Created Dec 25, 2010 01:16AM PST • Updated Apr 08, 2012 12:52AM PST
All hail Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen herself.
No longer a girl herself, Angie the Godmother can be damn proud of Hailee Steinfeld, Chloe Moretz, Jennifer Lawrence (the new Mystique), Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara (the new Lisbeth Salander). These five tough girls are gonna form Best Actress nomination slates for the next quarter century.
Title IX indeed.
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Jennifer Lawrence makes her second appearance, this time as the greatest Tough Girl of them all.
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