# Jessica Darrow

Jessica Darrow (born January 7, 1995) is an American actress and singer best known for voicing the character Luisa Madrigal in Disney's Encanto and for playing Mikki Easton in Fifteen-Love.

## Early life

Darrow was born in Miami, Florida. She is of Cuban descent. As a teenager, she watched Disney films and listened to songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Darrow attended and graduated from Rutgers University.

## Career

Darrow's first film role was Sarah in the 2019 film Feast of the Seven Fishes, directed by Robert Tinnell. She rose to fame in 2021 acting in the Disney animated feature film Encanto as the voice of Luisa Madrigal. She sang one of the film's most popular songs, "Surface Pressure", which was certified platinum by the RIAA and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 2022. Darrow voiced Mimi in Grand Theft Auto Online's 2021 update "Los Santos Tuners."

## Personal life

In an interview for Deadline Hollywood, Darrow voiced her support of the LGBT community in the wake of the Parental Rights in Education Act passage in Miami, where she was born, "Here I am being queer and gorgeous, and I'm on the red carpet, and I'm very happy to represent fellow gorgeous queer people."

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Sarah | |
| 2021 | Encanto | Luisa Madrigal (voice) | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Following Hannah Stone | Taylor | TV Mini-Series, Main role |
| 2021 | Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase | Future Ray | Epísode: Future Me |
| 2023 | Hamster & Gretel | Melissa Gomez (voice) | Episode: "The Litigator vs. The Luchador" |
| 2023 | Fifteen-Love | Mikki Easton | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Blue Bloods | Isabella | Episode: Irish Exi |
| 2023 | Monster High | Abuela Calaveraz (voice) | Episode: Skelita Calaveraz |
| TBA | North Woods | Sorcha (voice) | Animated Series, Main role. |

### Videogames

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Grand Theft Auto Online | Mimi | Los Santos Tuners DLC |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | Anomaly | Kory Hernandez (voice) | Podcast series, Main role |
| 2021 | Say It With Pride: Disney+ Celebrates Pride 365 | Herself | |

## Discography
### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | US | AUS | CAN | UK | WW | Certifications | Album |
| "Same Way" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Surface Pressure" (from the Disney animated film Encanto) | 2021 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 9 | RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| "Make It Clean" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes songs which were not released in that country or did not chart. |||||||||

#### Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | CAN | WW | Album |
| "All of You" (with Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Adassa, Maluma, and Encanto cast) | 2021 | 71 | 83 | 111 | Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |

### Music videos

* "Same Way (2021)
* "Surface Pressure" (2021)
* "All of You" (2021)
* "Make It Clean" (2022)