She earned the maximum votes in the annual poll of motion picture theatre owners and film buyers, conducted by Quigley Publishing Company, reports variety.com.
The 23-year-old appeared in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and American Hustle, and that was only in the last two months of the year.
Sandra Bullock, who delivered strong performances in Gravity and The Heat, got the second spot.
Lawrence's Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle co-star Bradley Cooper landed at third on the poll. He also appeared in The Hangover Part III in 2013.
Twenty-three-year-old Lawrence appeared on numerous other lists as well, and was also named one of Variety's most influential people of 2013. She is currently working on numerous projects, including the last two Hunger Games movies, and an X-Men sequel. She will next be seen in Serena, another film with Bradley Cooper.
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Jennifer Lawrence needs to come to Pakistan to revive our cinema. She can go by the name "Begumz Jennabai" or something similar. This will be the impetus we need to compete effectively with Bollywood (India), Hollywood (USA), and Zollywood (D. R. Congo).