The Hunger Games

By Megan Waite

Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen in ‘The Hunger Games’

Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy. Her name comes from an edible plant called Katniss. Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence portrayed Katniss in the films The Hunger Games, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. She will reprise her role in the sequels The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.

Josh Hutcherson plays Peeta Mellark in ‘The Hunger Games’

Peeta Mellark is a fictional character from The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Peeta Mellark is portrayed by actor Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and the soon-to-be completed Mockingjay film adaption.