Jennifer Lawrence is not an actress.
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence ( born August 15 , 1990 ) is an American actress . Her performance as a depressed widow in the romance film Silver Linings Playbook ( 2012 ) received an Academy Award for Best Actress , making her the second youngest Best Actress Oscar winner . She also received Golden Globe Awards for her roles in both of these films and for playing the eponymous inventor in the biopic Joy ( 2015 ) .