--- title: Jennifer Lawrence Is Taking a Break From Acting description: The 'mother!' actress told 'Today's' Savannah Guthrie she doesn't plan to film any new movies in the next couple of years. canonical: https://time.com/4943865/jennifer-lawrence-acting-break/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-15T17:26:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:17.506Z og:title: Jennifer Lawrence Is Taking a 'Little Break' From Acting og:description: She'll possibly dabble in pottery og:url: https://time.com/4943865/jennifer-lawrence-acting-break/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3b8b0b65b63b8a6/6988ddfc22fb854f6fe22dc6/jennifer-lawrence-mother.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "mother!" New York Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Lawrence Is Taking a 'Little Break' From Acting twitter:description: She'll possibly dabble in pottery twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3b8b0b65b63b8a6/6988ddfc22fb854f6fe22dc6/jennifer-lawrence-mother.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Lawrence to Take Break From Acting, Possibly to Make Pottery  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 15, 2017 5:26 PM UTC  Actress Jennifer Lawrence attends 'mother!' New York Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2017 in New York City. Actress Jennifer Lawrence attends 'mother!' New York Premiere at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2017 in New York City.Gilbert Carrasquillo—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 15, 2017 5:26 PM UTC Jennifer Lawrence, one of Hollywood’s [highest-paid actresses](http://time.com/4462882/jennifer-lawrence-highest-paid-actress/), has had an insanely successful run over the last seven years. In fact, since bursting onto the scene with _Winter’s Bone_ in 2010 and leading the _Hunger Games_ and _X-Men_ franchises, Lawrence has never taken more than a few months off before hitting the set of a buzzy new film. Her latest, Darren Aronofsky’s [psychological thriller _mother!_](http://time.com/4927288/mother-review-jennifer-lawrence/), hits theaters today. Meanwhile, the first trailer for the upcoming Russian spy drama [_Red Sparrow_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQUBjoGm1ls), due in 2018, was just released. _Today Show_ host Savannah Guthrie asked Lawrence in an interview, which aired on Thursday, if she’s planning to keep up the steady pace — or if it was time for a break. “I’m taking one. I don’t have anything set for two years,” the Academy Award winner replied immediately. When Guthrie asked her what she might get up to during her time off from acting, though, Lawrence seemed more at a loss. “I don’t know, start making pots?” she joked. “I think I’m just taking a little break… I’ll see you in six months.” > [](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/908309623060430848) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4943865/jennifer-lawrence-acting-break/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4943865/jennifer-lawrence-acting-break/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence to Take Break From Acting, Possibly to Make Pottery","datePublished":"2017-09-15T17:26:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:17.506Z","description":"The 'mother!' actress told 'Today's' Savannah Guthrie she doesn't plan to film any new movies in the next couple of years.","url":"https://time.com/4943865/jennifer-lawrence-acting-break/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3b8b0b65b63b8a6/6988ddfc22fb854f6fe22dc6/jennifer-lawrence-mother.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3b8b0b65b63b8a6/6988ddfc22fb854f6fe22dc6/jennifer-lawrence-mother.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"mother!\" New York Premiere","caption":"\"mother!\" New York Premiere","creditText":"Gilbert Carrasquillo—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4943865/jennifer-lawrence-acting-break/","name":"Jennifer Lawrence to Take Break From Acting, Possibly to Make Pottery"}}]}] ```