Katniss Everdeen

Katniss Everdeen
The Hunger Games character
Katniss Everdeen, as portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
First appearance	The Hunger Games
Created by	Suzanne Collins
Portrayed by	Jennifer Lawrence
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Nickname(s)	Catnip (by Gale) Sweetheart (by Haymitch) Girl on Fire (by Cinna and Caesar Flickerman)
Aliases	The Girl on Fire The Mockingjay
Gender	Female
Title	Victor of the 74th Hunger Games (with Peeta Mellark) Tribute from District 12 (with Peeta Mellark)
Family	Mr. Everdeen (father, deceased) Mrs. Everdeen (mother) Primrose Everdeen (sister, deceased)
Spouse(s)	Peeta Mellark
Children	Unnamed daughter Unnamed son
Relatives	Mr. Mellark (father-in-law, deceased) Mrs. Mellark (mother-in-law, deceased)

Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from an edible plant called Sagittaria (katniss), from Sagittarius the Archer, whose name means He that throws arrows in Latin. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is the poorest and least populated district in the dystopian fictional autocratic nation of Panem. In the course of the first book, The Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to replace her sister, Primrose "Prim" Everdeen, after she is chosen to compete in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death. Katniss, following an alliance with Rue, a young tribute from District 11 who reminded Katniss of Prim but died in the arena, joins up with fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark. The pair compete in the Games together. Katniss uses her knowledge of hunting and archery to survive, and the two become the victors after defying the Capitol's attempt to force one to kill the other.

Throughout the next two novels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, Katniss becomes a galvanizing symbol of rebellion against the oppressive Capitol.