Jennifer Lawrence: Girl on Fire - The Biography

By Nadia Cohen

JENNIFER LAWRENCE is the reigning queen of lots of things: Hollywood, the awkward award-ceremony-stumble, and hundreds of priceless BuzzFeed pages - to name a few.She announced herself to the world at a young age in The Burning Plain and Winter&#39;s Bone, gripping dramas set in America&#39;s deprived heartland. Ironic, then, that such a gifted character actress has become a household name through two of the biggest fantasy roles in the business: the deadly shapeshifting assassin Mystique from Marvel&#39;s X-Men series and the gutsy, warlike heroine of Suzanne Collin&#39;s bestselling Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss Everdeen - the Girl on Fire.As Katniss and Mystique, she owns the screen, oozing grace, attitude and menace, re-defining the roles of women in action films as more than ragdolls to be saved by muscle-bound men; this girl doesn&#39;t need saving by anyone.But Jennifer couldn&#39;t be more different off-screen. Always ready with a smile or a quip about embarrassing everyday struggles, she is loved by millions for being a genuinely relatable personality in an industry of preening posers. And make no mistake: she has had every reason to lose her sunny disposition. She struggled early on in her career with a hurtful &#39;fat actress&#39; label in spite of her healthy body type, and suffered public heartbreak with the likes of Coldplay&#39;s Chris Martin. In 2014, she was to suffer the ultimate indignity of having private photos leaked onto the internet for all to see. A lesser girl might have become spiteful, but Jennifer has always emerged with her head held high.This is the first biography of an Academy Award winner, a star of our screens for years to come and a role model for girls and young women everywhere. In every sense, this really is the story of a Girl on Fire.

By Nadia Cohen

Recommended Titles

Additional Details

Author Biography