Brie Larson, whose real name is Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers and who was born on October 1, 1989, is an American actress. She first gained notoriety as a kid for playing supporting roles in comedies, but she has now moved on to starring roles in both independent and mainstream movies. Numerous honours, such as an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, have been bestowed upon Larson. She was listed among the top 100 world influencers by Time magazine in 2019.
In 1998, Larson launched her acting career with a comedic routine on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, making history as the school's youngest student to be accepted into a training programme. She had regular appearances in the sitcom Raising Dad in 2001 and briefly tried her hand at music, putting out the album Finally Out of P.E. in 2005. In the years that followed, Larson starred in minor roles in the comedies Hoot (2006), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and 21 Jump Street (2012). She also as a sarcastic teen in the television series United States of Tara (2009–2011).
Her breakout role was in the critically acclaimed independent film Short Term 12 (2013), and she went on to have supporting roles in the comedies Trainwreck (2015) and The Spectacular Now (2013). In the 2015 thriller Room, Larson received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as an abduction victim. Her first big-budget release was the 2017 action movie Kong: Skull Island, and she then played Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starting with Captain Marvel (2019).
With the independent comedy-drama Unicorn Store (2017), Larson made her feature film directorial debut. She has also co-written and co-directed two short films. She received a Primetime Emmy Award for developing the virtual reality programme The Messy Truth VR Experience (2020). Larson is a vocal proponent of social and political causes and a champion for survivors of sexual assault.
Heather (née Edwards) and Sylvain Desaulniers welcomed their first child, Brianne Sidonie, into the world on October 1, 1989 in Sacramento, California. Her parents shared a practise as homoeopathic chiropractors. Milaine is a second daughter they have. French was Larson's first language as a child; her father is Franco-Manitoban. She is a citizen of both the United States and Canada. She claimed that because she was primarily home-schooled, she was able to experiment with novel and abstract ideas. Larson has described herself as "straight-laced and square" and as having a good relationship with her mother, although she has also admitted that she was shy and experienced social anxiety in her early years. She would create and direct her own home movies throughout the summer, casting her relatives, and filming them in her garage. She first demonstrated interest in acting when she was six years old and later said, "The creative arts was just something that was always in me." She applied for a training programme at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco the following year, where she was accepted as the youngest student.
When Larson was seven years old, her parents' divorce caused pain. She had a dysfunctional relationship with her father, describing it as follows: "As a kid I tried to understand him and understand the situation. But he didn't do himself any favours. I don't think he ever really wanted to be a parent." Shortly after their divorce, Heather moved to Los Angeles with her two daughters in order to pursue Larson's acting ambition. They had minimal resources and resided in a modest flat close to Burbank's Hollywood studio lots. Even yet, Larson has recalled happy recollections of this time and gives credit to her mother for doing the best she could for them, recalling that 'We had a horrible one-room flat where the bed came out of the wall and we each had three articles of clothes'.
She took the stage name Larson from her Swedish great-grandmother and an American Girl doll she received as a child because her last name was difficult to pronounce. In a 1998 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, she played "Malibu Mudslide Barbie," a Barbie commercial parody. Later, she appeared in a number of television shows as a guest star, including Popular and Touched by an Angel. She was cast in the Fox comedy Schimmel in 2000, but the show was cancelled before it could run because of the cancer that Robert Schimmel, the show's lead, had.
Career
Early employment and musical career, 2001–2008
As Emily, the younger daughter of Bob Saget's character, in the WB sitcom Raising Dad, which ran for one season during the television schedule in 2001–2002, Larson played her first significant role. The actors of the show was criticised for "merrily joking through the show" by Orlando Sentinel writer Hal Boedeker. She was then cast in the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, but after a pilot episode that was never broadcast, she and a few other cast members were replaced. She co-starred with Beverley Mitchell in the Disney Channel movie Right on Track from 2003, which was based on the lives of junior drag racers Erica and Courtney Enders. She also had supporting roles in the comedies Sleepover and 13 Going on 30 from 2004.
When Larson learned to play the guitar at age eleven, she became interested in music. She started self-recording and posting tracks to her own website after a music executive pushed her to write her own songs. Larson penned and recorded a song named "Invisible Girl" after being rejected for the role of Wendy Darling in the 2003 movie Peter Pan. The song was played on KIIS-FM. She quickly agreed to a record deal with Tommy Mottola of Casablanca Records; at the time, she and Lindsay Lohan were the label's only artists. She co-wrote songs on the album Finally Out of P.E., which was released in 2005, with writers such Blair Daly, Pam Sheyne, Lindy Robbins, and Holly Brook. She named it after a gym teacher she didn't like, and she has claimed that the majority of the songs she penned were about lost job possibilities. One of her tracks, "She Said," reached its top position of number 31 on the Billboard Hot Single Sales chart. It was aired on the MTV programme Total Request Live and was named by Billboard in their weekly lists of the most-watched videos on the channel. Jesse McCartney and Larson went on tour together for Teen People's "Rock in Shop" mall performances. Larson also supported McCartney on his Beautiful Soul tour and had a performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Even Nevertheless, just 3,500 copies of the CD were sold, making it a failure. In a later interview, Larson expressed her dissatisfaction with her musical endeavours, stating, "I wanted to write all my own songs, and [the recording company] were afraid of that. I wanted to wear trainers and play my guitar—they wanted heels and wind blown hair."
Larson appeared in the comedy movie Hoot, about young vigilantes attempting to defend a population of owls, in 2006 starring Logan Lerman and Cody Linley. The San Francisco Chronicle's Ruthe Stein praised Larson and Linley for adding "a dash of Indiana Jones to their roles" despite the film's negative reviews. The drama Remember the Daze, in which Amber Heard stars, gave her a modest role the next year. She also founded Bunnies and Traps, an arts and literature journal for which she published her own opinion columns and welcomed submissions from other authors and artists. Larson has claimed that at that time, she regularly thought about giving up acting since she was having trouble finding work and putting the difficulty on the inability of directors to typecast her. She was especially disappointed when she was passed over for major parts in the films Thirteen (2003) and Juno (2007). Larson works as a club DJ to help support herself.
Independent films and breakthroughs from 2009 to 2014
In the 2009 season of the Showtime comedy-drama series United States of Tara, Larson debuted as Kate Gregson, the sarcastic adolescent daughter of Toni Collette's character who must deal with her mother's dissociative identity disorder. Originally slated as Portia Doubleday, Larson took over the part after the pilot episode had been filmed. Alessandra Stanley noted how successfully Larson portrayed a "real teenager" in The New York Times' first season review, and Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle praised her for bringing subtlety to the part. According to Larson, her character's quest for purpose in life mirrored her own, thus she was disappointed when the programme was cancelled in 2011 after three seasons. She co-starred in Tanner Hall, a coming-of-age movie about four boarding school girls, in 2009 along with Rooney Mara. Even though she didn't like the movie, Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times praised Larson for contributing "one of the film's funniest bits". She portrayed a carefree cheerleader in House Broken and a popular high schooler in Just Peck, two of her other films that year.
In 2010, Larson participated in a theatre production of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. It was directed by Nicholas Martin and starred her as the bright little child Emily Webb. In her review of the play for The Boston Globe, Louise Kennedy lamented the lack of a tragic journey in Larson's character and felt that the performance skimmed over the deeper elements of the play. She appeared in the comedies Greenberg, directed by Noah Baumbach, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright. According to a writer for Slant Magazine, these films helped increase her popularity. Larson herself has claimed that the latter movie, in which she portrayed the rock star Envy, was a turning point in her career. With the band Metric, Larson sang the song "Black Sheep" in it. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World didn't do well at the box office, but it now has a cult following. She then appeared in the 2011 drama Rampart as the disturbed daughter of a corrupt police officer (played by Woody Harrelson), a role she found herself impossible to separate herself from due to its emotional heft. The filmmaker changed the script to further examine the father-daughter connection after being surprised by how nicely a confrontation scene between Harrelson and her turned out.
By co-writing and co-directing the short film The Arm with Jessie Ennis and Sarah Ramos in 2012, Larson branched out into the world of filmmaking. At the Sundance Film Festival, the movie, which is about societal expectations for the near future, took home a special jury prize. Following her role as Molly, a high school student in 21 Jump Street, an adaptation of the 1980s police procedural television series starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, she appeared as a seductive adolescent in the critically panned drama The Trouble with Bliss. The parts that allowed her to improvise with Hill presented a problem to Larson because she believed her acting style to be more strict than Hill's method. In addition to being stunning and hilarious, with a scratchy contralto voice, and unlike the typical girl in a buddy movie, Larson is described as "a find of major proportions" by Dana Stevens of Slate. 21 Jump Street turned out to be Larson's most well-known movie to that moment, with a global gross of more than $200 million.
Larson and Dustin Bowser worked together to co-write and co-direct Weighting (2013), a short film about a tense relationship that was screened at South by Southwest, after Larson made an appearance in the sitcom Community. In the same year, Larson made a breakthrough appearance in the highly acclaimed independent drama Short Term 12 as the first leading lady in her professional career. The movie, which took place in a group home for troubled kids, starred her as Grace, the institution's distraught supervisor. Larson viewed online interviews of people with comparable occupations and engaged with staff members in a children's home as part of his preparation. She was impressed with the small and friendly working environment of the movie, which had a production budget of less than $1 million. Critics praised Larson's performance. She was praised for her "terrific" and "completely persuasive" performances by Manohla Dargis of The New York Times and Ian Freer of Empire, who said that she "builds into a whirling dervish of a performance, making Grace strong but scarred, damaged but compassionate." According to Jenny McCartney of The Daily Telegraph, it would "set her up for a stellar career." She later noted that the movie encouraged directors to offer her a wide variety of parts, although she declined roles of the unidimensional love interest. Larson earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
Also in 2013, Larson appeared in two romantic comedies, Don Jon and The Spectacular Now, in supporting roles. She portrayed Don Jon's sister in the first film, which Joseph Gordon-Levitt both wrote and directed. The examination of sexual issues in the movie was commended by Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who also thought Larson was "terrific" in it. She portrayed Cassidy, the ex-girlfriend of Miles Teller's character in the Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley film The Spectacular Now. Larson was attracted to the project's portrayal of high school life's reality. David Edelstein urged readers to admire "the shading and intelligence she brings to Cassidy" in a piece for New York magazine. Based on the 1974 movie of the same name, the 2014 crime drama The Gambler starred Brie Larson as a literature student who has an affair with her professor (Mark Wahlberg), a gambling addict. Rupert Wyatt, the filmmaker, thought the part was underwritten and chose Larson to give it weight. However, Claudia Puig of USA Today wrote that the "talented Larson is given little to do, other than react".
2015 until 2019: seasoned actress
In 2015, Larson had three films come out. Her debut role was in the ensemble comedy-drama Digging for Fire, which was primarily improvised and starred Jake Johnson in the title character. Without a script, Larson oversaw key character decisions during filming, including the elimination of a planned romantic subplot involving her and Johnson. She then appeared in the comedy Trainwreck, which was partially based on the life of Amy Schumer, as the character's sister. Schumer's sister, who worked as an associate producer on the movie, was the model for Larson's portrayal of her. Tim Grierson of Screen International called Larson "lively, slightly underused," calling the movie "a deft blend of laughs, romance, and poignancy." Despite having a $35 million budget, Trainwreck made over $140 million in revenue.
Later, Larson starred in Room, a movie based on the same-named novel by Emma Donoghue. In it, she played Ma, a young captive who gives birth to a child through rape. She based the part on her mother's struggles as a single parent, which she found to be physically and emotionally difficult. Larson prepared herself by spending a month alone in her apartment. A significant amount of the movie was shot within a studio-built hut measuring 10 feet by 10 feet. She spoke with experts on sexual assault and looked at the lack of nutrition that a captive might experience. She avoided exposure to the sun, altered her diet, and engaged in rigorous exercise to lose weight in order to obtain the desired look. Jacob Tremblay, who played her son, and Larson worked closely together and spent time acting out scenes that reflected their roles. Larson and Tremblay's performances in Room received high praise from the critics. According to Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times, her portrayal of Ma was "astonishing" and possessed "preternatural commitment," which made it "as scaldingly emotional a performance as anyone could wish for." She received numerous honours, including the Best Actress Academy Award as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA prizes in the same category.
Larson starred in Free Fire (2016), an action comedy about a shootout in a warehouse, which came out after Room's commercial success. She consented to the initiative to raise awareness of gun violence. Larson's role in Room was very different from this one, as highlighted by Eric Kohn of IndieWire, who also noted that her "businesslike demeanour once again proves her ability to command a scene with a single glare." The movie didn't make back its $7 million investment in the box office. She had filmed a role in Todd Solondz's comedy Wiener-Dog, but Solondz felt her character unnecessary to the plot and eliminated her sequences from the finished product. The sequel to the MonsterVerse film series, Kong: Skull Island, which Larson starred in the year after, also included Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston. The movie, which was filmed in Vietnam, starred her as a photojournalist in the 1970s. It was her first widely viewed, high-budget film, and while she was happy to play a role that wasn't based solely on her appearance, she lamented the lack of female co-stars. The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday commended the movie's special effects and said that "Larson manages to hold her own with very little to do". Over $566 million was made worldwide thanks to the commercial success of Kong: Skull Island.
Later that year, Destin Daniel Cretton and Larson were reunited when the latter played Jeannette Walls in the film adaptation of the memoir The Glass Castle. It chronicles the interaction between a young woman and her unconventional parents, who are portrayed by Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts. Larson was intrigued by the nuanced portrayal of a parent-child connection and related to its forgiveness-centered theme. She worked closely with Walls and her siblings, studying their social graces. The robustness of Brie Larson's presence, according to Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, "saves it, just a little bit," despite his distaste for the movie's sentimentality. Her 2013 musical romance Basmati Blues, which was set in India, garnered negative reviews as well and was criticised for its white saviour narrative on social media. The comedy-drama Unicorn Store, in which Larson also featured, made its debut at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival as a feature film. Later, Netflix decided to release it digitally in 2019. She portrayed a frustrated art student who was obsessed with unicorns. Larson had tried out unsuccessfully for the role of the movie's star in 2012, when Miguel Arteta was slated to helm the project. Larson was given the chance to both direct and star in the project after it stalled. She was lured in by the fantastic story and saw a parallel between the development of her character and her own career as a filmmaker. Despite his distaste for the movie, David Ehrlich of IndieWire recognised Brie Larson's potential as a director.
After a year away from the big screen, Larson returned as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in the superhero movie Captain Marvel (2019), Marvel Studios' first movie with a female lead. She was initially hesitant to accept such a prominent role, but she eventually did so after seeing the role as a platform to encourage young women and connecting with the character's compassion and weaknesses. She trained in judo, boxing, and wrestling for nine months and socialised with service members at the Nellis Air Force Base as part of her preparation. While David Sims of The Atlantic lamented the lack of depth in her role, Stephanie Zacharek of Time noted that "Larson, a perceptive, low-key actor, carries the whole affair capably" and noted how much she stood out in the movie's quieter moments. David Sims also praised the actress for portraying her character's struggle for independence from authoritarian men. In Avengers: Endgame, which she had previously filmed before Captain Marvel, Larson played the same character. Endgame momentarily held the record for highest-grossing movie ever with its $2.79 billion global take, while Captain Marvel made history as the first female-led superhero movie to earn more than $1 billion globally.
Also in 2019, Larson collaborated with director Destin Daniel Cretton for the third time on the film Just Mercy, which starred Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx and was based on Bryan Stevenson's biography about death row inmate Walter McMillian's erroneous conviction. In order to assist Cretton's storyline, she consented to play the supporting role of Eva Ansley, a supporter of the Equal Justice Initiative. She did a good job of portraying her character's "antsy, cigarette-smoking defensiveness," according to Variety's Owen Gleiberman.
Present (2020): Break and return
Van Jones' virtual reality series The Messy Truth VR Experience had an episode that Larson both produced and appeared in. For this episode, they received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Programme. Larson returned to the role of Captain Marvel in 2022 for the rides Avengers Assemble: Light Force at Disneyland Paris and Avengers: Quantum Encounter at Disney Wish. She worked on two projects with Disney+. She also acted in the augmented reality short film Remembering and produced, filmed, and hosted the docuseries Growing Up. Additionally, she appeared as Paradigm in the online game Fortnite Battle Royale.
Larson took a sabbatical from acting during the COVID-19 epidemic, claiming that the parts she was being offered were versions of the one she performed in Room. She decided to refocus on her personal interests instead, such as podcasting and vlogging, and will make a comeback to the big screen in 2023 after a break of more than three years. She will reprise her role as Captain Marvel in the superhero prequel The Marvels in addition to joining the cast of Fast X, the tenth entry in the Fast & Furious franchise. Lessons in Chemistry, an Apple TV+ comedy-drama series, will also feature her as a star and executive producer.
Advocacy
Larson is a supporter of survivors of sexual assault and a fighter for gender equality. It doesn't feel right to her to be silent, so she uses her fame to speak out on social and political issues, declaring, "I'd put it all on the line and be an activist for the rest of my life because it doesn't feel right to me to be quiet." Larson hugged all of the survivors as they left the stage after Lady Gaga's performance at the 2016 Academy Awards, where several sexual abuse survivors shared the stage with the singer. She handed Casey Affleck the trophy for Best Actor at the ceremony the year after, but she chose not to applaud him when he received a standing ovation from the audience because of a number of sexual harassment claims that had been made against him. She did, however, give him a hug, and later claimed that her gesture "spoke for itself." In order to defend women from harassment and discrimination, Larson founded the Time's Up initiative in 2018 in partnership with 300 other Hollywood women. She was one of the first performers to include an inclusion rider clause in her film and press junket contracts that same year. She criticised the "overwhelmingly white male" makeup of film critics and journalists in a 2019 interview and backed diversity in the field. The Captain Marvel page on Rotten Tomatoes was bombed with trolling in response to this statement.
In 2014, Larson and Alia Penner founded Women of Cinefamily, a monthly programme for the nonprofit cinematheque Cinefamily, where Larson served as an advisory board member, to highlight films with female directors and stars. She issued a statement in response to claims of sexual assault against two of the company's male leaders, expressing her support for the victims and urging retaliation against the abusers. In 2016, Larson became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She later made the list of contenders for the board of governors position. She co-hosted an event for the Women in Film organisation in 2017, where she urged filmmakers to speak out against Donald Trump's presidency, and she was one of several celebrities who helped raise money for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, a charity that helps elderly members of the industry. She participated in the Women's March in Washington and spoke out against the president's stance on transgender rights. Larson lamented the lack of diversity among film reporters and urged for increased coverage of minority voices in film review at the 2018 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards, where she was recognised. At the Sundance and Toronto International Film Festivals, she announced a 20% quota for underrepresented journalists. She served as the guest editor of a Stylist magazine issue in 2019 and made use of the opportunity to promote social inclusion and diversity. She protested the gender wage disparity in Hollywood at the Women in the World Annual Summit. Larson received a commendation from Variety for her efforts with the Equal Justice Initiative in 2019. She supported the "defund the police" movement in 2020.
Personal Life And Public Persona
In interviews, Larson avoids talking about her personal life and declines to respond to inquiries that make her feel awkward. She has stated that she worries being evaluated for her weaknesses and that privacy allows her to perform a wide range of parts without being typecast in regards to her wish to be quiet. Alex Greenwald, the lead singer of the band Phantom Planet, and Larson started dating in 2013. From 2016 to 2019, they were engaged. In Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills neighbourhood, they had shared a home. She had given Greenwald credit for fostering a secure environment for her and enabling her to take creative chances. Larson has been dating actor-director Elijah Allan-Blitz since 2019. She claimed to be single in 2023, which suggests that she and Allan-Blitz had parted up.
Holly Millea of Elle stated in 2016 that Larson "carries herself like an athlete, lean and solid, surefooted yet her energy is warm and familial, literally embracing" when describing her off-screen persona. She is described as "incredibly warm" and "a serious nerd, with the endlessly tunnelling knowledge of a homeschooler" by author Anne Helen Petersen. According to Jennifer Dickison of Porter, Larson's "fully formed" personality made it challenging to put her into a predetermined box.
According to Larson, films that depict the "human condition" and "make people feel more connected to themselves and the rest of the world" are her favourites. She gravitates towards social activism-related parts that are out of character for her. A motif of "sex appeal, inner torment, and a quick, playful wit" has been noted by Fan Zhong of W magazine in her characters. The director of Larson's performance in Room, Lenny Abrahamson, thinks that her work lacks "that showy intensity that sometimes gets all the attention" and that her "awareness of tougher lives" strengthens her portrayals. Her improv skills have been complimented by Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed her in Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle. He said, "I never know what's going to happen, and often she doesn't know what's going to happen."
Larson keeps a consistent social media presence and uses it as a platform to present her own articles and ideas. She launched her own YouTube channel in 2020. She and the actress Jessie Ennis co-hosted the Learning Lots podcast. In addition to being listed in People's annual beauty list in 2016 and 2019, Forbes' 2016 edition of the 30 Under 30 includes Larson. She was ranked by IndieWire as one of the top American actors under 30 in 2018. 2019 saw the unveiling of a wax figure of Larson as Captain Marvel at Madame Tussauds New York. She was listed among the top 100 most important individuals in the world by Time magazine that same year.
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2001 | Madison | Racing Girl No. 2 | |
2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Six Chick | |
Sleepover | Liz Daniels | ||
2006 | Hoot | Beatrice Leep | |
2007 | Farce of the Penguins | I Need a Z-Pack Penguin | Voice |
Remember the Daze | Angie | ||
2008 | The Babysitter | Babysitter | Short film |
2009 | House Broken | Suzy Decker | |
Just Peck | Emily | ||
Tanner Hall | Kate | ||
2010 | Greenberg | Sara | |
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Natalie "Envy" Adams | ||
2011 | Rampart | Helen | |
2012 | 21 Jump Street | Molly Tracey | |
The Trouble with Bliss | Stephanie Jouseski | ||
The Arm | — | Short film; co-director and co-writer | |
2013 | Bitter Orange | Myrtle | Short film |
Don Jon | Monica Martello | ||
Short Term 12 | Grace | ||
Weighting | Unnamed | Short film; also co-director and co-writer | |
The Spectacular Now | Cassidy | ||
2014 | The Gambler | Amy Phillips | |
2015 | Digging for Fire | Max | |
Trainwreck | Kim | ||
Room | Ma | ||
2016 | Free Fire | Justine | |
2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Mason Weaver | |
The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls | ||
Unicorn Store | Kit | Also director and producer | |
Basmati Blues | Linda | Filmed in 2013 | |
2019 | Captain Marvel | Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel | |
Avengers: Endgame | |||
Just Mercy | Eva Ansley | ||
Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Herself | Cameo | |
2021 | Remembering | The Writer / Light | Short film |
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel | Uncredited cameo | |
2023 | Fast X | Tess | Post-production |
The Marvels | Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1998–1999 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Various | |
1998 | To Have & to Hold | Lily Quinn | 2 episodes |
1999 | Touched by an Angel | Rachel | Episode: "Into the Fire" |
Popular | Robin Robin | Episode: "Fall on Your Knees" | |
2000 | Then Came You | Young Allison | Episode: "Then Came Aidan's Ex" |
2001–2002 | Raising Dad | Emily Stewart | Main role; 22 episodes |
2003 | Right on Track | Courtney Enders | Television film |
Hope & Faith | Sydney Shanowski | Unaired pilot | |
2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Krista Eisenburg | Episode: "Slam" |
2009 | The Burg | Hipster Girl | Episode: "Change" |
2009–2011 | United States of Tara | Kate Gregson | Main role; 36 episodes |
2011 | The League | Ashley | 2 episodes |
2012 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Katerin | Episode: "The Real Bicycle Thief" |
2013 | Kroll Show | College Girl | 2 episodes |
2013–2014 | Community | Rachel | 3 episodes |
2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Herself | Episode: "Brie Larson Wears a Billowy Long-Sleeve Shirt and White Saddle Shoes" |
2016 | Saturday Night Live | Herself | Episode: "Brie Larson/Alicia Keys" |
2019 | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Herself | Episode: "Samuel L. Jackson & Brie Larson" |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest Host | Episode: "Guest Hostess Brie Larson / Jamie Foxx" | |
Running Wild with Bear Grylls | Herself | Episode: "Brie Larson" | |
2020 | Animal Talking with Gary Whitta | Voice; episode: "Brie Larson, DrLupo, Friskk, Kenny Fong" | |
2022 | Ms. Marvel | Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel | Episode: "No Normal"; uncredited mid-credits cameo |
2022 | Growing Up | Host | Also creator, executive producer and director |
2023 | Lessons in Chemistry | Elizabeth Zott | Upcoming series; also executive producer |
TBA | Scott Pilgrim: the Anime | Natalie "Envy" Adams (voice) | Upcoming series |
Video game
Year | Title | Role |
2022 | Fortnite Battle Royale | The Paradigm |
Theatre
Year | Production | Role | Venue |
2010 | Our Town | Emily Webb | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
Theme park attractions
Year | Production | Role | Venue |
2022 | Avengers: Quantum Encounter | Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel | Disney Wish |
Avengers Assemble: Filght Force | Disneyland Paris |
Music videos
Year | Title | Performer(s) | Director | Album |
2008 | "Junk Food" | Lexicon | David H. Steinberg | Junk Food (EP) |
2012 | "Never Enough" | JJAMZ | Eddie O'Keefe | Suicide Pact |
2014 | "Just One of the Guys" | Jenny Lewis | Jenny Lewis | The Voyager |
2015 | "No Cities to Love" | Sleater-Kinney | Ali Greer | No Cities to Love |
2017 | "Family Feud" | Jay-Z (featuring Beyoncé) | Brie Larson | 4:44 |
Discography
Albums
As primary artist
Title | Album details |
Finally Out of P.E. |
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Other credits
Title | Year | Artist | Credit |
Army Navy | 2008 | Army Navy | Vocals |
Overexposed | 2012 | Maroon 5 | Vocals (background) |
Singles
Title | Year | Hot Singles Sales | Album |
"She Said" | 2004 | 31 | Finally Out of P.E. |
"Life After You" | 2005 | — |
Other appearances
Title | Year | Album |
"Coming Around" | 2006 | Hoot |
"Big Rock Candy Mountain" | 2015 | Room |
"All Signs Point to Yes" | 2018 | Basmati Blues |
"When Tomorrow Comes" | ||
"Love Don't Knock at My Door" | ||
"All in My Mind" | ||
"Foolish Heart" | ||
"Our Voices Will Be Heard" | ||
"Black Sheep" | 2021 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
Music videos
As lead artist
Year | Title | Director |
2005 | "She Said" | Chris Applebaum |
"Hope Has Wings" | — |
Awards and Nominations
Academy Awards
Year | Nominated Work | Category/Award | Result |
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won |
British Academy Film Awards
Year | Nominated Work | Category/Award | Result |
2016 | — | BAFTA Rising Star Award | Nominated |
Room | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year | Nominated Work | Category/Award | Result |
2020 | The Messy Truth VR Experience | Outstanding Interactive Program | Won |
Golden Globe Awards
Year | Nominated Work | Category/Award | Result |
2016 | Room | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Won |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year | Nominated Work | Category/Award | Result |
2016 | Room | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
Critics' associations
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | |||
2016 | Room | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Nominated | |||
Austin Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award | Won | |
Best Actress | Won | |||
2016 | Room | Won | ||
Black Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Won | |
2016 | Room | Won | ||
Boston Online Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Runner-up | |
2016 | Room | Runner-up | ||
Chicago Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2015 | Room | Won | ||
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Won | |
Central-Ohio Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Breakthrough Artist | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Nominated | |||
2016 | Room | Won | ||
Critics' Choice Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | |
2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Movie Actress | Nominated |
|
2016 | Room | Won |
| |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Denver Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Won | ||
Detroit Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Breakthrough Performance | Won | |
Best Actress | Won | |||
2016 | Room | Nominated | ||
Dublin Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Florida Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Georgia Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Breakthrough Artist | Won | |
Best Actress | Nominated | |||
2016 | Room | Won | ||
Houston Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Won | ||
Indiana Film Journalists Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Won | ||
IndieWire Critics Poll
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Lead Performance | 6th Place | |
2015 | Room | Best Actress | 3rd Place | |
Internet Film Critic Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Iowa Film Critics Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2015 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2018 | — | Trailblazer Award | Honored | |
London Film Critics' Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Actress of the Year | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Nominated | ||
New York Film Critics Online
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Nevada Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
North Carolina Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best Actress | Nominated | |
North Texas Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2015 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Online Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2015 | Room | Nominated | ||
Online Film and Television Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Breakthrough Performance - Female | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Phoenix Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Phoenix Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
San Diego Film Critics Society
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Won | ||
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Nominated | ||
Seattle Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Won | |
2016 | Room | Nominated | ||
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Won | |
2016 | Room | Won | ||
St. Louis Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Toronto Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Utah Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2016 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Best Actress in a Canadian Film | Won | |||
Village Voice Film Poll
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Lead Performance | 4th place | |
2016 | Room | Best Actress | 3rd place | |
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2014 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2016 | Room | Nominated | ||
2018 | The Glass Castle | Nominated | ||
Women Film Critics Circle
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|
2015 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
Best Young Actress | Won | |||
Best Screen Couple | Won | |||
Courage in Acting Award | Won | |||
2019 | — | Acting and Activism Award | Nominated | |
Captain Marvel | Best Female Action Hero | Nominated | ||
Other associations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best International Lead Actress – Cinema | Nominated | |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
2015 | Room | Won | ||
Black Reel Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2020 | Just Mercy | Outstanding Ensemble | Nominated | |
Canadian Screen Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture | Won | |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
CinEuphoria Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress - International Competition | Nominated | |
2015 | Room | Won | ||
Dorian Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Film Performance of the Year — Actress | Nominated | |
DVD Exclusive Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2005 | Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 3-D (Hope has Wings) | Best Original Music Video | Nominated | |
Empire Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Gold Derby Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Breakthrough Performer | Nominated | |
2015 | Room | Best Film Lead Actress | Won | |
Golden Schmoes Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Breakthrough Of The Year | Nominated | |
2015 | Room | Actress Of The Year | Won | |
Gotham Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Won | |
2015 | Room | Nominated | ||
Hamptons International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Breakthrough Performer | Won | |
IMDb Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | — | STARmeter Award | Won | |
International Online Cinema Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Won | |
Irish Film & Television Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best International Film Actress | Won | |
Independent Spirit Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Female Lead | Nominated | |
2015 | Room | Won | ||
NAACP Image Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2020 | Just Mercy | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | |
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2019 | Captain Marvel / Avengers: Endgame | Favorite Movie Actress | Nominated | |
Favorite Superhero | Nominated | |||
Locarno International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Won | |
Maui Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | — | Rising Star Award | Won | |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2016 | Room | Best Actor in a Movie | Nominated | |
Best Breakthrough Performance in a Movie | Nominated | |||
2019 | Captain Marvel | Best Fight in a Movie | Won | |
Best Hero in a Movie | Nominated | |||
National Board of Review
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best Actress | Won | |
National Film & TV Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2019 | Captain Marvel | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | — | Breakthrough Performance Award | Won | |
People's Choice Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2019 | Captain Marvel | Favorite Action Movie Star of the Year | Nominated | |
Favorite Female Movie Star of the Year | Nominated | |||
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | — | Virtuoso Award | Won | |
2015 | Room | Outstanding Performance of the Year | Won | |
Satellite Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) | Nominated | |
Saturn Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2019 | Captain Marvel | Best Film Lead Actress | Nominated | |
Seattle International Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Short Term 12 | Best Actress | Nominated | |
Sundance Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2012 | The Arm | Short Film Special Jury Prize | Won | |
SXSW Film Festival
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2013 | Weighting | SXSW Grand Jury Award | Nominated | |
Teen Choice Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2015 | Room | Choice Movie Actress – Drama | Nominated | |
Choice Movie – Chemistry | Nominated | |||
2017 | Kong Skull Island | Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi | Nominated | |
2019 | Captain Marvel / Avengers: Endgame | Choice Movie Actress – Action | Nominated | |
Young Artist Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
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2001 | Raising Dad | Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series – Leading Young Actress | Nominated | |
2004 | Sleepover | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast | Nominated | |
2006 | Hoot | Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film | Nominated | |
Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
2018 | — | Crystal Award | Honored |
Quick Bio
Nickname | Brie |
Gender | Female |
Age | 33 years old (in 2023) |
Date of Birth | October 1, 1989 |
Full Name | Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers |
Profession | Actress, Filmmaker |
Nationality | American |
Birthplace | Sacramento, California, United States |
Religion | Christianity |
Zodiac Sign | Libra |
Qualification | Graduate |
College | American Conservatory Theater |
Profession | Actress, Filmmaker |
Net Worth | USD $10 million approx |
Height, Weight & Physical Stats
Body Measurements | 34-26-35 inches |
Bodytype | Hourglass |
Height | 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lbs) |
Waist | 26 inches |
Hair Color | Brown |
Eye Color | Brown |
Shoe Size | 6 (US) |
Dress Size | 4 (US) |
Family & Relatives
Father | Sylvain Desaulniers |
Mother | Heather Desaulniers |
Brother | None |
Sister | Milaine Desaulniers |
Marital Status | Married |
Husband | Alex Greenwald (2013–2019) |
No. of Children | None |
Past Relationship | Alex Greenwald |
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