Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers\u00a0(born October 1, 1989), known professionally as\u00a0Brie Larson, is an American actress. She played supporting roles in comedies as a teenager and has since expanded to leading roles in\u00a0independent films\u00a0and\u00a0blockbusters.\u00a0Her accolades\u00a0include an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, and a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award.\u00a0Time\u00a0magazine named her one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n
At age six, Larson was the youngest student admitted to a training program at the\u00a0American Conservatory Theater, and she began her acting career in 1998 with a\u00a0comedy sketch\u00a0on\u00a0The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She appeared as a regular on the sitcom\u00a0Raising Dad\u00a0(2001\u20132002). She pursued a music career, releasing the album\u00a0Finally Out of P.E.\u00a0(2005). She subsequently had supporting roles in the comedy films\u00a0Hoot (2006),\u00a0Scott Pilgrim vs. the World\u00a0(2010), and\u00a021 Jump Street\u00a0(2012), and appeared as a sardonic teenager in the television series\u00a0United States of Tara\u00a0(2009\u20132011).<\/p>\n
Larson’s breakthrough came as a social worker in the independent drama\u00a0Short Term 12\u00a0(2013), along with supporting roles in the coming-of-age romance\u00a0The Spectacular Now\u00a0(2013) and the comedy\u00a0Trainwreck\u00a0(2015). She gained wider recognition for her performance as a kidnapping victim in the drama\u00a0Room\u00a0(2015), for which she received the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actress. She ventured into\u00a0blockbusters\u00a0with the monster film\u00a0Kong: Skull Island\u00a0(2017) and by starring as\u00a0Carol Danvers \/ Captain Marvel\u00a0in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with\u00a0Captain Marvel (2019). Larson returned to television to star in the miniseries\u00a0Lessons in Chemistry\u00a0(2023), for which she earned a nomination for the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress.<\/p>\n
Larson has co-written and co-directed two short films and made her feature film directorial debut with the independent comedy-drama\u00a0Unicorn Store\u00a0(2017). For producing the\u00a0virtual reality\u00a0series\u00a0The Messy Truth VR Experience\u00a0(2020), she won a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program. A\u00a0gender equality\u00a0activist and an advocate for\u00a0sexual assault\u00a0survivors, Larson is vocal about social and political issues.<\/p>\n
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Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers\u00a0(born October 1, 1989), known professionally as\u00a0Brie Larson, is an American actress. She played supporting roles in comedies as a teenager and has since expanded to leading roles in\u00a0independent films\u00a0and\u00a0blockbusters.\u00a0Her accolades\u00a0include an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, and a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award.\u00a0Time\u00a0magazine named her one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world\u00a0in 2019. At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-236","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n