Jennifer Lawrence is 2014's top-grossing actor

Jennifer Lawrence is 2014's top-grossing actor
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Despite a repeat of her infamous Oscar fall, Jennifer Lawrence pulled off an impressive 2014. She tops Forbes' list of top-grossing actors this year.

Between Mockingjay and X-Men: Days of Future Past, J-Law's films raked in $1.4 billion (and counting!) at the box office. Her success didn't stop in theaters, either: Her Mockingjay song "Hanging Tree" was a Billboard hit.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.