Jennifer Lawrence Pleads Hollywood to Listen to Strong Female Voices

"It's not easy to talk out, but it's difficult to face criticism on a worldwide scale." But, the simple fact is that I do not deserve it. "The actress said at The Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in Entertainment breakfast, presented by Lifetime, Hero Wednesday afternoon at Los Angeles' Milk Studios.

Lawrence made with the Sherry Lansing Leadership celebrity, awarded every year by a philanthropic leader in her industry. Its recipients include Helen Mirren, Diane Keaton, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Tina Fey, Glenn Close, Barbara Walters, Halle Berry, and Jodie Foster.

"This last year has been a stressful and challenging time in our world and our industry especially." Every day, we wake up to a myriad or headlines that profoundly impact us, from around the world, "explained Lawrence, of the honor's formerly recipients," she commended, "These girls have shown what we can do when we have our own voices. , our hearts and their hearts. "wake up to."

"Let's be outspoken, let's be resilient," concluded Lawrence, after candidly fawning about Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot. "Let's make sure that you get $ 1 million in scholarships throughout the remarkable Girls in Entertainment Mentorship grows in a market where there are women, where we have a shift, shift in and outside of the cinema By doing this, we can give the best way. "

In presenting the award to Lawrence, Lansing remembered their first meeting at a dinner party, where she had been asked to give the celebrity advice about the perils or celebrity. "'Do not worry, I have a secret,' she said. 'I always knew I was going to be famous, so I am completely ready for it,'" Lansing recalled Lawrence saying. "In that simple, direct, honest announcement, I knew everything that I needed to know about Jennifer I knew she had a great personality Jennifer was fearless She was real And above all else Jennifer was content in her own skin Jennifer is going to be a role model and an inspiration for women everywhere Thanks to Jennifer, I feel that people will see and share life.

Lawrence is the youngest individual to receive the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. In 2016, the four-time Academy Award nominee (and winner for Silver Linings Playbook) donated $ 2 million to launch the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Kosair Children's Hospital in her hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. The Jennifer Lawrence Foundation also helps a broad range of charitable organizations, supporting neglected and abused youth, together. The actress recently joined the committee of Represent.Us, the country's largest grassroots anti-corruption campaign, which brings together conservatives, progressives and everybody else in America's corrupt politics. She is also an activist on issues such as gender pay equality and privacy rights.

At the breakfast, Sarah Silverman delivered introductory comments; Angelina Jolie gave the keynote address; and Gal Gadot and Justin Timberlake were more than $ 1 million in college scholarships to young women from disadvantaged backgrounds in THR's highly competitive, Girls in Entertainment Mentorship Program. Amy Pascal was honored in absentia with the Equity in Entertainment Award.

The VIP event coincides with the publication of THR's Yearly list of the 100 most powerful women in entertainment, the definitive guide in television and film, and has been sponsored by a lot of big names in the industry.