Jennifer Lawrence Gets Thumbs Up from Mitch McConnell

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Kentucky native and Academy Award winner for Best Actress, Jennifer Lawrence, received congratulations from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in her big win for her starring role in “Silver Linings Playbook.”

On his website, McConnell said this:

Today, I join Kentuckians in congratulating Jennifer Lawrence on winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. Jennifer is a Louisville native, and I’m sure that Kentuckians were rooting for her the most of all last night. At 22 years old, she is only the third Kentuckian to win an Oscar for acting,” McConnell said in a statement on his website.

On behalf of the Commonwealth, I want to wish her all the best, and say we are looking forward to Jennifer Lawrence having a long and successful career.

Some of her roles include Winter's Bone, X-Men First Class, and The Hunger Games. Some of Jennifer Lawrence's projects going forward include Serena, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.