Pregnant Jennifer Lawrence steps out ahead of 'hardcore' new film about postnatal depression

Jennifer Lawrence was spotted out in New York City bundled up for the freezing temperatures this week. 

She wore her blonde hair in two braids and sported a black beanie and black sunglasses.

The Hunger Games star, 34, also wore a blue plaid button down shirt over a blue t-shirt with black pants and a long, black coat worn open exposing her baby bump.

While the Oscar-winning actress is expecting her second child with art dealer husband Cooke Maroney, 40, she is also gearing up to promote her new film Die My Love.

Co-starring Robert Pattinson, the film comes from acclaimed Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay and deals with the subject of postpartum depression. 

Director Lynne Ramsay said the storyline of the upcoming film is really 'hardcore' and JLaw responded eagerly to it.

The thriller is based on Ariana Harwicz’s 2019 novel of the same name and marks Ramsay's first film since 2017’s You Were Never Really Here.

'Lawrence just really responded to the material, which is hardcore in some ways, because it’s about postnatal depression and bipolar [disorder],' Ramsay told IndieWire.

'But it’s funny as well. Well, I’ve made it funny. I think I’ve made it funny. I hope I’ve made it funny.'

The movie is set in rural America where Lawrence's character is gripped by the sort of madness that comes with postpartum depression.

She is torn between her husband, played by Pattinson, and her lover, played by LaKeith Stanfield. 

Sissy Spacek and Nick Nolte also star in the film which is scheduled to make its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. 

'It’s about mental health…and the breakdown of a marriage. But it’s really f***ing funny. At least, I think it’s funny…But I’m Glaswegian, so I’ve a really black sense of humor,' Ramsay told Variety.

Ramsay co-wrote the screenplay with with Enda Walsh.

The No Hard Feelings actress' production company Excellent Cadaver released a statement to Deadline about Ramsay's work on the film.

'It’s impossible to convey what it’s like to witness Lynne Ramsay make art. She’s one of one.'

Martin Scorsese will also produce the film alongside Andrea Calderwood. 

Ramsay previously directed Ratcatcher, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Morvern Callar. 

Her thriller You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a contact killer, won the Cannes Best Screenplay award in 2017.

As Jennifer and her husband prepare to welcome their second child, she looked back on her wedding and realized she didn't enjoy it that much.

'It's so stressful. You're not having fun. You're just like, "Is that person having fun?" she joked to E! News, humorously referring to being the bride 'awful.'

'I'll never forget—I was freaking out about the guests being cold, and all of my friends were lying they're like, "Nobody's cold, nobody's cold, everything's fine, everything's fine.'

'My mom was like, "It's freezing out there, your grandmother almost died."'

The actress even ordered her friend and frequent co-star Robert De Niro to 'go home' during the rehearsal dinner because she was convinced he didn't want to be there.

She said: 'I looked over and I saw Bob, who doesn't know anybody and he's kind of wandering around, and I immediately was like, "No, this isn't what he wants to be doing. I don't want him here."

'So I went over and whispered, I was like, "Go home" and he was nice - he like talked to my parents and was polite - but I was like, "Go."

'[After he left] that just genuinely made me feel better.'