# In 2009, Jennifer Lawrence was rejected twice for a role for being “too pretty”. She got an Oscar nomination for it

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-2009-jennifer-lawrence-was-rejected-twice-for-a-role-for-being-too-pretty-she-got-an-oscar-nomination-for-it/
- Published: 2026-11-13T13:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T14:41:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/2009-jennifer-lawrence-rejected-twice-for-a-role/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Lawrence was initially rejected as too pretty for *Winter’s Bone*.
- She travelled to New York and auditioned again.
- The role earned her first Oscar nomination.

## Summary

Jennifer Lawrence was twice turned down for the lead role in *Winter’s Bone* because casting staff thought she was too attractive to convincingly play a poor teenager. She persisted, travelling to New York to audition again, and the part became a breakthrough that earned her first Academy Award nomination.

Lawrence was 19 and had appeared in only a few films, including *The Bill Engvall Show*, when she pursued the role. She told *The Orange County Register* that she went without make-up and insisted on being seen; her performance later helped launch a career that included *The Hunger Games* and an Oscar win for *Silver Linings Playbook*.

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