Jennifer Lawrence has a new role thanks to Martin Scorsese’s Frank Sinatra movie, which helps her break a nine-year streak in her career. Lawrence has cemented herself as one of Hollywood’s biggest stars thanks to her combination of franchise roles and Oscar-worthy performances. Her range provides her with lots of flexibility about what projects to pursue and which roles to tackle. It has now been announced that Lawrence is set to star in Martin Scorsese’s new Frank Sinatra biopic opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, which is an exciting pairing for the actress on several levels.

The untitled Frank Sinatra movie will mark the first time that Jennifer Lawrence appears in a Martin Scorsese movie. However, it is the second time she’ll work with Leonardo DiCaprio, following their roles in Don’t Look Up. The 2021 release was critically divisive but earned Oscars recognition and dominated Netflix’s viewing charts. Lawrence’s decision to board the Sinatra movie is quite exciting following Don’t Look Up, another comedic role in No Hard Feelings, and a dramatic turn in Causeway. It also means breaking a streak regarding what types of characters she plays.

Jennifer Lawrence will star in the Sinatra movie as the musician’s wife, Ava Gardner. This is notable since Lawrence has not played a real person since 2015’s Joy. The movie, directed by David O. Russell, saw Jennifer Lawrence play Joy Mangano, a young woman who becomes the head of a massive family enterprise. Joy is based on the true story of Joy Mangano, giving the actress a real person’s life, characteristics, and personality to base her performance on. It was thanks, in part, to this that Jennifer Lawrence received an Oscar nomination for her performance in Joy.

Jennifer Lawrence only played a real person once before Joy, and she did not return to that pursuit immediately afterward. All her roles since 2015 have been products of fiction. She did pursue other projects before Martin Scorsese’s Sinatra movie that would see her play characters based on real life individuals. However, none of those movies have come to fruition. Scorsese’s new movie is now positioned to be Jennifer Lawrence’s first role playing a real person since Joy. Ava Gardner’s life and personality will give the actress another well-rounded role to bring to life.