Jennifer Lawrence Just Gave Birth To First Child With Husband Cooke Maroney!
By Kristin Myers on February 23, 2022 at 7:34 PM EST
Updated on February 23, 2022 at 7:37 PM EST
Actress Jennifer Lawrence is officially a new mom!
In 2019, the “Silver Linings Playbook” actress married art dealer husband Cooke Maroney at a small ceremony in Rhode Island. This is their first child together.
Jennifer Lawrence & Cooke Maroney First Sparked Pregnancy Rumors Last Year!
The “Don’t Look Up” actress was noticeably pregnant at the Netflix movie premiere last December. Lawrence showed up to New York City’s Lincoln Center in a custom Dior dress. She donned a shimmering embroidered silk outfit with a semi-sheep cape.
TMZ first reported the news on Wednesday, February 23. Although they found public records that say that “The Hunger Games” actress gave birth in Los Angeles county, the gender of the baby has not been revealed. The exact date of birth is also unknown at this time. Representatives for the actress did not return any requests for comment.
The “Red Sparrow” actress has been extremely private about her personal life after nude photos of her leaked online in 2014, which led her to re-evaluate how much information she chooses to share with the public.
Jennifer Lawrence 'Is Still Processing' The 'Violating' Hacking Scandal
In 2014, several hackers released nude photos of J-Law, Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst, and more, which were widely circulated around the Internet. At the time, Lawrence told Vanity Fair that “It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting.”
She continued, “Just because I’m a public figure, just because I’m an actress, does not mean that I asked for this. It does not mean that it comes with the territory. It’s my body, and it should be my choice, and the fact that it is not my choice is absolutely disgusting. I can’t believe that we even live in that kind of world. People forget that we’re human.”
In November 2017, Lawrence said that she was still struggling to come to terms with what happened. In an interview with Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence said, “When the hacking thing happened, it was so unbelievably violating that you can’t even put it into words. I think I am still actually processing.”
“I feel like I got gangbanged by the f—ing planet,” she continued. “There was not one person in the world that is not capable of seeing these intimate photos of me. You could just be at a barbecue and someone could just pull it up on their phone.”
Jennifer Lawrence Believes That ‘My Trauma Will Exist Forever’
Even though it has been several years since the photos leaked online, Lawrence told Vanity Fair that “my trauma will exist forever” in a new cover story published on November 22, 2021.
“Anybody can go look at my naked body without my consent, any time of the day,” she said. “Somebody in France just published them. My trauma will exist forever.”
Although Lawrence’s trauma will “exist forever,” one of the four hackers involved in the leak, George Garofano, was only sentenced to eight months in prison. Garofano, 26, was accused of hacking into the Apple iCloud accounts of more than 240 people, including both celebrities and regular people. The other three hackers served between nine to eighteen months in prison.
Lawrence has maintained that, after her trauma, she now wants to “protect” her new family and keep them out of the public eye as much as possible.
“I have all of these new accessories added to my life that I obviously want to protect,” she told Vanity Fair. “Every instinct in my body wants to protect their privacy for the rest of their lives, as much as I can. I don’t want anyone to feel welcome into their existence. And I feel like that just starts with not including them in this part of my work.”
'Hunger Games' Fans Wonder If The Baby Will Be Named Peeta Or Gale!
Jennifer Lawrence has given birth to her first child. pic.twitter.com/Ci95bJliUu
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) February 24, 2022
Many fans expressed their congratulations to the new “Mother” shortly after the news broke.
“Congratulations to the gorgeous Jennifer Lawrence,” one fan wrote.
“Ahhh congratulations to her,” said another.
“Congratulations to her and her husband!!!” wrote a “Hunger Games” fan. “I hope they name him/her Peeta or Gale.”
“I’m so happy for her,” said another. “Congrats.”
“Our Mockingjay is a mum y’all,” wrote another “Hunger Games” fan.
Jennifer Lawrence and husband Cooke Maroney have welcomed their first child, @TMZ reports. ❤️🍼 pic.twitter.com/JiDPo2StyN
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 24, 2022