Jennifer Lawrence knows there’s no playbook for motherhood.
Two months after rumors surfaced that she gave birth to her and husband Cooke Maroney’s second child, the Oscar winner detailed the impact that her role as mom has had on work as an actress.
“Having children changes everything, it changes your whole life,” Jennifer said during a press conference at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival May 18. “It’s brutal and incredible. They go into every decision of if I’m working, where I’m working, when I’m working.”
In addition to influencing the choices she makes for her roles, the Hunger Games alum—also mom to son Cy, 3, with Cooke—admitted that her children have taught her how to expand her emotions.
“I didn’t know that I could feel so much and my job has a lot to do with emotion,” Jennifer, whose new movie Die My Love about a mother’s postpartum experience debuted at the festival, continued. “They’ve opened up the world to me. It’s almost feeling like a blister or something—so sensitive. So they’ve changed my life, obviously, for the best and they’ve changed me creatively.”
