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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen posing with a bow and arrow, her signature weapon in The Hunger Games
Elizabeth Banks (left) as Effie Trinket, the Capitol escort for District 12
Suzanne Collins at the film premiere for The Hunger Games, 2012
Rebel characters in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
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