Shapeshifter: the changing faces of Jennifer Lawrence
Is it just us, or is J-Law barely recognisable from one day to the next?
The 24-year-old actress has debuted a completely new look at Comic-Con this week, her long blonde locks and all-natural make-up making for a dramatic departure from the edgy cropped hairdo she’s been rocking for the last year.
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A quick glance back over the past six years proves Lawrence is a true chameleon – which is perhaps the reason she’s already been nominated for countless awards and won an Oscar in her short career.
From playing a sassy 1970s trophy wife in American Hustle to dyeing her hair jet-black to play a depressed widow in Silver Linings Playbook, the young actress has lived several lives.
She often credits her appearance to the professionals in her life, describing herself as “a dancing monkey” to E! in 2014.
“I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals. [It’s like], ‘Dance, monkey, dance’ right on the red carpet. I would call me more of a monkey,” she said.
Regardless, it’s J-Law alone who has the responsibility of making us believe her every role, and she does it with aplomb.
Here’s a look back at her transformation from baby-faced ingenue to blockbuster bombshell.
With long, blonde locks at Comic-Con this week
Sporting a killer tan at the May 2015 Met Gala
A softer look in November 2014
With bold eyebrows in October 2014
Channelling the 1920s in Serena, released in October 2014
Attending Paris Fashion Week in July 2014
At her third Oscars ceremony in May 2014
As Mystique in May 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past
Wearing a messy crop in January 2014
Starring in American Hustle in December 2013
Wearing THAT pixie cut (that sent the internet wild) in November 2013
Opting for a fringe in July 2013
Revealing a new haircut at Cannes in May 2013
Her Oscar-winning look in February 2013
And looking completely different earlier that same month…
Channeling her Silver Linings Playbook character in November 2012
With glossy dark brown waves in September 2012
After going dark in September 2012
Fresh-faced in July 2012
A golden girl at The Hunger Games premiere in March 2012
Making a splash at her first Oscars ceremony in February 2011
Before she became a superstar in January 2011
Make-up free in Winter’s Bone in June 2010
Wearing a dramatic look (at only 19!) in September 2009
…And baby-faced in August 2008
