Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen

Famous Facts

• Katniss did not inherit her mother’s healing skills, instead getting her father’s talent for singing. She used to sing “Deep in the Meadow” to soothe sister
• Katniss has many names; ‘Katnip’, the ‘MockingJay’, the ‘Girl on Fire’… but she was originally named after the edible ‘Katniss’ root which flowers with arrow shaped petals
• Lawrence has never formally trained as an actress nor been in professional theater. She relies on this weird thing she calls 'imagination.'
• To prepare for her role as Katniss Everdeen, she trained with an Olympic archer from Georgia (the country, not the state)