Nothing cold about Winter's Bone actress Jennifer Lawrence as she sizzles in GQ bikini shoot
By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 8:06 AM on 15th April 2011
She is an up-and-coming actress who won critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for her role in the cold and grim independent drama Winter's Bone.
But there is nothing frosty about Jennifer Lawrence in her sizzling photo shoot for GQ.
The stunning 20-year-old looks scorching hot as she flaunts her sexy bikini body in the May issue of the men's magazine.
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She also looks white hot in a cream scallop-edged swimsuit as she lies spread out on a leather couch.
Striking a seductive pose, Jennifer's shoot is certainly alluring.
The actress is fast accumulating a legion of fans, including British director Matthew Vaughn, who directed Jennifer in the eagerly anticipated X-Men: First Class.
'There are a lot of young American actors right now who haven't got any technique,' he told GQ.
'And to be blunt, a lot of these kids assume that just by having a good set of teeth and tits, smiling for the camera's gonna be enough. I needed someone who could act.'
Hollywood legend Jodie Foster is also a Jennifer enthusiast.
The 48-year-old actress and director cast the young actress in dark comedy The Beaver opposite Mel Gibson.
Jennifer is also set to star as Katniss Everdeen in the highly-anticipated Hunger Games trilogy for which she will reportedly be changing her look.
According to reports, she will dye her blonde tresses to a much darker shade.
Meanwhile the lead-up to Vaughn's X-Men: First Class is also getting red-hot.
Easily the most anticipated blockbuster of the year, it also stars Mad Men's January Jones.
Jones plays the main female lead, Emma Frost, a mutant that possesses telepathic powers including mind control and thought projections.
Lawrence and Jones joins a cast including Shameless and Last King Of Scotland star James McAvoy as Professor Xavier, A Single Man and Skins actor Nicholas Hoult - who beat Twilight star Taylor Lautner to the role of the Beast.
Get Him To The Greek's Rose Byrne is Dr Moira MacTaggert, Kevin Bacon plays Sebastian Shaw, and former child actress Morgan Lily is a young Raven Darkholme.
Inglourious Basterds and 300 actor Michael Fassbender takes on the role of a young Magneto, portrayed by Ian Mckellen in previous films and American actor Lucas Till will be transformed into character Alex Summers / Havok.
The film is being set in the 1960s and will parallel the history of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Vaughn has said of the plot: 'The story that (producer) Bryan Singer came up with is very, very smart.
'It's very clever when you see how he has integrated the characters into the time period where the film is set. I'll put it that way.
'I just don't want to give it away.
'It's a very clever way of getting these characters involved in recent history, in recent world events.'
Vaughn, 39, is the husband of supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
He's also fast becoming one of the UK's most successful directors, with recent critically-acclaimed releases including Layer Cake, Kick-Ass and Stardust.
The much-anticipated film will hit cinema screens in July 2011.
On fire: Jennifer Lawerence looks scorching hot as she flaunts her sexy bikini body in the May issue of GQ
Slipping into a daring Chloe two-piece and some D&G hot pink wedges, the doe-eyed blonde beauty displays her dangerous curves. She also looks white hot in a cream scallop-edged swimsuit as she lies spread out on a leather couch.
Striking a seductive pose, Jennifer's shoot is certainly alluring.
The actress is fast accumulating a legion of fans, including British director Matthew Vaughn, who directed Jennifer in the eagerly anticipated X-Men: First Class.
White hot: She also looks white hot in a cream scallop-edged swimsuit as she lies spread out on a leather couch
'And to be blunt, a lot of these kids assume that just by having a good set of teeth and tits, smiling for the camera's gonna be enough. I needed someone who could act.'
Hollywood legend Jodie Foster is also a Jennifer enthusiast.
Gritty: Jennifer is best known for her Oscar-winning performance in the American independent drama, Winter's Bone
Jennifer is also set to star as Katniss Everdeen in the highly-anticipated Hunger Games trilogy for which she will reportedly be changing her look.
According to reports, she will dye her blonde tresses to a much darker shade.
Meanwhile the lead-up to Vaughn's X-Men: First Class is also getting red-hot.
Anticipated: Jennifer, third from the left, is seen here with some of her X-Men co-stars
Jones plays the main female lead, Emma Frost, a mutant that possesses telepathic powers including mind control and thought projections.
Red-hot: Jennifer looked incredible in a scarlet gown at this year's Oscars
Get Him To The Greek's Rose Byrne is Dr Moira MacTaggert, Kevin Bacon plays Sebastian Shaw, and former child actress Morgan Lily is a young Raven Darkholme.
Inglourious Basterds and 300 actor Michael Fassbender takes on the role of a young Magneto, portrayed by Ian Mckellen in previous films and American actor Lucas Till will be transformed into character Alex Summers / Havok.
The film is being set in the 1960s and will parallel the history of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Vaughn has said of the plot: 'The story that (producer) Bryan Singer came up with is very, very smart.
'It's very clever when you see how he has integrated the characters into the time period where the film is set. I'll put it that way.
'I just don't want to give it away.
'It's a very clever way of getting these characters involved in recent history, in recent world events.'
Vaughn, 39, is the husband of supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
He's also fast becoming one of the UK's most successful directors, with recent critically-acclaimed releases including Layer Cake, Kick-Ass and Stardust.
The much-anticipated film will hit cinema screens in July 2011.