45 Facts About Katniss Everdeen

Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the main protagonist of The Hunger Games trilogy written by American author Suzanne Collins.

Katniss Everdeen is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations of the trilogy.

Peeta Mellark is picked, and Katniss Everdeen remembers something he did to help her when they were just eleven.

Katniss Everdeen earned a beating from his mother for this, but he saved Katniss's life.

From that moment on, Katniss Everdeen is known as "The Girl On Fire".

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta go on the Victory Tour, which is a visit to each district by the winners, strategically placed between each Hunger Games.

Gale has been presented to the nation as her cousin, but President Snow implies his knowledge that Katniss Everdeen has feelings for him and threatens to have him killed to gain leverage.

Katniss Everdeen comes to realize the rebellion in the districts is not within her power to suppress, making it impossible for her to satisfy President Snow's demands.

Katniss Everdeen is taken from the arena and discovers the tributes of many districts, including her ally Finnick Odair, had coordinated an escape plan and used a stolen hovercraft to fly to District 13, which was not destroyed as the Capitol had claimed.

In Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen is rescued and taken to the subterranean civilization of District 13 and meets with the people and their leader, President Alma Coin.

Katniss Everdeen is then taken to see the remains of District 12.

Deeply affected by this, Katniss Everdeen agrees to be the symbolic leader of their rebellion: "the Mockingjay", the face of the rebels.

Katniss Everdeen discovers Cinna has been killed by the Capitol, but the rest of her prep team survived in District 13's captivity; they prep Katniss for the cameras when she agrees to start doing propaganda pieces for the rebels.

Katniss Everdeen now hates and wants to kill Katniss, believing she is a genetically modified "muttation" created by the Capitol.

Katniss Everdeen becomes even more determined to kill Snow after this.

Along the way, they encounter sadistic traps created by game makers to make sport of their deaths, and on one occasion, Finnick and Katniss Everdeen fight off muttations, who start decapitating Finnick, leading Katniss Everdeen to explode the Holo to allow her friend a quick death.

Katniss Everdeen seeks the approval of the surviving victors before making these games official, and Katniss votes yes as a means of gaining Coin's trust.

Katniss Everdeen is arrested and placed in solitary confinement, where she attempts to commit suicide by starving herself and overdosing.

Katniss Everdeen, accompanied by Haymitch, goes back to her home in Victor's Village and is put under care.

Katniss Everdeen begins to regain her mental health, and she and Peeta deal with their feelings by creating a book composed of information about deceased tributes, friends, and family.

The novel ends with Katniss Everdeen admitting she does indeed love Peeta.

Katniss Everdeen still suffers nightmares about the games and fears having to eventually relay the story to her children.

Katniss Everdeen is depicted bringing as Haymitch goose eggs, and Peeta as building an incubator for the eggs.

Katniss Everdeen was told to give the two loaves of bread to the pig but instead gave them to Katniss.

Katniss Everdeen took them home to her family, who had not eaten in days.

The bread gave them hope and kept them motivated, leaving Katniss Everdeen feeling resentfully indebted to Peeta.

However, despite her mending relationship with her mother, strong friendship with Gale, and the increasingly strong affections she gains for Peeta, Katniss Everdeen remains adamant that Prim, her younger sister, is "the only person she's certain she loves".

Collins has described Katniss Everdeen as being an independent, strong survivalist, lethal, but good at thinking outside the box.

Katniss Everdeen has shown she will protect those she loves, no matter the cost to herself, as shown when she volunteers for the Games to save her little sister Prim, when she shields Gale to keep him from being whipped, and when she stoically decides during her second Games to die to save Peeta.

Katniss Everdeen has no experience with romance or love other than that of her family and doesn't believe she wants it.

Wary and distrustful, especially of anyone from outside rural District 12, Katniss Everdeen makes friends slowly, if at all, and can alienate others easily due to a strong tendency toward bluntness and impatience in conversation.

For those she takes to or who manage to win her over Katniss Everdeen is deeply loyal, modest and compassionate, reciprocating Cinna's regard for her and appreciating fellow survivors like Haymitch Abernathy, Effie Trinket, Peeta Mellark, Finnick Odair, and Johanna Mason.

Over time Katniss Everdeen gradually realizes there are more important things than survival and becomes deeply invested in her relationships with the country around her, most especially Peeta and the second rebellion, being willing to fight and die for both.

Katniss Everdeen is a highly skilled archer, hunter, and trapper, having learned these from her father and Gale.

Katniss Everdeen uses her archery skills during the pre-games judging and receives a score of 11.

Katniss Everdeen has been well educated on edible, medicinal, and the poisonous plant life of District 12.

Katniss Everdeen is a skilled tree-climber, which has benefited her in hunting and the Games.

Katniss Everdeen is usually very logical, except for times when her emotions get in the way.

Katniss Everdeen is described as having "straight black hair, olive skin, and grey eyes", which are typical characteristics of the Seam; the poorest area of District 12.

Katniss Everdeen normally wears her hair in a long braid down her back.

Katniss Everdeen is thin and not very tall, but is strong for her size from hunting to feed her family in the woods outside of District 12.

Katniss Everdeen is sixteen years old during the 74th Hunger Games, and seventeen years old during the Quarter Quell and the Rebellion.

Katniss Everdeen wears a pin of a Mockingjay during the games to represent good luck.

However, author Suzanne Collins said the actress who plays Katniss Everdeen has to have "a certain maturity and power" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger.

Katniss Everdeen commented that the "biggest conversation" was how much weight she would lose to play Katniss, but that she was wary of children feeling unable to dress up as Katniss because of their weight.