Daily Times

Actress Jennifer Lawrence has the best annual tradition: For the past few years, around Christmas, she has visited a children’s hospital in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky and brings holiday cheer to the kids.
On Christmas Eve 2017, the Oscar winner visited Norton’s Children’s Hospital.

“Louisville’s own Jennifer Lawrence stopped by Norton Children’s today to visit with patients, families, and staff,” read a post on the hospital’s Instagram page. “This visit has become a tradition for Lawrence each Christmas. Thank you, Jennifer! You sure do bring a smile to all!”

Jennifer Lawrence has visited the same medical centre over the Christmas holiday every year since 2013, when it was named Kosair Children’s Hospital.

In 2016, the actress announced she was donating $2 million to go towards the creation of a new wing at the facility.

Her films have grossed over $5.5 billion worldwide, and she was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016. She appeared in Time’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2013 and in the Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2014 and 2016.

During her childhood, Lawrence performed in church plays and school musicals. When she was 14, a talent scout spotted her in New York. She then moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career by playing guest roles in television shows. Her first major role came as a main cast member on the sitcom ‘The Bill Engvall Show’. Lawrence made her film debut in a supporting role in ‘Garden Party’ and had her breakthrough playing a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent drama ‘Winter’s Bone’.

Published in Daily Times, December 28^th 2017.