The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has photographed victims of conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
She was also kidnapped in Libya.
Her book, It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life Of Love And War was the subject of a film studio bidding war when it was published last month.
Deadline said Warner Bros film studio had secured the rights to the book with Spielberg attached to direct the film, American Sniper's Andrew Lazar to produce and Lawrence to star.
Lynsey Addario stands near the frontline in Ras Lanuf, Libya, during a pause in the fighting in March 2011.
Several other studios, directors and actresses were reported to have been eyeing the project, after excerpts of the book appeared in The New York Times Magazine.
They include Working Title with Reese Witherspoon; Darren Aronofsky and actress Natalie Portman; The Wolf Of Wall Street's Margot Robbie; and The Weinstein Company, who hoped to snare George Clooney for the project.......
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