Introduction: Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence is pregnant with her second child,
a representative for the actor has confirmed to Vogue.
Last night, she stepped out to dinner in Los Angeles wearing a
La Ligne t-shirt and sweater with her baby bump just visible.

The actor also shares a two-year-old son, Cy,
with art gallerist husband Cooke Maroney.
The couple married in October 2019 at the
Belcourt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.

The news is just the latest page in a
fast-moving chapter for Lawrence.
On October 25, Zurawski v
Texas—a documentary about the
impact of strict anti-abortion laws in
Texas that she executive
produced alongside Hillary
Clinton—premieres in New York,

Los Angeles, Austin, and San Antonio.
“We felt it was critical to
not only theatrically release the
film in traditional markets like

New York and Los Angeles

Director Maisie Crow told Deadline,
“but make it available during that
window in locations across
Texas to ensure Texans understand
what these abortion bans mean in practice.”

Free screenings in cities with
abortion measures on the state

ballot this election day, including Charlotte and Phoenix,
will also be added in the upcoming weeks.

Then, in late November, Bread & Roses—the documentary about
Afghan women living in Taliban-ruled Kabul that Lawrence
co-produced with Malala Yousafzai—begins streaming on Apple TV+.

Until now, Lawrence has primarily
been known for her acting roles,
from Oscar-winning critics hits
like Silver Linings
Playbook to the box office behemoths like The Hunger Games.

(She also recently wrapped Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love,
opposite Robert Pattinson.) Now, Lawrence is exploring a

career both in front and behind the camera, with a particular
emphasis on documentaries that spotlight women’s issues and
broader social causes produced by her own company Excellent Cadavear.

It’s a career move she foreshadowed in Vogue’s October 2022 issue,
for which contributing editor Abby Aguirre interviewed Lawrence in
the days following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

“I’ve tried to get over it and I really can’t,” she said. “I can’t.
I’m sorry I’m just unleashing, but I
can’t fuck with people who aren’t political anymore.

You live in the United States of America.
You have to be political. It’s too dire.

Politics are killing people.”
Lawrence’s own motherhood journey put the
Supreme Court’s decision in a different perspective.

“I had a great pregnancy,”
she continued.
“I had a very fortunate pregnancy.

But every single second of my life was different.
And it would occur to me sometimes:
What if I was forced to do this?”

As Jennifer Lawrence welcomes her second child
following the release of

Zurawski v Texas,
it’s a sentiment that feels
more relevant than ever.