Jennifer Lawrence is opening up about her struggles after becoming a mother.
While attending a press conference at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival for her new flick Die, My Love, the mom of two got real about life as a parent. On Sunday, she spoke about the parallels between herself and her character Grace, who is a new mom who develops postpartum depression and enters psychosis. According to Variety, J.Law said:
“As a mother, it was really hard to separate what I would do as opposed to what she would do. And it was just heartbreaking.”
Related: Inside Jennifer’s ‘Overwhelming’ Transition To Being A Mom Of Two!
The actress shares her 3-year-old son Cy and a newborn, whose name has not been shared, with her hubby Cooke Maroney, and said after welcoming her firstborn, she experienced postpartum struggles:
“I had just had my firstborn, and there’s not really anything like postpartum. It’s extremely isolating, which is so interesting. When [the film’s director] moves [the movie characters] into Montana, she doesn’t have a community. She doesn’t have her people. But the truth is, extreme anxiety and extreme depression is isolating, no matter where you are. You feel like an alien.”
The 34-year-old went on to say having children and becoming a mother “changes everything.” While revealing she filmed this project while she was five months pregnant with her second child, she added:
“It changes your whole life. It’s brutal and incredible. So not only do they go into every decision of if I’m working, where I’m working, when I’m working, they’ve taught me — I mean, I didn’t know that I could feel so much and my job has a lot to do with emotion. It’s almost like feeling a blister or something — like, so sensitive. So they’ve changed my life, obviously, for the best and they’ve changed me creatively.”
Aww… In fact, Jennifer said she “highly” recommends becoming a parent if you want to pursue an acting career!
It’s so refreshing to hear Jennifer talk so openly about something many mothers struggle with. Thoughts on her comments, Perezcious readers? Let us know (below).
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