<P> Lawrence was 14 and on a family vacation to New York City when she was spotted on the street by a talent scout who arranged for her to audition for talent agents . Karen was not keen on allowing her daughter to pursue an acting career, but she briefly moved her family to the city to let her read for roles . After Lawrence's first cold reading, the agents said that hers was the best they had heard from someone that young; Lawrence's mother convinced her that they were lying . Lawrence said her early experiences were difficult because she felt lonely and friendless . She signed on with the CESD Talent Agency, who convinced her parents to let her audition for roles in Los Angeles . While her mother encouraged her to go into modeling instead, Lawrence insisted on pursuing acting . At that time, she considered acting to be a natural fit for her abilities, and she turned down several offers for modeling assignments . Lawrence dropped out of school at age 14 without receiving a GED or a diploma . She has said that she was "self - educated" and that her career was her priority . Between her acting jobs in the city, she made regular visits to Louisville, where she served as an assistant nurse at her mother's camp . </P> <P> Lawrence began her acting career with a minor role in the television film Company Town (2006). She followed it with guest roles in several television shows, including Monk (2006) and Medium (2007). These parts led to her being cast as a series regular on the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show, in which she played Lauren, the rebellious teenage daughter of a family living in suburban Louisville, Colorado . The series premiered in 2007 and ran for three seasons . Tom Shales of The Washington Post considered her a scene stealer in her part, and David Hinckley of the New York Daily News wrote that she was successful in "deliver (ing) the perpetual exasperation of teenage girls". Lawrence won a Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Performer in a TV Series for the role in 2009 . </P> <P> Lawrence made her film debut in the 2008 drama film Garden Party, in which she played a troubled teenager named Tiff . She then appeared in director Guillermo Arriaga's feature film debut The Burning Plain (2008), a drama narrated in a hyperlink format . She was cast as the teenage daughter of Kim Basinger's character who discovers her mother's extramarital affair--a role she shared with Charlize Theron; both actresses portrayed the role at different stages of the character's life . Mark Feeney for The Boston Globe thought of Lawrence's performance as "a thankless task", but Derek Elley from Variety praised her as the production's prime asset, writing that she "plumbs fresher depths" into the film . Her performance earned her the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Emerging Actress at the Venice Film Festival . Also that year, she appeared in the music video for the song "The Mess I Made" by Parachute . The following year, she starred in Lori Petty's drama The Poker House as the oldest of three sisters living with a drug - abusing mother . Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter thought that Lawrence "has a touching poise on camera that conveys the resilience of children", and her role in The Poker House won an Outstanding Performance award from the Los Angeles Film Festival . </P> <P> Lawrence's breakthrough role came in the small - scale drama Winter's Bone (2010), based on Daniel Woodrell's novel of the same name . In Debra Granik's independent feature, she portrayed Ree Dolly, a poverty - stricken teenager in the Ozark Mountains who cares for her mentally ill mother and younger siblings while searching for her missing father . Lawrence traveled to the Ozarks a week before filming began to live with the family on whom the story was based, and in preparation, she learned to fight, skin squirrels, and chop wood . David Denby of The New Yorker said the film "would be unimaginable with anyone less charismatic", and Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that "her performance is more than acting, it's a gathering storm . Lawrence's eyes are a roadmap to what's tearing Ree apart ." The production won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival . The actress was awarded the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance, and with her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, she became the second youngest person to be nominated in the category . </P>

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