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Is Francis Lawrence related to Jennifer Lawrence ?

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Francis Lawrence and Jennifer Lawrence have no relation but have worked together.

Francis Lawrence is an Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer. He was born on March 26, 1971 in Vienna, Austria to American parents. His father was a theoretical physicist who taught at California State University, Northridge, and his mother worked as a vice president of technology at a PR Agency.

While Jennifer Lawrence is an American actress. She was born August 15, 1990, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Karen Koch, who manages a children’s camp, and Gary Lawrence, who works in construction. She has two older brothers, Ben and Blaine, and has English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.

As the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, and with her films grossing over $5.5 billion worldwide, Jennifer Lawrence is often cited as the most successful actress of her generation. She is also the first person born in the 1990s to have won an acting Oscar.

Although Jennifer Lawrence and Francis Lawrence share the same last name, they have no relation. They only met on set.

Francis Lawrence and Jennifer Lawrence have worked together on a couple of movies including The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) and Red Sparrow (2018).