135 days, and Keisha Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider (2002), at age 13 years, 309 days, were younger, at the date of nominations announcement.

Her mother Karen once stole her Oscar ballot and tried to vote. Lawrence was aghast to learn that her mother filled out the official ballot and mailed it in--only to find it returned to their home because it was mailed to the wrong address. She and her mom did not agree on her picks.

On 10/19/2019 she married Cooke Maroney at a lavish ceremony at Belcourt (Newport, RI). Among the guests were Ashley Olsen, Kris Jenner, Emma Stone, Corey Gamble, Cameron Diaz, Nicole Richie and Sienna Miller. The couple announced their engagement in February.

Has portrayed the daughter of Paula Malcomson twice--in a 2007 episode of the TV series Cold Case and in The Hunger Games (2012).

She filmed a cameo as Fraida Felcher in a flashback of the sequel Dumb and Dumber To (2014), but later requested it be pulled.

Auditioned for the role of Olive Penderghast in Easy A (2010), but lost to Emma Stone.

No relation to director Francis Lawrence, although they have worked together in four movies: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and Red Sparrow (2018).

Named one of "People" magazine's Most Beautiful People in the World in 2011.

Has appeared in two Sundance Grand Jury Prize winners in a row: Winter's Bone (2010) and Like Crazy (2011).

Her nickname "J-Law", did not emerge post-fame, rather, it was coined by her seventh grade teacher.

She is the first person born in the 1990s to have received an acting Oscar (Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)). Ariana DeBose, who won Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story (2021), is the only other '90s-born winner.

Announced her engagement to art gallery director Cooke Maroney in February 2019.

Was the 141st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) at The Oscars (2013) on 2/24/2013.

Became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2011.

Is a descendant of a paternal uncle of Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Delegate to the Second Continental Congress, second Governor of Virginia, Virginia Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, Minister Plenipotentiary for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerce, second US Minister to France, first US Secretary of State, second Vice-President of the US and second Speaker of the Senate of the US and third President of the US.

When she first started playing Mystique in X-Men: First Class (2011), she wore full-body prosthetics which she found uncomfortable. She got to wear a special body suit in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) which she found more comforting to wear.

Auditioned for Blake Lively's Gossip Girl (2007) role and according to series' creator Josh Schwartz, was really upset that she didn't get it.

Is a diehard fan of Marion Cotillard.

Ranked #10 on "Maxim" magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2011 list.

Named one of "Variety" magazine's Top Ten Actors to Watch in 2010.

Ranked #1 in 'AskMen"'s top 99 "most desirable" famous women of 2013 list.

Is a supporter of Planned Parenthood for its support in contraception and female health care, namely to teenagers.

Third highest paid actress of 2017 with $24 million.

Ranked #5 on "Maxim" magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.