Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Age: 20
Role: Ree Dolly - Winter’s Bone
Synopsis: 17 year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) embarks on a mission to find her father in the stark and hostile landscape of the Ozark Woods, Missouri.
Having used the family home as leverage to secure bail and then disappearing without a trace, Ree’s father has left his family with nothing but the prospect of eviction.
As carer for a sick mother and two young siblings, Ree realises that her only option is to track down her father - or his body - in order to save the house from repossession and secure her family’s future.
Weaving her way through the tight-knit, close-lipped community, Ree must challenge her outlaw kin’s code of silence in order to learn the truth.
Wading through the lies and warding off the threats offered even by her relatives and friends, this headstrong and intrepid young woman gradually pieces together the chilling story behind her father’s disappearance.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: Lawrence has never won a Golden Globe.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: This is her first nomination.
Awards For Role: She has already won Best Actress at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, Stockholm International film festival and Toronto Film Critics Association.
She also picked up Breakthrough star at National Board of Review and Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Critics: “Granik balances the pace and intrigue of a mystery thriller with total compassion for Ree, played with much skill by Lawrence.” - Time Out
“With a face as impassively beautiful as the landscape she trudges through, Ree Dolly is a heroine you won't forget. Tenacious and stoic, she holds her own in a vernacular that's equal parts hillbilly and hard-boiled.” - Total Film
“It is all given unironic dignity and power due to the outstanding lead performance from 20-year-old Jennifer Lawrence as Ree, a young woman who must take on some scary neighbourhood types to protect her family.” - The Guardian
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