Jennifer Lawrence stepped out with her mom Karen over the weekend for a casual Mother’s Day afternoon in New York City.
The Oscar winner, 32 – who recently rang in summer by wearing a leggy floral dress – wore white for the outing while her mother rocked a long-sleeved black minidress.
The pair spent some quality time together by getting their nails done before linking up with Jennifer’s dad Gary.
Later in the afternoon, Lawrence underwent an outfit change and was seen running to catch her ride.
She looked effortlessly stylish in a crochet knit camisole teamed with baggy denim jeans and black sneakers.
Quality time: Jennifer Lawrence, 32, stepped out with her mom Karen over the weekend for a casual Mother’s Day afternoon in New York City
Keeping it casual: The Oscar winner wore white for the outing, rocking a breezy pair of cargo pants, crisp white T-shirt and a bucket hat
Lawrence has alluded to having a complicated relationship with her mother in the past, calling Karen ‘a wonderful person’ while conceding that she is still working on some ‘things’ from her childhood.
Speaking to Vogue last year, the Silver Linings Playbook star said: ‘My mother is a wonderful person, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still things from my childhood that I’m working out.’
The A-lister went on to connect her career as an actress to the complicated relationship she has with her mother.
‘Art more often than not is about one’s mother,’ said Jennifer. ‘I hesitate to say that because I would hate for somebody to go back and watch my movies, or watch this movie in particular, and think that that is the way that I’m painting my mother.’
Jennifer grew up in Indian Hills, Kentucky, where her father owned a construction company and her mother managed a summer camp.
As the little sister of two older brothers, Jennifer was reportedly raised to be ‘tough’ by her mother, who has a complicated track record when it came to supporting her daughter’s teenage dreams of acting.
Karen allegedly favored the path of modeling for her daughter, but Jennifer insisted on pursuing auditions and making it in Hollywood.
The new mom – who shares a one-year-old baby boy named Cy with husband Cooke Maroney – eventually came full circle and spoke to Vogue about how her craft could be affected by motherhood.
Family outing: The pair spent some quality time together by getting their nails done before linking up with Jennifer’s dad Gary
Complicated: Lawrence has alluded to having a complicated relationship with her mother in the past, calling Karen ‘a wonderful person’ while conceding that she is still working on some ‘things’ from her childhood
Outfit change: Later in the afternoon, Lawrence underwent an outfit change and was seen running to catch her ride. She looked effortlessly stylish in a crochet knit camisole teamed with baggy denim jeans and black sneakers
She said: ‘So many of my films in the past have been about my mother, my childhood. I wonder what will happen now that I’ll be witnessing somebody else’s childhood.
‘And I wonder what he’s going to be talking about with his therapist. She wouldn’t put me down. She kisses me on the mouth. She asked me not to go to college.’
But the Hunger Games star isn’t letting her fears get in the way of enjoying life as a mother and wife, as she is relishing her family.
Gushing about her husband and young son, Jennifer said: ‘My heart has stretched to a capacity that I didn’t know about. I include my husband in that.
‘And then they’re both just, like, out there, walking around, crossing streets. He’s gonna drive one day. He’s gonna be a stupid teenager and be behind the wheel of a car. And I’m just gonna be like, good night! You know? Like, who sleeps?’
