Anne Hathaway also took a sabbatical from her career

So good luck to Lawrence, we say. She's well overdue some time to put her feet up and feast on daytime TV.

Words: Anna Brech, Photos: Rex Features

Jennifer Lawrence's career highlights

Looking at Lawrence's career so far, we're not surprised she needs some time out...

2004: Jennifer Lawrence is discovered aged 14 by a talent scout in New York and appears in commercials for MTV
2007: Lawrence lands a part in TBS comedy The Bill Engvall Show, which is cancelled after three seasons
2007: Lawrence auditions for the role of Bella Swan in Twilight - but it goes to Kristen Stewart
2010: Lawrence appears in critically acclaimed thriller Winter’s Bone in what many regard as her breakout performance. She's nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar
2011: Lawrence accepts the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and undergoes extensive training in tree climbing, archery and combat
2012: The Hunger Games is a smash hit box office success and Lawrence is asked to reprise her role in two sequels. Other film roles this year for Lawrence include the thriller House at the End of the Street and two dramas with Bradley Cooper: The Falling and The Silver Linings Playbook
2013: Lawrence wins the heart of the nation after tripping up the stairs to collect her best actress Oscar for The Silver Linings Playbook
2014: Hunger Games: Catching Fire becomes the first movie with a sole female lead to have the highest domestic gross for its year since The Exorcist
2014: Lawrence picks up a Bafta and Golden Globe for her role in crime drama American Hustle and is nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar
2014: Lawrence reprises her role of Mystique in the film X-Men: Days of Future Past, with James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender. She also continues work on The Ends of the Earth and is lined up to play Jeannette Walls in The Glass Castle

Jennifer Lawrence to quit Hollywood for a year