Jennifer Lawrence

During promotion of Die My Love, Lawrence described what was happening in Gaza as 'genocide' and criticised the political failure to protect civilians. Her comments became part of the highly polarised debate over Israel, Gaza and artists' responsibility to speak out politically.

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In an interview with Viola Davis, Lawrence stated that before The Hunger Games 'nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie'. The statement was immediately contradicted by numerous earlier examples, from Sigourney Weaver to Angelina Jolie.

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Harvey Weinstein's lawyers cited an earlier statement by Lawrence about their positive professional relationship in an attempt to challenge the idea that he had been universally abusive. Later, a lawsuit alleged that Weinstein had boasted of sleeping with Lawrence.

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Darren Aronofsky's Mother! received highly polarised reactions because of its violent scenes, religious allegories and extreme ending. The film received a very rare F from CinemaScore and became emblematic of works that sharply divide audiences and critics.

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A Lawrence interview was widely summarised as though she had claimed that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were punishment from 'Mother Nature' for Donald Trump's election. The wording triggered a strong political reaction.

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Lawrence humorously recounted rubbing her buttocks against sacred rocks while filming The Hunger Games in Hawaii and accidentally dislodging a rock. The way she told the story was considered disrespectful to Hawaiian culture.

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Passengers attracted strong criticism because Chris Pratt's character deliberately awakens Jennifer Lawrence's character from a sleep intended to last decades, initially concealing that he has condemned her to spend the rest of her life with him, before the film transforms their relationship into a romance.

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After the Sony hack revealed that she had been paid less than several male co-stars in American Hustle, Lawrence published an essay criticising the pay gap and her previous fear of being perceived as difficult during negotiations.

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Intimate photographs of Jennifer Lawrence were stolen in a mass hacking of celebrity accounts and distributed without her consent. Lawrence described the incident as a 'sex crime' and a sexual violation, stressing that taking private pictures did not give anyone the right to publish them.

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Protagonist is the victim

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Protagonist is the victim