Brie Larson

Brie Larson was born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers to Heather and Sylvain Desaulniers, who worked as homeopathic chiropractors. Her parents divorced when she was seven, after which her mother moved with Larson and her younger sister, Milaine, to Los Angeles. Larson has described having a close bond with her mother and a difficult relationship with her father.

Larson began dating Alex Greenwald, the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Phantom Planet, in 2013, and they were engaged from 2016 to 2019. She was later in a relationship with actor-filmmaker Elijah Allan-Blitz, with whom she was publicly associated in 2019; she confirmed their split in 2023. Larson does not have children.

Larson was mostly homeschooled and began studying drama at six. She became the youngest student admitted to the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Her first acting job was a comedy sketch parodying a Barbie commercial on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1998, followed by guest roles on Touched by an Angel and Popular.

She became a regular cast member of the sitcom Raising Dad in 2001 and starred in the Disney Channel film Right on Track in 2003. Her early film credits included Sleepover, 13 Going on 30, Hoot, and Remember the Daze. She also played Kate Gregson, the sardonic daughter of Toni Collette's character, in United States of Tara from 2009 to 2011.

Larson developed an interest in music during childhood, learned guitar at 11, and signed a record deal with Tommy Mottola's Casablanca Records. She released the teen-pop album Finally Out of P.E. in 2005, and its single "She Said" appeared on Total Request Live and reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot Single Sales chart. She toured with Jesse McCartney and performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Her film profile grew through roles in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 21 Jump Street, The Spectacular Now, and Trainwreck. Her first leading role came in Short Term 12 (2013), in which she played Grace, a supervisor at a group home for troubled teenagers. She won the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for playing Ma in Room (2015).

Larson entered blockbuster filmmaking with Kong: Skull Island (2017), in which she played a photojournalist, and also starred as Jeannette Walls in The Glass Castle. She made her feature directorial debut with Unicorn Store (2017), a comedy-drama in which she also played the lead role. The film was later distributed by Netflix.

Larson played Carol Danvers, a U.S. Air Force pilot who becomes Captain Marvel, in Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and The Marvels (2023). Captain Marvel was Marvel Studios' first female-led film and became the first female-led superhero film to earn more than $1 billion worldwide. Larson later starred in Fast X and played Elizabeth Zott in the Apple TV+ miniseries Lessons in Chemistry, for which she received Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

Larson has advocated for gender equality and survivors of sexual assault. In 2018, she joined 300 women in Hollywood in establishing the Time's Up initiative, and she has called for greater representation of underrepresented journalists in film criticism. She also incorporated an inclusion rider into her film and press-junket contracts.

She co-wrote and co-directed the short films The Arm and Weighting. As a producer of The Messy Truth VR Experience, a virtual-reality series created by Van Jones, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program. Larson also created, directed, and hosted the Disney+ docuseries Growing Up.