Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth comes largely from movies she didn’t really want to be in.
Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth comes largely from movies she didn’t really want to make. (According to The New York Times, those included the X-Men franchise and Passengers). Hopefully her upcoming No Hard Feelings was more fun to be in.
The superstar Oscar winner may have grown up in a family with means—her father owned a construction company, while her mother managed a summer camp—but despite having two mega-successful movie franchises to her name, Lawrence is still generally pretty frugal with her money. She long drove the same Volkswagen she’s had since her teen years, she bargain-hunts at the supermarket, balks at mini-bar prices, and loves staying in more than going out.
“I don’t ever walk around feeling famous. I walk around feeling the exact same way I have walked around my entire life,” she told Fabulous. “But it’s not until I talk to somebody and see in their eyes that I’m different. It makes me feel weird.” She added, “I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it. My family is not the kind of family that would ever let me turn into an a-hole or anything like that, so I am fortunate to have them.”
Preach! That said, J. Law does have a lot of money. Find out Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth and how she earned it.
How did Jennifer Lawrence become famous?
As a child, Lawrence loved dressing up and performing at home, as well as in local plays at church. A talent scout discovered her while she was vacationing with her family in New York City at the age of 14 and suggested that she go into modeling and acting. Lawrence has said her mother would have initially preferred her to pursue modeling, but she was more comfortable as an actress. She dropped out of school at age 14 to pursue acting full-time and go on auditions in Los Angeles, while also working part-time as an assistant nurse at the camp her mother owns in Kentucky.
How much does Jennifer Lawrence make per movie?
On average, Lawrence makes between $15 million and $20 million per movie, though there are outliers on either side of the spectrum (like her smaller payday for American Hustle and her larger one for Don’t Look Up). In 2015, with a commanding rate of $20 million per film, Lawrence was actually the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.