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Jennifer Lawrence opened up about experiencing postpartum struggles. During a press conference for her upcoming thriller movie, Die, My Love, at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2025, the actress talked about her character in the movie, Grace, who is a new mother who experienced postpartum depression that developed into psychosis.
Taking inspiration from her own struggles, Lawrence got candid about motherhood and the postpartum problems she had endured. She said:
"I had just had my firstborn, and there's not really anything like postpartum. It's extremely isolating, which is so interesting."
Jennifer Lawrence is a mother of two: a son named Cy, whom she welcomed with husband Cooke Maroney in 2022, and a second baby she gave birth to earlier this year. She said that she filmed Die, My Love while she was five months pregnant with her and the art gallery director's baby number two.
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The Hunger Games star further talked about her character in the movie and of motherhood. She said that when Lynne Ramsay, the director of Die, My Love, moved her and Robert Pattinson's character, who plays her on-screen partner, to Montana, Grace had no support system.
While her personal experience may not be the same as Grace's, who "doesn't have a community" or "her people," Jennifer Lawrence admitted that anxiety and depression can affect any mother wherever they may be. She said:
"The truth is, extreme anxiety and extreme depression is isolating, no matter where you are. You feel like an alien."
Die, My Love is a movie adaptation of a 2017 novel by Ariana Harwicz with the same name.
Jennifer Lawrence shares how becoming a mother "changes everything"
Jennifer Lawrence has kept her personal life away from the spotlight, but during her Die, My Love press conference at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2025, the actress got candid about motherhood and how it changed her. She said that having a baby, two for her part, "changes everything." She said:
"Having children changes everything. It changes your whole life. It's brutal and incredible."
According to the Hunger Games actress, her kids now play a key role in every decision she has to make when it comes to her job, like when and where she works. She also expressed her shock at how having kids had made her "feel so much," which was ironic because her job had a lot to do with emotion. She also cheekily shared a bit of advice for those who want to pursue acting, saying:
"They've [kids] changed my life, obviously, for the best and they've changed me creatively. I highly recommend having kids if you want to be an actor."
Robert Pattinson, who also welcomed his baby daughter with Suki Waterhouse in March last year, shared the same sentiments. He said that since he became a father, it had "reinvigorated" how he approaches his work and that it has given him "the biggest trove of energy and inspiration."
Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson's Die, My Love premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, May 17, 2025, and reportedly received a 9-minute standing ovation, according to People. There is no confirmed theatrical release date for the movie yet.
