Specifically, the small Sundance title went on to receive four Oscar nominations, including a Best Actress nomination for Jennifer Lawrence, and it introduced Hollywood to this explosively talented young actress well on the rise.
For many folks, including myself, Debra Granik’s somber, harrowing independent film Winter’s Bone was their first introduction to Jennifer Lawrence.
Though the film is definitely very minor in scope, it had a monumental impact on her early career.
The young actress was still in her late teens when she played the lead role of Ree, an impoverished, head-strong young woman living hastily in the Ozark Mountains while also trying to track down her drug-dealing father to prevent her family from being evicted.