Rank Jennifer Lawrence's nominations with her competition

2010
1. Lawrence - absolutely fantastic
2. Williams - very strong
3. Kidman - solid
4. Bening - eh
5. Portman - no

2012
1. Riva - incredible
2. Watts - incredible
3. Wallis - incredible
4. Chastain - incredible
5. Lawrence - fuck no

2013
1. Squibb - by far the best
2. Hawkins - I liked it a great deal more when it first came out
3. Roberts - very uneven
4. Lawrence - bad
5. Nyong'o - fuck no

2015
1. Ronan - love
2. Larson - love
3. Rampling - strong
4. Blanchett - meh
NS Joy


She deserves one nomination in my book.

2010
1. Portman
2. Lawrence
3. Williams
4. Kidman
5. Bening

2012
1. Chastain
2. Lawrence
3. Riva
4. Wallis
5. Watts

2013
1. Nyong'o
2. Lawrence
3. Hawkins
4. Roberts
5. Squibb

2015
1. Rampling
2. Larson
3. Ronan
4. Blanchett
5. Lawrence

2010:
Portman
Williams
Kidman
Lawrence
NS Bening

2012:
Riva
Wallis
Chastain
Lawrence
Watts

2013:
Nyong'o
Hawkins
Squibb
Lawrence
Roberts

2015:
Ronan
Larson
Blanchett
Rampling
Lawrence

2010:
1. Natalie Portman
2. Jennifer Lawrence
3. Nicole Kidman

4. Annette Bening
(n/s Michelle Williams)


2012:
1. Emmanuelle Riva
2. Jessica Chastain
3. Quvenzhané Wallis
4. Jennifer Lawrence
5. Naomi Watts


2013:
1. Lupita Nyong'o
2. June Squibb
3. Sally Hawkins
4. Julia Roberts
5. Jennifer Lawrence


2015:
1. Charlotte Rampling 
2. Brie Larson
3. Cate Blanchett
4. Saoirse Ronan
5. Jennifer Lawrence


So I like each nomination less than the one before.  

She's marvelous in Winter's Bone, though it's been so long since I saw it that I barely remember much from the film anymore. She's lovely in SLP and I don't mind her win, even if it's gone down a bit for me over the years. I love these two lineups. I still have Williams left to watch, but I either really like or outright love all other 9.

Her American Hustle turn is a mixed bag for me; a very entertaining mess, just like the rest of the film. There isn't a single second of this performance when we're not aware that what we're watching is Jennifer Lawrence in a shoddy wig playing a character she's at least 15 years too young to be cast as, but she's compelling enough that it's not an egregious nomination. The fact that she nearly won for it is inexplicable, though; thank fucking God for Lupita.

She's much better cast in Joy, but it's such a trainwreck of a film it's all for naught. She doesn't struggle as much here as she does in Hustle to sell the part, but the material she's working with is so aimless and boring it offers very little reward. At least her previous O. Russell collaboration was campy fun. It's also a complete waste of a nomination, and the only nod across all four lineups that I actively dislike; not just amidst Lawrence's, I mean out of all 19. Come on, Academy; Theron, Mulligan and Blunt were right there. You gave Fury Road 6 wins but couldn't throw Furiosa a bone?

2010:
Portman
Williams
Lawrence
Bening
Kidman

2012:
Lawrence
Wallis
Riva
Chastain
Watts

2013:
Nyong'o
Squibb
Hawkins
Lawrence
Roberts

2015:
Larson
Ronan
Rampling
Blanchett
Lawrence