Jennifer Lawrence Wants To Know Why She Gets Paid Less Than Her Co-Stars

Jennifer Lawrence sure isn’t struggling to make rent this month, but the Mockingjay actress is getting real about the wage gap.
J. Law has written an impassioned essay about the wage gap for Lena Dunham’s newsletter, “Lenny.” Titled “”Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co-Stars?” the letter addresses the wage gap in Hollywood. Lawrence become a poster child for the issue last December, when the Sony hack revealed that she and Amy Adams were paid far less than their male costars in American Hustle. The emails revealed that Lawrence and Adams were each earning 7% of the film’s back-end profits, compared to Cooper, Bale, Renner, and director David O. Russell’s 9%.

She claims that in the case of American Hustle, she didn’t push in contract negotiations for fear of being seen as “spoiled,” “difficult,” or “a brat” — words Sony execs used to describe Angelina Jolie in leaked emails.
“When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with d–ks, I didn’t get mad at Sony,” she wrote. “I got mad at myself.”
Lawrence says females are afraid to be assertive when negotiating.

Although Lawrence admits she’s remained quiet on the topic of feminism in the past, she’s ready to address these issues in an effort to make a much-needed change. Better late than never, Jen!
“I’m over trying to find the ‘adorable’ way to state my opinion and still be likable! F*ck that,” Lawrence says in the essay. “I don’t think I’ve ever worked for a man in charge who spent time contemplating what angle he should use to have his voice heard. It’s just heard.”
You go J. Law! Four for you, J. Law!
Lawrence will get her due in Sony’s upcoming romantic sci-fi drama “Passengers,” out-earning her leading man Chris Pratt by $8 million, according to the Hollywood Reporter.