Why we love Jennifer Lawrence
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
March 2, 2013 -- Updated 0012 GMT (0812 HKT)
In our heads we are BFFs with Jennifer Lawrence (we call her JLaw) and we aren't alone. EW even dubbed her the year's "perfect superstar." Here are 10 reasons why the Oscar winner is so beloved.
Lawrence knows all about the pressures to be thin in Hollywood and she's gone on record to say she doesn't play that game. "I knew that if I was going to be naked in front of the world, I wanted to look like a woman and not a prepubescent 13-year-old boy," she told ELLE. She looks pretty fit here at the Governors Ball after the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in 2011.
You don't get to be the "It Girl" without people taking notice and other celebs seem to genuinely like her. A few stars even tweeted support before and after she won the best actress Oscar this year. Here, she hangs out with producer Harvey Weinstein at The Weinstein Company's SAG Awards After Party in January 2013.
Lawrence always seems to keep it genuine and fun with her acceptance speeches. Seen here receiving the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for "Silver Linings Playbook" at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards she thanked SAG for the naked statue and called Harvey Weinstein a rascal.
Just look at her at this year's Academy Awards. Simply stunning.
While some originally questioned her casting as the "Hunger Games" heroine, it is now hard to imagine anyone else rocking that side braid. Here, she joins co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson for "The Hunger Games" U.S. Mall Tour kickoff at in Los Angeles in 2012.
We know it's called "acting" for a reason, but didn't you kind of buy that Lawrence and Bradley Cooper were really a couple after they appeared in "Silver Linings Playbook"? Cooper, shown with Lawrence during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, set the record straight by saying he was old enough to be her dad.
For someone in her early 20s, Lawrence really seems to know who she is and what she wants out of her career. "There are actresses who build themselves, and then there are actresses who are built by others. I want to build myself," she told Portrait Magazine. She is seen here fielding questions during "The Hunger Games" National Mall Tour fan event at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, in 2012.
How adorable was she when she met Jack Nicholson after snagging her Best Actress Oscar?
Even though she was clearly blown away by meeting the legendary actor, Lawrence more than held her own. When Nicholson said "You look like an old girlfriend of mine," she quickly shot back, "Do I look like a new girlfriend?" Fabulous.
Doesn't this portrait during the 39th Annual People's Choice Awards in January 2013 just scream "Parrrrrrtttay!"
She's the only actress who could turn tripping while going up the stairs to accept an Academy Award into what looks like the perfect couture ad.
What we love about Jennifer Lawrence
1. She's open about body issues
2. Hollywood loves her
3. She doesn't take it too seriously
4. She stands out in the crowd
5. She's Katniss!
6. She has great on-screen chemistry
7. She speaks her mind
8. She seems unaffected by her fame
9. She's a little bit goofy
10. Even a fall looks good on her
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