Jennifer Lawrence started her career from TV sitcom The Bill Engvall Show and in barely six years, the actress has risen from a relatively unknown to superstardom. (Image: AP)
Los Angeles:
In a unique race, 22-year-oldJennifer Lawrence defeated the oldest and youngest Oscarnominees to take home the Best Actress Oscar for her role of arecovering sex addict in David O Russell's Silver LiningsPlaybook.
The actress, who established herself as a box officesuperstar with The Hunger Games franchise, won the Oscarvoters' affection with her grabby, comedic and very quirkycharacter of Tiffany, a young widow in a shaky newrelationship with a man fresh from a mental hospital.
"This is embarrassing... It is nuts...thank you to theAcademy, to the women this year. Thank you to the bestproduction team, our crew and my family... Thank you so much,"said Lawrence as she accepted her trophy. The actress had aembarrassing moment as she fell down while climbing the stairsto accept her trophy.
She beat off competition from 86-year-old Emmanuelle Riva(Amour), nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of theSouthern Wild), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) and NaomiWatts (The Impossible).
Lawrence started her career from TV sitcom The BillEngvall Show and in barely six years, the actress has risenfrom a relatively unknown to superstardom. Her Oscar winningLawrence is more known for her independent movies TheBurning Plain (2008) and Winter's Bone (2010), for which shewas nominated for an Academy Award.
Silver Linings Playbook centers on the relationshipbetween a man (Bradley Cooper) just out of a mental hospitaland a young widow (Lawrence).
The film is also up for best picture and director David ORussell is nominated for adapted screenplay and directorcategory. Cooper is in the running for the lead-acting honors.The movie also has Indian actor Anupam Kher in a smallbut significant role.
Lawrence recently claimed the Golden Globe and the ScreenActors Guild honor for her role.
The actress, who established herself as a box officesuperstar with The Hunger Games franchise, won the Oscarvoters' affection with her grabby, comedic and very quirkycharacter of Tiffany, a young widow in a shaky newrelationship with a man fresh from a mental hospital.
"This is embarrassing... It is nuts...thank you to theAcademy, to the women this year. Thank you to the bestproduction team, our crew and my family... Thank you so much,"said Lawrence as she accepted her trophy. The actress had aembarrassing moment as she fell down while climbing the stairsto accept her trophy.
She beat off competition from 86-year-old Emmanuelle Riva(Amour), nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of theSouthern Wild), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) and NaomiWatts (The Impossible).
Lawrence started her career from TV sitcom The BillEngvall Show and in barely six years, the actress has risenfrom a relatively unknown to superstardom. Her Oscar winningLawrence is more known for her independent movies TheBurning Plain (2008) and Winter's Bone (2010), for which shewas nominated for an Academy Award.
Silver Linings Playbook centers on the relationshipbetween a man (Bradley Cooper) just out of a mental hospitaland a young widow (Lawrence).
The film is also up for best picture and director David ORussell is nominated for adapted screenplay and directorcategory. Cooper is in the running for the lead-acting honors.The movie also has Indian actor Anupam Kher in a smallbut significant role.
Lawrence recently claimed the Golden Globe and the ScreenActors Guild honor for her role.
