Brie Larson

**Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers**, known professionally as **Brie Larson,** (born in Sacramento, California, October 1, 1989) is an American actress.

She played Molly in the 2012 movie version of _21 Jump Street_. She also played Envy in _Scott Pilgrim vs. the World_. Larson won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Ma in the 2015 movie _Room_. Brie Larson is Captain Marvel.

## Awards and nominations

Brie Larson has received many awards and nominations. She began acting at age eight, and followed it with minor supporting roles in various movies. Her breakthrough came with her leading performance in the 2013 coming-of-age drama film _Short Term 12_, for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and a Critics' Choice Award.

She garnered widespread acclaim for her performance as Joy "Ma" Newsome in the 2015 drama _Room_, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress.

### Movies

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_Special Delivery_|Little Angel||
|2004|_13 Going on 30_|Six Chick||
|2004|_Sleepover_|Elizabeth "Liz" Daniels||
|2005|_Madison_|Racing Girl||
|2006|_Hoot_|Beatrice "The Bear" Leep||
|2007|_Farce of the Penguins_|I Need a Z-Pack Penguin|Voice|
|2008|_Remember the Daze_|Angie Ford||
|2008|_The Babysitter_|Allison||
|2009|_House Broken_|Susan "Suzy" Decker||
|2009|_Just Peck_|Emily Donaldson||
|2009|_Tanner Hall_|Kate||
|2010|_Greenberg_|Sara||
|2010|_Scott Pilgrim vs. the World_|Natalie V. "Envy" Adams||
|2011|_Treatment_|Franny||
|2011|_Weighting_||Co-director and co-writer|
|2011|_Smorgasbord_|Ciara||
|2011|_Rampart_|Helen||
|2012|_21 Jump Street_|Molly Tracey||
|2012|_The Trouble with Bliss_|Stephanie Jouseski||
|2012|_The Arm_||Co-director and co-writer|
|2013|_Bitter Orange_|Myrtle||
|2013|_Don Jon_|Monica Martello||
|2013|_Short Term 12_|Grace Howard||
|2013|_The Spectacular Now_|Cassidy||
|2014|_The Gambler_|Amy Phillips||
|2015|_Digging for Fire_|Max||
|2015|_Trainwreck_|Kim Townsend||
|2015|_Room_|Joy "Ma" Newsome||
|2016|_Free Fire_|Justine||
|2017|_Kong: Skull Island_|Mason Weaver||
|2017|_The Glass Castle_|Jeanette Walls||
|2017|_Unicorn Store_|Kit||
|2017|_Basmati Blues_|Linda||
|2019|_Captain Marvel_|Carol Danvers||
|2020|Untitled Victoria Woodhull film|Victoria Woodhull|Announced March 2017|

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998|_The Tonight Show with Jay Leno_|Roadkill Easy Bake Oven / Girl Scout|2 episodes|
|1998|_To Have & to Hold_|Lily Quinn|2 episodes|
|1999|_Touched by an Angel_|Rachel|Episode: "Into the Fire"|
|1999|_Popular_|Robin Robin|Episode: "Fall on Your Knees"|
|2000|_Then Came You_|Young Allison|Episode: "Then Came Aidan's Ex"|
|2000|_Schimmel_|Samantha|Pilot|
|2001 - 2002|_Raising Dad_|Emily Stewart|22 episodes|
|2003|_Right on Track_|Courtney Enders|Film|
|2003|_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_|Katherine "Kate" Gregson|36 episodes|
|2011|_The League_|Ashley|2 episodes|
|2012|_NTSF:SD:SUV::_|Katerin|Episode: "The Real Bicycle Thief"|
|2012|_Entry Level_|Laura|Pilot|
|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_|Host|Episode: "Brie Larson/Alicia Keys"|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Brie Larson
- **image**: Brie Larson in 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Brie Larson in 2018
- **birth name**: Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers
- **birth place**: Sacramento, California, USA
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **occupation**: Celebrity, actress, filmmaker, Singer
- **years active**: 1998 - present