Jennifer Lawrence, is coming into her own in a business dominated by men.
25-year-old Lawrence, was ranked by Forbes as the highest-paid actress last year with an estimated $52 million in earnings.
However, hollywood's top actors earned much more. Lawrence spoke out against the wage gap last month, her comments went viral.
Lawrence reprised her role as Katniss in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.? She said the franchise had shown that "a female lead in an action movie can still be a critical and commercial success.".
Last month Lawrence wrote an essay for actress Lena Dunham's newsletter in which she discussed being angry with herself for not asking for more money, as her male co-stars do, for fear of coming across as a "spoiled brat."
Lawrence said that When (Dunham) asked her to write something, she just typed something up and pressed send. She didn?t really have any expectations."
The actress has mainly played strong women. She won her first Oscar nomination for playing survivor Ree in 2010's independent drama "Winter's Bone." She played the outspoken Tiffany in "Silver Linings" and Katniss, the "Hunger Games" heroine.
Her next movie is "Joy," in which she plays the matriarch of a family business through four generations. It is expected to her fourth lead actress Oscar nomination in five years.
