Brie Larson: biography and filmography

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Brie Larson is a famous American actress, winner of the Oscar statuette and the Golden Globe Award. She starred in such films and TV series as Growing Dad, Tanner Hall, Bastion, Shootout, etc. In the article, we will take a closer look at the filmography of the actress.

Biography

Brie was born in 1989 in the US city of Sacramento (California) in a family of chiropractors who divorced when she was still a child. From the age of 6, the girl studied drama at the theater of the American Conservatory in San Francisco, and was the youngest student.

The real name of the actress is Disaulniers. Bree inherited from her paternal grandmother. It just seemed too difficult for a girl to pronounce. Therefore, she took the name Larson, which she borrowed from a half-meter doll from the popular American Girl line.

Career start

For the first time the actress appeared in 1998 on television, when she twice took part in the project of Ellen Brown and Anthony Kalek "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992-2014). The next role was in two episodes of the drama series Joanne T. Waters"To Own and Possess" is about the life trials of a young married couple consisting of a lawyer and a police officer. And then came the first feature film with Brie Larson - the melodrama "Special Delivery", filmed by Kenneth A. Carlson in 1999.

Two years later, the actress played the No. 2 racer in William Bindley's sports drama "Madison" about motorboat races held annually in Indiana. The role of Emily Stewart, the daughter of the protagonist, Brie received in the television serial comedy Jonathan Katz "Growing Up Dad" (2001-2002). And Courtney Anders, the drag racing maestro, starred in Dwayne Dunham's biopic Star Track, based on the true story of the two Anders sisters, who achieved tremendous success in men's motorsports.

Tanner Hall night out

In 2004, Brie Larson had a small role in Gary Winick's fantasy comedy 13 to 30. She received a supporting role in Joe Nussbaum's comedy Night Party (2004). Two years later, she played the role of Beatrice Lip, nicknamed "Bear" in Wil Shriner's adventure comedy Owl Cry. In 2007, she appeared in Jess Manafort's comedy-drama Sap. Then she starred in one episode of John Gray's mystical drama Ghost Whisperer and in the second season of Peter Sollett's comedy series The Burg.

In Sam Harper's 2008 comedy Shattered House, Brie Larson got only the role of Susie Dekker, a modest supporting character. Kate is a closed studentschool and an attractive friend of the main character, played in the drama of Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini "Tanner Hall" (2009). In the image of Emily Donaldson, the most beautiful high school student and the object of adoration of the protagonist, she appeared in the family comedy by Michael A. Nickles. And then she was offered a supporting role in Noah Baumbach's comedy-drama Greenberg, starring Ben Stiller.

The Bliss of Don Juan

The actress got a small role in Edgar Wright's fantasy comedy "Scott Pilgrim vs. Everyone" (2010), about the confrontation between the main character and his girlfriend's ex-boyfriends. The role of Stephanie Joseski was performed in Michael Knowles's drama Bliss with the Fifth East (2011), which tells how the dull life of thirty-five-year-old Maurice Bliss became a little more fun after meeting his friend's young daughter. And from 2009 to 2011, Brie Larson took part in the filming of Diablo Cody's comedy television series United States of Tara, where she played a troubled teenager, Kate Gregson.

Together with Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster, the actress starred in Oren Moverman's dramatic film "Bastion" (2011). Moly Tracy, Morton Schmidt's girlfriend, played in the comedy film "Macho and Nerd", filmed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord in 2012. She played the role of Monica Mortello in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's romantic comedy The Passion of Don Juan (2013) starring Julianne Moore and Scarlett Johansson. And in the image of one of the main characters she appeared in the melodrama of James Ponsoldt "The Exciting Time" (2013) about howThe life of a parasite and an alcoholic changes dramatically when he meets the "right girl" Aimee Finky.

Skull Island Gunfight

The main role of Grace Howard, a specialist in working with disadvantaged teenagers, Brie Larson received in Destin Cretton's drama "Short Term 12" (2013). She had a cameo appearance on Nick Kroll's comedy series The Kroll Show (2013-2015) and starred in three episodes of Dan Harmon's sitcom Community (2009-2015). In the role of Max, she appeared in Joe Swanberg's comedy-drama Looking for Fire (2015). And in "Girl without complexes" she played the main character - Kim Townsend.

In 2015, Brie starred in Leonard Abrahamson's dramatic film The Room, for which she was awarded an Oscar statuette and a Golden Globe Award. A year later, she got the role of Justina, a participant in an arms deal, in Ben Wheatley's crime comedy Gunfight. The role of Mason Weaver, a photojournalist and peace activist, was performed in Jordan Vogt-Roberts' adventure film Kong: Skull Island (2017). In the image of Jeannette Walls, an American writer and journalist, she appeared in Destin Cretton's biographical drama The Glass Castle (2017). And the role of Linda, the creator of genetically modified rice, was performed in the comedy musical Oriental Tales by Dan Baron (2017).

New items

Ahead is expected to release several interesting films with Brie Larson. First of all, we are talking about the comedy "Unicorn Store", which will premiere at the end of 2017. But there are also bigger projects. For example, in 2019, the actress in the role of Carol Danvers or Captain Marvel will appear in two superhero films at once: Avengers 4 and Captain Marvel.