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Jennifer Lawrence turned to The Hunger Games to encourage Americans to vote in the midterm elections on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old actress, who played Katniss Everdeen in the dystopian franchise, urged her 8.7 million Instagram followers to go to the polls on Tuesday. The vote will decide whether the Democrats or the Republicans control Congress for the rest of President Donald Trump's term.
Lawrence posted a photo of herself making a three-finger salute, a sign of resistance in the series which has since been adopted by protesters and pro-democracy movements.
She quoted a line from the third film, Mockingjay: Part I, which characterized the turning point for her character in fully embracing her role as the face of the rebellion.
The actress wrote: “Midterms BB. Don’t forget who burns with us.”
Lawrence has not endorsed any candidate or party but has previously been vocal about voting for the Democratic Party in recent years after being raised in a Republican household.
Her post comes days after she confirmed she appears in the upcoming prequel in the franchise, The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping.
She was not the only star casting a ballot, with singer Bruce Springsteen, actor Samuel L Jackson and pop star Olivia Rodrigo among the celebrities taking part in the midterms.
Springsteen shared a video wishing “all a good election day” and urged election officials and government representatives to “ensure” that votes are securely counted.
“Our vote is our voice,” he said. “It is up to you to ensure that our voice is heard.”
The singer wrote in his caption: “If you haven’t voted already, thank you for voting today!”
Rodrigo, meanwhile, shared a video from her Daisy Chain Fields festival account which was captioned quoting a lyric from her song Serena Joy: “The life of your dreams is beyond that cliff.”
The charity single was released in support of the festival, which raised money for a number of women's rights organisations.
The song is believed to be named after one of the antagonists in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale, who helped to prop up an oppressive world order that ultimately has come back to trap her in it.
The caption continued: “Your voice matters. Get out and vote.”
Stranger Things star Joe Keery shared a photograph wearing an “I voted” sticker.
He said: “Get out and vote!”
Scandal actress Kerry Washington also posted a photograph proudly holding her “I voted” sticker, along with a number of resources and posts encouraging others to do the same. The photograph was soundtracked with Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar's song Freedom.
Others who joined in included The Odyssey actress Lupita Nyong'o, singer Gracie Abrams and The White Lotus star Carrie Coon, who also urged their fans to vote and proudly shared photographs with “I voted” stickers and T-shirts.
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