ACTOR
Brie Larson
- Known for
- The Marvels (2023), Lessons in Chemistry (2023), Free Fire (2016), The Glass Castle (2017)
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Brie Larson is an actor best known for The Marvels, Lessons in Chemistry and Free Fire.
All facts (43)
- #001
In addition to acting, Brie Larson also works as a professional singer.
- #002
To prepare for the role of Ma in Room (2015), Brie Larson stayed at home for a month and went on a strict diet to understand what Ma and Jack went through.
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Brie Larson has been acting since she was seven years old. However, because she found the film business very difficult and could not get the roles she wanted, she considered quitting acting several times. She pursued careers in photography, interior design and animal training, but eventually decided to continue acting.
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Brie Larson has a serious allergy to cats, which bothered her somewhat during the shoot of Captain Marvel (2019).
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Brie Larson is an avid gamer.
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Brie Larson is good friends with Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and Amy Schumer.
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Brie Larson considers herself an introvert.
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Brie Larson is a big fan of the Metroid game series and has stated that she would like to play the main character, Samus Aran, in a possible film adaptation.
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Brie Larson is a big Star Wars fan and wants to be part of the series somewhere.
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Brie Larson's first language is French.
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Brie Larson's first job was performing in sketches on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). Shortly afterwards, Robert Schimmel, who had been cast in the television series Schimmel (2000), announced in 2000, was diagnosed with cancer just before filming; the series was never aired. Fox cancelled the show after it had been "on hold" for six months.
- #012
Because her father is French-Canadian, Brie Larson holds dual citizenship of Canada and the United States.
- #013
Brie Larson screen-tested for the role of Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys (2015) but did not get the part because the casting director said they did not think she could carry a gun; she was not asked to hold a gun during the audition.
- #014
As a child, Brie Larson made films at home, gave her cousins roles and built sets in her garage.
- #015
In May 2005, Brie Larson went on tour with Jesse McCartney.
- #016
Brie Larson appeared in four films alongside Samuel L. Jackson: Kong: Skull Island (2017), Unicorn Store (2017), Captain Marvel (2019) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). This means the two are both in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Monsterverse.
- #017
Brie Larson is the daughter of Heather (Edwards) and Sylvain Desaulniers. Her paternal grandparents were Aurèle Desaulniers and Gabrielle Marie-Therese (Chatelain) Desaulniers (1931-2015), French-Canadians from Winnipeg. Her mother's family lives in California, and her mother has English, Swedish, German, Welsh and Scottish ancestry. Brie's stage surname "Larson" comes from her matrilineal great-great-grandmother, Elva Josephine Larson.
- #018
From March 2016 to January 2019, shortly after winning the Academy Award, Brie Larson was engaged to Alex Greenwald after he proposed.
- #019
Brie Larson's go-to karaoke song is "Burn" from Usher's 2004 album "Confessions."
- #020
Brie Larson sang "Coming Around" in the 2006 film Hoot.
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Brie Larson's first concert was a commercial parody sketch for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in late 1996, when she was 7 years old, titled "Malibu Mudslide Barbie." In the sketch, mud was poured over Barbie dolls whose heads popped off. In later years she appeared in several more commercial parodies on Leno, including 1998's "Roadkill Easy Bake Oven," as well as other Leno show sketches, one of them in the role of a Girl Scout.
- #022
Brie Larson auditioned for the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012).
- #023
Brie Larson attended the March 2017 ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame where her Kong: Skull Island (2017) co-star John Goodman received his star alongside Jeff Bridges and Tom Hiddleston.
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Brie Larson became the 146th actor to win an Oscar, taking the Best Actress Academy Award at the 2016 Oscars for Room (2015).
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Brie Larson dislikes auditioning for horror films because they require so much facial expression and reacting.
- #026
Brie Larson is a huge fan of Jennifer Lopez, who inspired her to become an actress after she saw her in Selena (1997). When she met Lopez at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards, she was so overwhelmed that she burst into tears.
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After a long frustration of correcting people who constantly mispronounced her birth name, "Desaulniers," Brie changed it to Larson, after the Kirsten Larson doll she had as a child.
- #028
Brie Larson launched her own YouTube channel on July 2, 2020.
- #029
Brie Larson shared the cover of Vanity Fair's 2016 Hollywood issue with Jane Fonda, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Rachel Weisz, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlotte Rampling, Alicia Vikander, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Helen Mirren, Diane Keaton and Saoirse Ronan. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.
- #030
Brie Larson was in a relationship with Alex Greenwald, vocalist of the rock band Phantom Planet (2013-2019).
- #031
Brie Larson auditioned for the role of Cindy Paulson in The Frozen Ground (2013). She overplayed her audition scene so much that it frightened the casting director.
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Brie Larson moved to Los Angeles, California, just before her ninth birthday (1998).
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Brie Larson is the younger sister of Raya Milaine Desaulniers (born January 5, 1993).
- #034
Brie Larson auditioned for two Disney Channel Original Movies: Brink! (1998) and Smart House (1999). In both cases she lost the part to the same actress, Katie Volding.
- #035
Brie Larson auditioned for the role of Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids (2001).
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Brie Larson read the book "Hoot" before reading the script.
- #037
Brie Larson auditioned for the role of Carol Gerber in the 2001 film Hearts in Atlantis.
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Brie Larson is the daughter of Sylvain (born December 15, 1962) and Heather Desaulniers (née Edwards, born June 18, 1965). Both of her parents were born and raised in California.
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Brie Larson auditioned for the role of Casey Newton in the 2015 film Tomorrowland.
- #040
Brie Larson is the maternal great-granddaughter of James (1911-1949) and Elva Hunt (née Larson, 1915-1997). Both were born and raised in Utah.
- #041
Brie Larson was born on a Sunday at 6:41 p.m. PDT.
- #042
Brie Larson is the maternal granddaughter of Bob Edwards (born 1939), who was born in California, and Bonnie Merrill (née Hunt, born 1940), who was born in Utah. They married in 1960 and divorced in 1972.
- #043
Brie Larson's mother is an event planner.
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