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101 Of J. Law's Accomplishments In 2015
You know what my favorite thing about the new year is? Looking back on the year past and seeing how far I’ve come in a considerably short amount of time. But this isn’t about me. No, right now I'm reflecting on all of Jennifer Lawrence’s accomplishments in 2015. Because let’s be real guys, it was a banner year for her. Not that it isn’t always, but this one seemed especially good.
To further perpetuate the most cliché but true Hunger Games/Alicia Keys joke of all time, this girl is most definitely on fire. I am sorry, OK? But I had to. Career-wise and personally, Lawrence has made real strides and just about everyone has noticed. But I’m not quite sure they’ve taken literal note of them. So, I’ve decided that I am going to be the Jennifer Lawrence historian of 2015, because us fans need documentation of all of J. Law’s prolific and continued greatness. This scribe is happy to do the dirty work for you because I love and appreciate the 25-year-old actress that much.
Here are 101 of Lawrence's accomplishments from 2015. (And I have a feeling 2016 is going to be even better for her and by association, us.)
1. Concluding the mega successful Hunger Games movie franchise
2. Speaking out on behalf of women in America with her pay gap essay
3. Um, wearing this dress:
4. Making this incredibly meme-worthy face
5. And this one
6. AND this one
7. Maintaining an awesome relationship with her co-stars
8. Getting Liam Hemsworth to hold and pose with her Valentino purse
9. Starting to write a screenplay with Amy Schumer
She told Vogue in their December issue,
We started writing a month ago, and we have 150 pages. It’s a lot of ballsy and not a lot of thinking twice. One time we laughed so hard our teeth clanked together.
10. Actually, just becoming friends with Amy Schumer was probably an accomplishment enough in itself
11. Being married to Josh Hutcherson without actually marrying him
12. Kissing Natalie Dormer on the mouth
13. This amazingly corny joke
14. Turning 25! A whole quarter-century!
15. Staying true to herself
16. Doing shots on the Mockingjay, Part 2 red carpet like a damn champion
17. Being a "rogue bitch"
18. This Vogue interview
19. Existing
20. Breathing
21. Hanging with Adele and Emma Stone
22. Keeping up her yearly tradition of falling on the red carpet
23. Doing this with Jimmy Fallon
24. And, this
25. Actually, just watch the whole thing
26. Being continuously unaffected by Hollywood
27. Rocking an amazing hairdo
28. Maintaining her "honesty is the best policy" approach to interviews
30. Taking her bra off mid-interview with Vogue
31. Being all-around pleasant
32. Visiting sick children
33. Dancing on stage at a Billy Joel concert
34. Being serenaded by Billy Joel at his concert
35. Really, just getting into a Billy Joel concert
36. Conspiring With Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer to exact evil pranks
37. Getting nominated for a Golden Globe
38. Inadvertently making her body a shadow puppet
39. This picture
40. Getting immortalized
41. Owning Comic Con
42. Owning Josh Hutcherson at Comic Con
43. Having her nephews in Mockingjay, Part 2
44. Killing the Everlark fandom by referring to said nephews as her and Hutcherson's "babies"
45. Giving us this very important info on the seemingly perfect Liam Hemsworth and his fam
45. Literally sleeping with Hemsworth and Hutcherson... PLATONICALLY!
46. Showing off spot-on self-deprecation
47. Putting out two different movies
48. Putting out two different movies without spontaneously combusting
49. Promoting one of those movies in various countries in an extremely short span of time, and also not spontaneously combusting
50. Not giving a damn (in a good way)
51. Winning the Met Ball
52. Keeping my hopes for a one day Bradley Cooper romance alive
53. Providing further reassurance
54. Honoring her morals
The Hollywood Reporter relays that Lawrence said this about her sex scene with Chris Pratt,
I got really, really drunk. But then that led to more anxiety when I got home because I was like, "What have I done? I don't know." And he was married. And it was going to be my first time kissing a married man, and guilt is the worst feeling in your stomach. And I knew it was my job, but I couldn't tell my stomach that. So I called my mom, and I was like, "Will you just tell me it's OK?" It was just very vulnerable. And you don't know what's too much. You want to do it real, you want everything to be real, but then … That was the most vulnerable I've ever been.
55. Speaking openly about her morals in a business that might not exactly embrace them
56. Making public speaking seem fun and easy
57. Climbing atop a human pyramid
58. Living to tell the tale
59. Living long enough for the tale to be told via Instagram photo
60. But mostly, topping the pyramid in style
61. Explaining why being alone is OK
She said in an interview with David O. Russell and TimesTalk,
It's not a sad thing to be alone. I think what I was trying to get across was that I don't feel a lack of something not being in a relationship. I don't feel like there is a hole to be filled... An emotional hole to be filled. My dad's here!
62. Looking this good at the Joy premiere
63. Being the youngest yet most mature-looking person in this picture
64. Bringing her dad as her date to the Joy premiere, like the grounded person she is
65. Just standing next to B. Coops
66. So that she can remind everyone of this:
67. Being an A+ business woman
She told etalk of the Golden Globes, "So obviously I'm pulling for her. Selfishly, it would be good for our movie if she won, so vote for Amy."
68. Whatever this is
69. And this
70. When she gave J. Hutch the threat of a lifetime
71. This freakout that's the perfect reaction GIF to almost anything
72. Standing her ground
73. ...Kinda
74. When she tried her, "hardest to sign for every single fan at the LA Mockingjay, Part 2 Premiere," per Tumblr user wellroundedandpracticallyperfect
75. That said, still being majorly awesome with fans, despite her mega fame
76. Being majorly awesome in general
77. Encouraging Liam Hemsworth to strip
78. Encouraging Liam Hemsworth to strip deserves two spots on the accomplishment list, honestly
79. Eh, maybe three
80. When she spoke the damn truth
81. For not being afraid to tell the truth
82. And expertly articulating the problem with "unfair standards" for women
83. Doing this:
84. Still managing to be in awe of things despite having basically seen it all
85. Staying fairly drama-free
86. Staying completely bullsh*t-free
87. Letting us in on this fun fact
88. Learning another language
89. Spreading her knowledge
90. Getting nominated for THREE Critic's Choice Awards
91. Two of which are for the same movie (Joy)
92. Continuing to be our food-loving heroine
93. Effortlessly summing up Katniss' choice in Mockingjay, Part 2
94. Truly understanding the character she played
95. Not experiencing even one bad hair day
96. Having her performance as Katniss Everdeen likened to the legends Indiana Jones and Rocky Balboa
97. Getting compared to superhuman Meryl Streep
98. Calling out Chris Pratt to elaborate on the importance of food at barbecues
99. Thereby ensuring they'll be food at the next Pratt barbecue (hopefully)
100. Mastering the art of shade
101. Being a good friend
Her greatest accomplishment of 2015 may just be making it to 101 accomplishments. You go, girl.
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