Jennifer Lawrence has been offered the lead role of Katniss in Lionsgate adaptation of author Suzanne Collins beloved book series “Hunger Games.” The 20-year-old starlet, who scored a Best Actress nom for her performance in the indie drama Winter’s Bone at this year’s Oscars, reportedly beat out 14-year-old’s Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) for the part.

Hunger Games finds survivors of an economically and socially collapsed America competing in televised death games in a new country named Panem. Two citizens from each of Panem’s 12 districts are chosen to participate by lottery each year. When 16-year-old Katniss’ younger sister is selected, Katniss volunteers to take her place.

Lawrence will next be seen as young mutant Mystique in director Mathew Vaughn’s  X-Men: First Class and as a teen who befriends a suspected killer in Mark Tonderai’s new thriller House at the End of the Street.