Jennifer Lawrence Is 'J Law' In Peter Lindbergh Images For Vanity Fair Holiday 2016-17

Jennifer Lawrence Is 'J Law' In Peter Lindbergh Images For Vanity Fair Holiday 2016-17

This fall, Lawrence flew to Africa to shadow photojournalist Lynsey Addario as she documented South Sudanese refugees crossing into Uganda. Although the experience offered her a rare veil of anonymity (when introducing herself to a U.N. worker as Jennifer, he replied, “Ahhh, like Jennifer Lopez”), she was haunted by her uselessness. “The worst feeling about being there was that I wasn’t helping anybody,” she says of the humanitarian crisis. “I was doing a character study.” (Lawrence is also a producer on It’s What I Do, the Spielberg film based on Addario’s memoir.) Lawrence, who has donated generously to a number of charities (including $2 million to a children’s hospital in her hometown this year), said she found solace in vowing to visit again in a more active role.

This photo was shared by Lynsey Addario with Jennifer Lawrence on her Instagram page, with the message: "Look who I dragged to Uganda/South Sudan.

While the bulk of my own work in Sudan has been in Khartoum, AOC has been covering the South Sudan refugee crisis. Read on: Nykhor Paul's 'We Are Nilotic' T-shirts Zero In On South Sudan's Fragile Beauty.