Biography

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (born October 1, 1989), professionally known as Brie Larson, is an exuberant American actress and a conspicuous filmmaker.

She is considered one of the best in contemporary acts winning several accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

However, her breakthrough came with a leading role in a critically acclaimed independent drama titled Short Term in 2013 and popular drama titled Room in 2015, not living out a 2017 adventure film titled Kong: Skull Island, marking her first big-budget release.

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Full Name:	Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers
Stage Name:	Brie Larson
Born:	1 October 1989 (age 34 years old)
Place of Birth:	Sacramento, California, United States
Nationality:	American
Parents:	Sylvain Desaulniers, Heather Desaulniers
Children:	N/A
Height:	1.7 m
Siblings:	Milaine Desaulniers
Boyfriend • Husband:	Alex Greenwald ex.), Elijah Allan-Blitz
Occupation:	Actress • Filmmaker
Net Worth:	$10 million

Early Life

Brie Larson, with the full name Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, was born in Sacramento, California, on October 1, 1989.

She is a daughter to Sylvain Desaulniers (father), a Franco-Manitoban, and Heather (mother). Both her parents were homoeopathic chiropractors who operated a practice together.

She has a sister named Milena Desaulniers.

During her childhood, Brie Larson spoke French as her first language. She shared a relatively close bond with her mother, although she suffered from social anxiety, thus was shy in public.

During the summer, she would creatively compose and direct her own home movies with her cousins as the main casts and the ‘filming’ done in her garage.

When she was six, Brie showed interest in becoming an actress, and that same year, she auditioned for a film training program at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater situated in San Francisco, where she was the youngest student admitted.

However, Brie Larson experienced trauma and depression when she was seven at the time her parents divorced.
After officially divorcing, Heather moved to Los Angeles with her two daughters to fulfil Brie Larson‘s acting ambition.

However, they had limited financial resources and lived in a small apartment close to Hollywood studio lots in Burbank.
Because her last name was difficult to pronounce, she adopted the stage name Larson, which she got from her Swedish great-grandmother, an American Girl doll named Kirsten Larson.

Education

Brie Larson was mostly home-schooled, and it helped her to explore innovative and abstract experiences.

At age six, she became the youngest student admitted to a training program at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater, where she studied courses in Drama and filming.

Career

Brie Larson began her acting career at the age of 8 in a talk show called ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.’ The show featured her starring in a parody commercial for the ‘Malibu Mudslide Barbie.’
In 2001, she portrayed ‘Emily’ in a sitcom titled ‘Raising Dad,’ which was televised on ‘The WB’ network. However, the show was cancelled after 22 episodes.

In 2003, she acted in a Disney movie titled ‘Right on Track.’ That same year, she began exhibiting her music skills, and that was when she released several tracks on her website.
In 2004, Brie Larson starred in a teen movie titled Sleepover, and in 2006, she appeared in a movie titled Hoot, alongside actors Logan Lerman and Cody Linley.

And in 2007, Brie Larson voiced the character of a penguin in an animation movie titled Farce of the Penguins. She also appeared in minor roles in films such as 13 Going on 30 and Remember the Daze.
Additionally, she released her debut music album, called Finally Out of P.E, in 2005.

However, the album majorly focused on teenage audiences. Before the album’s release, Brie Larson released a DVD that featured the music video for one of its tracks, titled She Said. The album sold more than three thousand copies in the US at that time.

In 2009, she appeared in a drama film titled ‘Tanner Hall.’ However, the film was not a huge success, but Brie Larson‘s character was noticed. The same year, she was handed the role of Kate Gregson in a Showtime comedy series titled the United States of Tara.

In 2010, she acted in the stage adaptation of a play titled Our Town at the occupied Williamstown Theatre Festival. Her performance grabbed the attention of viewers and critics alike, and in 2011, Brie Larson performed a minor role in a drama film titled ‘Rampart.’

Furthermore, she made her directorial debut in a short film called The Arm. The film was awarded a special jury prize at the famous Sundance Film Festival.
Also, she performed in the film adaptation of a TV series titled 21 jump Street. She always won the praise of critics due to the frank humor she infused in her roles.

And in 2013, Brie Larson co-directed a short film titled Weighting, together with Dustin Bowser. This film was aired at the SXSW Film Festival and won a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize.
The same year, Dustin Bowser bagged her first lead role in a movie, where she played the character Grace Howard in a drama film titled Short Term 12, which was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.

Between 2013 and 2014, she appeared in supporting roles in films such as The Spectacular Now, Don Jon, and The Gambler.
In 2015, she was cast in a comedy film titled ‘Digging for Fire.’ The film allowed Brie Larson to improvise her role. Additionally, she acted in the comedy film titled Trainwreck, which featured her as the sister of the lead character, acted by Amy Schumer.
In 2015, she bagged a career-defining role as Joy in a drama film titled Room, which was directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

Her brilliant performance in the film earned Brie the Academy Award for the Best Actress coupled with a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award for the same film.
Aftermath success of ‘Room’ saw Brie Larson offered the lead role in an action–comedy film titled Free Fire, and in 2017, she portrayed the role of a photojournalist in an action fantasy film titled Kong: Skull Island.

Also, in the same year, she appeared as the protagonist in a biographical movie titled The Glass Castle, based on the life and legacy of American author Jeannette Walls, in which Brie Larson played the role of the author.
In 2017, she directed her first feature film, Unicorn Store, a comedy movie with Brie Larson in the lead role. However, the film was not a huge success.

After a year-long absence from the screen, she starred as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in a Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film titled Captain Marvel in 2019, which became Marvel Studios’ first-ever female-led film.
Then she reprised her role in Avengers: Endgame, which had already been filmed before Captain Marvel. Endgame grossed an impressive $2.79 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, while Captain Marvel became the very first female-led superhero film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

Also, in 2019, Brie Larson teamed up with Destin Daniel Cretton for the third successive time in a film titled Just Mercy, which is based on Bryan Stevenson‘s memoir story about death row inmate Walter McMillian‘s wrongful conviction, featuring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx.

She agreed to play the supporting role of Eva Ansley, who is an advocate for the Equal Justice Initiative, aimed to lend her support to Cretton‘s storytelling.

In 2020, Brie Larson produced and acted in an episode of a virtual reality series titled The Messy Truth VR Experience, for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program.

Upcoming Projects

Brie Larson has agreed to reprise her role as Danvers in The Marvels, which is an upcoming sequel to the original Captain Marvel film.

She also has three upcoming streaming television projects and will serve as the producer and play as Victoria Woodhull, the first female presidential candidate in America’s history, in an Amazon Studios eponymous biopic.

She is also built to star in an Apple TV+ drama series based on the life of a CIA officer called Amaryllis Fox and a Netflix film titled Lady Business, a story about the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs.

Awards and Nominations

Brie Larson has received an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a British Academy Film Award, among other recognitions, for her exceptional performance in Room.

She also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program to produce the virtual reality series The Messy Truth VR Experience in 2020.

Social Media

The Captain Marvel star Brie Larson is followed by over 6.8 million followers on Instagram coupled with millions of followers on her Instagram and Twitter accounts.

Brie Larson‘s verified social media accounts are as follows:

• Instagram: @brielarson
• Twitter: @BrieLarson
• Facebook: Brie Larson

Personal Life

Brie Larson is an amazing-looking actress who is full of confidence and positivity. She stands tall with a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m) and weighs 58 kg (128 lbs) while her figure measurement is 34-26-35 inches- bra/breast size 32B, waist 26 inches, and hips 35 inches, hence an hourglass body type. Her hair is curly brown in response to her brown eyes.

Brie Larson was in a relationship with an American musician named Alex Greenwald.

Her current partner is Elijah Allan-Blitz.

Brie Larson is a strong advocate of feminism; thus, she voices her strong protests against the sexual exploitation of young women and serves as one of the founding members of ‘Time’s Up,’ an initiative created to prevent sexual abuse in the entertainment industry.

At the 88th ‘Academy Awards’ ceremony, several victims of sexual abuse were brought on stage, and Brie Larson hugged each of them.

Brie Larson decided to change her name because she was frustrated about her surname, “Desaulniers,” being misspelt by most people, adopting the name “Larson” from her maternal great-grandmother named “Elva Josephine Larson.”

The name was also inspired by the name “Kirsten Larson,” the name of a doll she once received as a gift.

Net Worth

Brie Larson is a hard-working actress who is established in the movie industry. She was named in Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Her net worth is estimated to be around $10 million. Her major source of income is through her career as an actress.

Filmography

Having starred as Carol Danvers, AKA Captain Marvel, in a Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film titled Captain Marvel, which most people know her for, Brie Larson has acted in numerous blockbuster movies and television series, appearing in different roles.

Brie Larson‘s essential filmography is highlighted below:

Films

• 2004 13 Going on 30 as Six Chick
• Sleepover as Liz Daniels
• 2005 Madison as Racing Girl No. 2
• 2006 Hoot as Beatrice Leep
• 2007 Farce of the Penguin as I Need a Z-Pack Penguin’s Voice
• Remember the Daze as Angie
• 2009 House Broken as Suzy Decker
• Just Peck as Emily
• Tanner Hall as Kate
• 2010 Greenberg as Sara
• Scott Pilgrim vs the World as Natalie “Envy” Adams
• 2011 Rampart as Helen
• The Babysitter as Babysitter
• 2012 21 Jump Street as Molly Tracey
• The Trouble with Bliss as Stephanie Jouseski
• The Arm
• 2013 Bitter Orange as Myrtle
• Don Jon as Monica Martello
• Short Term 12 as Grace
• The Spectacular Now as Cassidy
• 2014 The Gambler as Amy Phillips
• 2015 Digging for Fire as Max
• Trainwreck as Kim
• Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome
• 2016 Free Fire as Justine
• 2017 Kong: Skull Island as Mason Weaver
• The Glass Castle as Jeannette Walls
• Unicorn Store as Kit
• Basmati Blues as Linda
• 2019 Captain Marvel as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
• Avengers: Endgame as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
• Just Mercy as Eva Ansley
• Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Herself
• 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
• 2022 The Marvels dagger

TV Shows

• 1996–1998 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Malibu Mudslide Barbie (girl)
• 1998 To Have & to Hold as Lily Quinn (2 episodes)
• 1999 Touched by an Angel as Rachel (Episode: “Into the Fire”)
• Popular as Robin Robin (Episode: “Fall on Your Knees”)
• 2000 Then Came You as Young Allison (Episode: “Then Came Aidan’s Ex”)
• 2001–2002 Raising Dad as Emily Stewart (22 episodes)
• 2003 Right on Track as Courtney Enders
• Hope & Faith as Sydney Shanowski
• 2008 Ghost Whisperer as Krista Eisenburg (Episode: “Slam”)
• 2009 The Burg as Hipster Girl (Episode: “Change”)
• 2009–2011 United States of Tara as Kate Gregson (36 episodes)
• 2011 The League as Ashley (2 episodes)
• 2012 NTSF:SD:SUV:: as Katerin (Episode: “The Real Bicycle Thief”)
• 2013 Kroll Show as College Girl (2 episodes)
• 2013–2014 Community as Rachel (Episodes: “Herstory of Dance”)
• 2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! as Herself (Episode: “Brie Larson Wears a Billowy Long-Sleeve Shirt and White Saddle Shoes”)
• 2016 Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Brie Larson/Alicia Keys”)
• 2019 Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Episode: “Samuel L. Jackson & Brie Larson”)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Guest Host (Episode: “Guest Hostess Brie Larson / Jamie Foxx“)
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Herself (Episode: “Brie Larson”)
• 2020 Animal Talking with Gary Whitta ( episode: “Brie Larson, DrLupo, Friskk, Kenny Fong”)
• TBA Lessons In Chemistry as Elizabeth Zott
• Music Video
• 2012 “Never Enough” by JJAMZ
• 2014 “Just One of the Guys” Jenny Lewis
• 2015 “No Cities to Love” by Sleater-Kinney Ali Greer
• 2017 “Family Feud” by Jay-Z (featuring Beyoncé)

Discography

Album

• Finally Out of P.E. (Released: October 18, 2005)

Singles

• “She Said” 2004 31
• Finally Out of P.E. 2005
• “Life After You” 2005

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