Gathered Research and Sources

Nicole Sullivan

Mrs. Sullivan

English 8

25 March 2014

Gathered Research and sources

Jennifer Lawrence:

Academy Award Winning Actress Jennifer Lawrence, best-known for playing Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012), was born in Louisville, Kentucky on August 15, 1990. Her career began when she spent a Summer in Manhattan at the age of 14. During that time, she scored some small commercial and film roles, and shortly thereafter her family moved to Los Angeles so she could further pursue her dream. She was cast in the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show (2007), and in smaller movies like The Poker House (2008) and The Burning Plain (2008).

Her big break came when she played Ree in Winter's Bone (2010), which landed her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Shortly thereafter, she secured the role of Mystique in franchise reboot X-Men: First Class (2011), which went on to be a hit in Summer 2011. Around this time, Lawrence scored the role of a lifetime when she was cast as Katniss Everdeen in the big-screen adaptation of literary sensation The Hunger Games (2012). That went on to become one of the highest-grossing movies ever with over $407 million at the domestic box office, and instantly propelled Lawrence to the A-list among young actors/actresses. Three Hunger Games sequels are scheduled for release in November 2013, 2014, and 2015, with Lawrence reprising her role at least for the first one (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)). In 2012 the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook earned her the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Satellite Award and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress, amongst other accolades, making her the youngest person ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress and the second-youngest Best Actress winner

Lawrence can also be seen in The Beaver (2011), Like Crazy (2011), House at the End of the Street (2012), and American Hustle (2013).

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Jennifer Lawrence was born in Louisville, Kentucky. She has 2 older brothers, Ben and Blaine, sister-in-law Meredith, and her parents are Gary and Karen Lawrence.

Jennifer, known to her friends and family as "Jen", was discovered in New York City at the age of 14. Before Jennifer became an actor, she was involved in cheer-leading, field hockey, softball, and modeling, none of which she held a passion for.

In the spring of 2004, she traveled to New York City and set up a few auditions with talent and modeling agencies. After conducting her first cold read, the agents told her mother that "it was the best cold read by a 14- year-old they had ever heard", and tried to convince her mother that she needed to spend the summer in Manhattan. After leaving the agency, Jen was spotted by an agent in the midst of shooting an H&M ad and asked to take her picture. The next day, that agent followed up with her and invited her to the studio for a cold read audition. Again, the agents were highly impressed and strongly urged her mother to allow her to spend the summer in New York City.

As fate would have it, she did spend that summer in New York City and appeared in commercials such as MTV's "My Super Sweet 16" and played a role in the movie, The Devil You Know (2013). Shortly thereafter, her career forced her and her family to move to Los Angeles where she was cast in the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show (2007) and movies such as The Poker House (2008) and The Burning Plain (2008).

Perhaps her most well-known work to date is her role as "Katniss Everdeen" in The Hunger Games (2012).

Is the 3rd youngest Oscar nominee for best actress in a leading role, at the age of 20 years 163 days.

Became the 2nd youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar upon winning the award for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) on February 24, 2013 aged 22;

-http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2225369/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm March 12, 2014

Alexis Bledel:

Houston, Texas native Alexis Bledel made her television debut in Gilmore Girls (2000), after spending years in front of the camera as a model. Bledel's parents encouraged her to try community theater in Houston when she was 8 years old, hoping it would help their daughter overcome her shyness. She went on to perform in productions of Our Town, The Wizard of Oz and Aladdin, and later was scouted in a local mall to model. She began her modeling career while still in high school, traveling all over to locations like Tokyo, Milan, New York and Los Angeles. After graduating, she enrolled at NYU as a film major. In the Spring of 2000, Bledel landed a manager through her modeling agency and headed to Los Angeles for her first pilot season, where she quickly landed the coveted role of Rory on Gilmore Girls (2000). When she's not working, Bledel enjoys writing, reading, shooting photography, going to the movies and spending time with her family.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

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Her awkward and shy personality on her character in The Kate Logan Affair (2010)] I had never played someone who had to be as tough as her, to be a cop and think the way she does. She comes from such a competitive place, trying to prove herself. And she has this underlying anger from her family life ... She's sensitive - maybe too sensitive. To make up for it, she has to act tough. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088127/?ref_=tt_ov_st March 12, 2014

Abigail Breslin:

A native New Yorker born in that city in 1996, Breslin has been in front of the camera since the age of three, making commercials until eventually cast by Shyamalan to play Mel Gibson's daughter in Signs (2002).

Breslin's performance in Signs (2002) garnered her great praise and earned her work on television as well as additional movie roles, including in Raising Helen (2004), in which Breslin had the treat of acting alongside her real-life brother Spencer, and became friends with star Kate Hudson. As she matured, she became a much sought after actor, and has gone on to win numerous awards for her performances, not to mention an Oscar nomination for her work in Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

Breslin has worked on stage as well, debuting in 2010 as Helen Keller in a revival of "The Miracle Worker."

In 2012, she was signed to an independent record label, and is now working on her debut album.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115

In 2007, she became the fifth youngest actress ever to be nominated for best supporting actress at the age of 10 years. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1113550/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm March 12, 2014 Nicole Sullivan

Mrs. Sullivan

English 8

25 March 2014

After considering Jennifer Lawrence, Alexis Bledel, and Abigail Breslin for the part of Jenna Fox in an upcoming movie adaptation of the novel, The Adoration of

Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson, it seems that Alexis Bledel is the best choice for the part, based on her experience in past roles and her trademark personality traits. In The Kate

Logan Affair, Bledel played a character who was always trying to prove herself while dealing with a great deal of anger regarding her family life. This experience would translate well in the Jenna Fox role as Jenna is always trying to be perfect and harbors a great deal of anger about her parents’ decisions regarding preserving her life and those of her friends. Bledel’s trademark personality trait is her awkward shyness. Jenna

Fox often finds herself in social situations where she feels awkward and inexperienced since her memory has not fully returned, so this trait of Bledel’s would be a natural fit for the part. Her shy, awkward demeanor and experience playing the role of an angry yet competitive individual make Alexis Bledel the perfect choice for the part of Jenna Fox. Sullivan 2

Works Cited

Anonymous. “Alexis Bledel.” IMDb. 2014. Amazon. Web. 12 Mar. 2014.

Pearson, Mary. The Adoration of Jenna Fox. New York: Square Fish, 2009. Print.