1. Lawrence was born August 15, 1990 — the first girl to be born on her dad's side of the family in 50 years.
Her family's day camp in Louisville, Kentucky.
Source: Rolling Stone
2. She grew up on a horse farm in Louisville, Kentucky, where her parents raised unbroken stallions because they were cheaper.
3. Her family didn't believe in "seeking medical treatment." She was hit by a car at 18 months and deformed her tailbone after being thrown from a horse — neither incident warranted a trip to the doctor's office.
Sources: "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Late Show with David Letterman"
4. Her older brothers, Blaine and Ben, rough-housed with their tomboy sister and, unwillingly, shared their clothes with her.
Sources: "Saturday Night Live," NY Daily Mail
5. Lawrence's boundless energy and quirky sense of humor made it difficult to fit in at school. She hated recess, field trips, and parties.
Source: Vogue
6. Her nicknames include "J.Law," given to her in the seventh grade, "Plays With Fire," because her parents thought they were all done having kids, ...
Lawrence with parents Karen and Gary at the Oscars this year.
Sources: Vogue, Rolling Stone
8. On spring break at the age of 14, she was in Union Square, "watching street-dancing, apparently very talentedly," Lawrence said. "Someone asked if they could take my picture, and my mom and I didn't think it was creepy at the time." The man was a model scout, and she moved to New York City shortly thereafter.
Sources: Vogue, Access Hollywood
9. One of her earliest gigs was an MTV promo for "My Super Sweet 16." "I was so famous in Kentucky," Lawrence said.
Source: Access Hollywood
10. She appeared in a Verizon Wireless commercial alongside the "Can you hear me now?" guy. "I was so starstruck," Lawrence said.
Source: Rolling Stone
11. Producers of "Winter's Bone," for which Lawrence was nominated for an Oscar, originally denied her the part because she was too pretty.
Source: Esquire
12. But Lawrence fought for it — hopping on a redeye to New York and showing up sweaty, with a runny nose and hair that hadn't been washed in a week. The rest is history.
Source: Rolling Stone
13. She fit a phone, almonds, a Baby Ruth, and Laffy Taffy in her purse for the Oscars.
Source: Access Hollywood
14. She knows every word to her favorite movies, "Dumb and Dumber," "Step Brothers," and "Anchorman."
Source: "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"
15. She named her female cat Chaz Bono because it has "such a masculine energy."
Source: "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
16. Before she was Katniss, she auditioned and lost the parts of Bella Swan in "Twilight," Lisbeth Salander in "Girl With a Dragon Tattoo," and Emma Stone's character in "Superbad."
17. Emma Stone and Zoe Kravitz, her "X-Men: First Class" co-star, are among her closet friends in Hollywood.
18. In 2012, a distracted Lawrence rear-ended a car because she thought she saw Honey Boo Boo on the street. "'Then I had to get out of the car and explain what happened," Lawrence said. "I'm sorry I hit your family, I thought I saw Honey Boo Boo.'"
Source: "The Jay Leno Show"
19. In a slightly more embarrassing, and real, celebrity sighting, Lawrence "turned into a perverted dude" when she saw John Stamos at a party. "I was following him into rooms and staring at his a--," Lawrence said. "I just kept saying 'dude' and "Uncle Jesse."
20. Despite blowing away Bradley Cooper in her dancer role in "Silver Linings Playbook," Lawrence says she dances "like a dad at a prom."
Source: CNN
21. Following production on "Silver Linings Playbook," Lawrence tried to hook Cooper up with her girl friends. "I feel like all I've been doing lately is setting him up," Lawrence said.
Source: MTV
23. Her next acting ambition: "A crazy serial killer like Charlize Theron in 'Monster,'" Lawrence said. "I'd love to have to shave my head."
Source: Interview Magazine
