Jennifer Lawrence is a woman who acts.
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence ( born August 15 , 1990 ) is an American actress . She then moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career by playing guest roles in television shows . Lawrence subsequently won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing a troubled wife in the black comedy American Hustle ( 2013 ) . 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 ) .