Career: Lawrence's first TV role was in the comedy The Bill Engvall Show, which aired for three seasons between 2007 and 2009. Her big break came in 2010 when she was cast in the lead role in Winter's Bone, which landed her an Academy Award nomination. Since then, she has starred in X-Men: First Class (2011), the hugely popular The Hunger Games (2012), House at the End of the Street (2012) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012), which turned out to be an Academy Award-winning performance. More box-office success has followed in sequels to The Hunger Games, American Hustle (2013), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

Career: Philip's TV debut came in an episode of Law & Order and early films included Scent of a Woman. By the late 1990s, he started to make critics take notice with indie hits Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, Happiness, Flawless and Magnolia. On stage he also impressed critics with True West. During the last 10 years of his life, Philip had become one of Hollywood's most reliable character actors, adding depth to projects such as Cold Mountain, Capote (for which he won an Oscar), and Mission: Impossible III. Other projects include The Savages, Charlie Wilson's War, Synecdoche, New York, Doubt, The Invention of Lying, Moneyball, The Master and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. He died in New York on February 2, 2014, at the age of 46.

Career: Moore started her professional career on stage and made her TV debut in 1984 with a recurring role in soap Edge of Night. She then had a two-year stint in As the World Turns, before taking roles in numerous forgettable movies. First made a mark on the big screen in 1993 with small roles in Benny and Joon, Short Cuts and The Fugitive. She followed those up with bigger parts in Nine Months and The Lost World. Her first Oscar nomination followed for 1997's Boogie Nights. She's since been nominated for The End of the Affair, Far from Heaven and The Hours. Other projects include The Kids Are All Right, Carrie and playing Sarah Palin in Game Change.

Career: Sutherland appeared in several British TV dramas before making his film debut in 1964's Crypt of Horror. He named his eldest son after its director, Warren Kiefer. More small-screen and low-budget movie projects followed until 1967's The Dirty Dozen. That led to bigger roles in acclaimed films, including 1970's MASH, which made him a star. Impressive yet occasionally offbeat performances followed in films such as Kelly's Heroes, Klute, Don't Look Now, The Eagle Has Landed, Animal House, Ordinary People and JFK. More recently he's featured in Dirty Sexy Money, Astro Boy (as the voice of President Stone), The Hunger Games and The Pillars of the Earth.

Career: Hutcherson's first came to prominence in 2007 when he starred alongside AnnaSophia Robb in Walt Disney's hugely popular fantasy drama Bridge to Terabithia. Roles followed in Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), The Kids Are All Right (2010) and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012). His big break came in 2012 when he landed the role of Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games (2012). The film went on to gross more than $690million worldwide. The sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), proved even more popular, earning more than $864million. His other movie credits include The Forger (2012), Red Dawn (2012) and Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014).

Career: Hemsworth went on to land a role in Disney's The Last Song (2010) alongside Miley Cyrus. It was a box-office success. His big break came in 2012 when he landed the role of Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games (2012). He went on to reprise the role in all of The Hunger Games sequels. His other film credits include The Expendables 2 (2012), Empire State (2013) and Paranoia (2013).

Career: Harrelson was an understudy for Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues on Broadway and appeared in various small productions before gaining the role of dimwitted barman Woody Boyd in Cheers in 1985. His TV commitments made it difficult for him to gain good movie roles, although he did star in the hit White Men Can't Jump in 1992. When the sitcom finished a year later, he concentrated on films, and has since starred in Indecent Proposal, Natural Born Killers, The People vs Larry Flynt, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Thin Red Line, A Scanner Darkly, No Country for Old Men, The Messenger, Zombieland, 2012 and The Hunger Games movies. In 2014, he starred alongside Matthew McConaughey in HBO crime drama True Detective.

Career: Banks had small roles in various films before she raised her profile in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). She went on to star in Slither (2006), Meet Bill (2007), Fred Claus (2007), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), W. (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) and Pitch Perfect (2012). She was unrecognisable as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games (2012) and its sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). On the small screen, Banks has had recurring roles on Scrubs and 30 Rock.

Career: Malone made her professional acting debut in the film Bastard Out of Carolina (1996). Her first leading role on the big screen came in Donnie Darko (2001). In 2006, she made her stage debut on Broadway in Doubt. Her other film credits include Contact (1997), Into the Wild (2007), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Sucker Punch (2011) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).