Jennifer Lawrence Finally Joined Instagram, and Her First Post Is a Threat to Quit If Anyone’s Mean to Her
· Thought Catalog
Updated 2 minutes ago, September 11, 2026
The account already has the same sarcastic candor as her interviews. She’s setting the terms before the internet gets comfortable.
The verified @jlaw account was nearing 1 million followers within roughly 24 hours of its September 9 launch. By September 10, the 36-year-old Oscar winner had added another warning in her Stories: “Please be mindful that any mean or aggressive comments can negatively affect the baby. It’s me. I’m the baby.”
Even the handle became a joke. Her bio says, “jenniferlawrence was taken,” while the person who owns @jenniferlawrence has a bio that reads, “I’m not famous but I do have a famous name.”
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Lawrence has resisted public social media since at least 2014, when she called Twitter “a weird enigma.” She’s since admitted to watching from a private TikTok account and arguing in comment sections about Real Housewives and the Kardashians.
She currently follows about 45 accounts, including her husband Cooke Maroney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Josh Hutcherson, Dakota Johnson, Amy Schumer, the Kardashian-Jenner family and Miss Piggy.
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