Jennifer Lawrence achieved near-instant fame after her career skyrocketed thanks to her role as Katniss Everdeen on the Hunger Games franchise, and though her life became a whirlwind after that, one thing she knew for certain was that she would eventually have a family of her own.
At only 25, she became the world's highest paid actress for two years in a row, in 2015 and 2016, though even before that and all the success that came with it, she always had her eyes on a lowkey life with a partner and kids.
Her latest interview with Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos proves just as much, after the veteran news anchor showed her a clip from a past interview where the actress predicted the life she is living now.
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Sitting down with the late Barbara Walters back in 2013, when she was asked where she saw herself in ten years, Jennifer, then only 22, mused: "Not in Los Angeles, in a house, on a big property, and maybe starting a family. Everything is calm, I have a minivan…"
Today, the star owns homes both in Los Angeles and New York City, though she's more frequently pictured in the latter with husband Cooke Malroney, where the two reportedly bought a $21.9 million townhouse in the West Village, and also own (but reportedly rent) a unit in a famously celebrity-loved building in TriBeCa.
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After seeing the ten-year-old clip, Jennifer joked: "I have a Volvo, but it's not a minivan."
© GettyWhen asked what now the next ten years would look like, she explained how starting a family completely changed her approach to planning out her life.
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"There is no next, once you start your family it's the greatest thing in the world," she said, adding: "I'm just gonna try to take in every second, and be present, and enjoy it."
© GettyThough she is especially private about her personal life, she did give some insight into what she's like as a mom, and when asked whether she would eventually be a helicopter parent, she confessed: "Probably, and I’ll have to work on it."
© GettyJennifer and her husband Cooke allegedly met thanks to a mutual connection, Jennifer's best friend Laura Simpson, in the spring of 2018, and got engaged after less than a year of dating.
They tied the knot in October of 2019 at the Belcourt of Newport mansion in Rhode Island, a famed Golden Age summer "cottage" from the 1890s. She reportedly wore a Dior wedding gown, and fellow stars Emma Stone, Amy Schumer, Kris Jenner, and Adele were said to be in attendance.
© GettyAfter announcing her pregnancy in September of 2021, the couple welcomed her first kid, a son, in February 2022. Though she keeps him largely out of the public eye, she did reveal in an interview with Vogue that the couple have named him Cy.
© Getty"Every instinct in my body wants to protect their privacy for the rest of their lives, as much as I can," she told Vanity Fair about protecting her son's privacy.
She maintained that she prefers to keep her role as an actor and her role as a mom as separated as possible, and added: "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."
