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Jennifer Lawrence: turning 30 at the top of Hollywood

2020-08-15T02:09:59.860Z


After winning an Oscar and being for years one of the best paid in the industry, the actress scrupulously chooses her work, opts for auteur cinema and has found her great inspiration in activism


Jennifer Lawrence became interested in acting when she began participating in school plays in her native Kentucky. A hobby that increased when she discovered that going on stage and putting herself in the role of another person served the then adolescent to escape from that social anxiety caused by the bullying that she has recognized she suffered in class from her classmates. Her determination to convince her parents that acting was what she really wanted to do and the efforts of her parents to make her dream come true has resulted in what is now a world-renowned star.

That girl with light hair, a round face and a strong character who was discovered by an agent at age 14 while enjoying a family vacation in New York could never imagine that at 30 years old - who turns this Saturday, August 15 - she would have become in one of the most reputed and sought-after actresses in Hollywood. With an Oscar under her arm for the movie The Bright Side of Things (2013), after winning over teenage audiences for her role as Kadniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games tetralogy, and starring in big box office hits, Jennifer Lawrence could consider that she has already completed her career in the mecca of cinema, however, she wants more.

Focused on her activism, to which she is devoting her full attention after taking a couple of years sabbatical from acting, Lawrence seeks to help young people live in a political system like the current one. For this, it collaborates with Represent Us, the organization that fights against political corruption and to raise awareness among future generations. He has worked with them in different conferences and has starred in the documentary Unbreaking America: Solving the Corruption Crisis , where he also deals with racial discrimination in the United States.

This need to generate a change in the system is not new. The one who during 2015 and 2016 was the highest paid actress in Hollywood has been fighting for years over salary inequality. “Being a woman in a very masculine professional environment, having to constantly negotiate and continuing to face a wall, is not easy. You can have merit, success but you will always end up hitting that obstacle, you cannot have relationships as equals, "he said in an interview with Paris Match . It is not the only cause for which it has been mobilized. Lawrence has spoken out against beauty stereotypes after suffering how cruel the industry can be, especially to women. “I had to face the kind of shit that all actresses have to go through. They called me fat and told me that they were going to fire me if I didn't lose enough kilos, ”she once told Harper's Bazaar, who is Dior's fetish ambassador since 2012. And she has also been one of the most visible faces when Hollywood was dyed with black in pursuit of feminism. Although she had to publicly clarify that she had never had any relationship beyond the professional with Harvey Weinstein, the actress claimed to be on the side of the women who denounced the abuses committed by the disgraced producer: “Although I have not been victimized personally for Harvey Weinstein, I stand behind the women who have survived his horrific abuses and applaud them for using all means necessary to bring him to justice, whether through criminal or civil actions. "

Always saying what you think and spontaneity are two of the virtues that most stand out those who have worked with her. "Jen is that person you need to be with when you can't sleep," Bradley Cooper, her partner on The Bright Side of Things , said of her . Also the clumsiness, as has been reflected in the multiple setbacks he has suffered in various Oscars ceremonies. The naturalness that she gives off to get out of those setbacks is also part of her strong personality. The one that was damaged when in 2014 she was the victim of a massive hack that spread her nude photos throughout the network. "The feeling is as if the entire planet had raped me as a group," the actress was honest three years later about what she felt then with only 24 years.

Considered for her talent, beauty and successes as the new girlfriend of America , taking the witness of Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan, Lawrence's love life also arouses great interest. The heart press has related her to all the male characters in each of her works but she has always remained on the sidelines. Rumors or hearsay that were settled last October, when Joy's actress married Cooke Maroney, an art dealer whom she met a year earlier thanks to mutual friends, in an intimate ceremony in which she was accompanied by great friends from profession, like Emma Stone.

Away from the most commercial cinema since Sparrow Red (2018) - the premiere of Marvel's Dark Phoenix last year went unnoticed - Lawrence has taken advantage of these years to return to independent cinema, the same one with which he began to take his first steps. He has also created a production company, Excellent Cadaver, with which he prepares more personal projects, such as the film whose script he wrote in four hands with his great friend Amy Schumer and which for now is still stored in the drawer, and also an auteur cinema such as Mob Girl , the film that he will produce and star under Paolo Sorrentino. At the age of 30, Jennifer Lawrence still has a lot to teach.

Source: elparis

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