Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (born October 1, 1989), known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress. Known for her supporting roles in comedies as a teenager, she has since expanded to leading roles in

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and blockbusters. Larson is the recipient of various accolades, including an

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, a

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, and a

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. ''

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'' magazine named her one of the

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in 2019. At age six, Larson was the youngest student admitted to a training program at the

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, and she began her acting career in 1998 with a

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on ''

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''. She appeared as a regular in the 2001 sitcom '' Raising Dad'' and briefly dabbled with a music career, releasing the album ''

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'' in 2005. Larson subsequently played supporting roles in the comedy films ''

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'' (2006), '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010), and ''

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'' (2012), and appeared as a sardonic teenager in the television series ''

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'' (2009–2011). Her breakthrough came with a leading role in the acclaimed independent drama '' Short Term 12'' (2013), and she continued to take on supporting parts in the romance '' The Spectacular Now'' (2013) and the comedy ''

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'' (2015). For playing a kidnapping victim in the drama ''

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'' (2015), Larson won the

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. The 2017 adventure film '' Kong: Skull Island'' marked her first big-budget release, after which she starred as Captain Marvel in the 2019

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superhero films '' Captain Marvel'' and '' Avengers: Endgame''. Larson has co-written and co-directed two short films, and made her feature film directorial debut with the independent comedy-drama '' Unicorn Store'' (2017). For producing the

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series ''The Messy Truth VR Experience'' (2020), she won a

. A

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activist and an advocate for

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survivors, Larson is vocal about social and political issues.

Early life

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers was born on October 1, 1989, in

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, to Heather (

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Edwards) and Sylvain Desaulniers. Her parents were

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chiropractors who ran a practice together. They have another daughter, Milaine. Her father is Franco-Manitoban; in her childhood, French was Larson's first language. She was mostly home-schooled, which she believed allowed her to explore innovative and abstract experiences. Describing her early life, Larson has said she was "straight-laced and square", and that she shared a close bond with her mother but was shy and had social anxiety. During the summer, she would write and direct her own home movies in which she cast her cousins and filmed in her garage. At age six, she expressed interest in becoming an actress, later remarking that the "creative arts was just something that was always in me". That same year, she auditioned for a training program at the

in San Francisco, where she became the youngest student admitted. Larson experienced trauma at age seven due to her parents' divorce. She had a dysfunctional relationship with her father, saying: "As a kid I tried to understand him and understand the situation. But he didn't do himself any favors. I don't think he ever really wanted to be a parent." Soon after their separation, Heather relocated to Los Angeles with her two daughters to fulfill Larson's acting ambition. They had limited financial means and lived in a small apartment near Hollywood studio lots at

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. Larson described the experience, "We had a crappy one-room apartment where the bed came out of the wall and we each had three articles of clothing." Even so, she has recounted fond memories of this period and credits her mother for doing the best she could for them. As her last name was difficult to pronounce, she adopted the stage name Larson from her Swedish great-grandmother, as well as an

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doll named

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, named "Malibu Mudslide Barbie", in a 1998 episode of ''

''. She subsequently took on guest roles in several television series, including ''

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'' and '' Popular''. In 2000, she was cast in the

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sitcom ''Schimmel'', which was canceled before airing when its star,

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, was diagnosed with cancer.

Career

2001–2008: Early work and music career

Larson's first major role came as Emily, the younger daughter of

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's character, in

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sitcom '' Raising Dad'', which aired for one season during the 2001–02 television schedule. Hal Boedeker of ''

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'' criticized the program and wrote that its cast members were "merrily joking through the show". She was next hired for the ABC sitcom ''

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'', but she and some other cast members were replaced after an unaired pilot. In 2003, she starred alongside

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in the Disney Channel film '' Right on Track'', based on the junior drag race star sisters Erica and Courtney Enders, and played minor roles in the 2004 comedies ''

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'' and ''

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''. Larson developed an interest in music at age eleven when she learned to play the guitar. A music executive encouraged her to write her own songs, and she began self-recording and uploading tracks to her own website. After failing to get cast as

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in the 2003 film ''

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'', Larson wrote and recorded a song titled "Invisible Girl", which received airplay on

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. She soon signed a record deal with

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; she and

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were the only artists signed by the label at the time. In 2005, she released the album ''

'', for which she also co-wrote songs with other songwriters, including Blair Daly,

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, and Holly Brook. She titled it after a gym teacher she disliked and has said the songs she wrote were mostly about failed job opportunities. One of her singles, "She Said", was featured on the MTV series ''

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'', was listed by ''

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'' in their weekly listings of the most-played videos in the channel, and peaked at number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Single Sales. Larson went on tour with

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for '' Teen People''s "Rock in Shop" mall concerts, opened for him during his Beautiful Soul tour, and also performed in New York City at the

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. Even so, the album was not a success, selling only 3,500 copies. Larson later admitted to being disillusioned with her music career, saying, "I wanted to write all my own songs, and

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were afraid of that. I wanted to wear sneakers and play my guitarthey wanted heels and wind blown hair." In 2006, Larson was cast alongside Logan Lerman and

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in the comedy film ''

'', about young vigilantes trying to save a group of owls. It received poor reviews, but Ruthe Stein of the ''

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'' was appreciative of Larson and Linley for bringing "a dash of

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to their roles". She had a small part, the following year, in the

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-starring drama '' Remember the Daze'', and she launched an arts and literature magazine, ''Bunnies and Traps'', for which she wrote her own opinion columns and accepted submissions from other artists and writers. Larson has said she frequently considered quitting acting at that point, as she found it difficult to find much work, blaming it on filmmakers' inability to typecast her. She was particularly discouraged when she lost out on key roles in the films '' Thirteen'' (2003) and ''

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'' (2007). To support herself, Larson worked as a club DJ.

2009–2014: Independent films and breakthrough

In 2009, Larson began playing Kate Gregson, the sardonic teenage daughter of

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's character, coping with her mother's

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, in the

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comedy-drama series ''

''. Portia Doubleday was initially cast in the role but was replaced with Larson after filming the pilot episode. Reviewing the first season for ''

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'', Alessandra Stanley took note of how well Larson played a "real teenager" and Tim Goodman of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' credited her for finding nuance in her role. Larson has said that her character's journey to find meaning in life mirrored that of her own, and she was upset when the show was canceled after three seasons in 2011. Also in 2009, she starred alongside

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in '' Tanner Hall'', a coming-of-age film about four girls in boarding school. Despite disliking the film, Betsy Sharkey of the ''

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'' commended Larson for providing "one of the film's funniest bits". In her two other film releases that year, she played a scatterbrained cheerleader in '' House Broken'' and a popular high schooler in '' Just Peck''. Brie Larson cropped

At the

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in 2010, Larson appeared in a stage production of

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's play ''

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''. Directed by Nicholas Martin, it featured her in the role of Emily Webb, a precocious young girl. Reviewing the play for ''

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'', Louise Kennedy thought the production had glossed over the play's darker themes and bemoaned the lack of tragic arc in Larson's character. In film, she featured in

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's comedy-drama ''

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'' and

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's comedy '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World''. A journalist for ''

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'' opined that these films helped raise her profile, and Larson has said the latter film, in which she played a rock star named Envy, marked a turning point in her career. In it, Larson performed the song "Black Sheep" with the band Metric. Although it did not fare well commercially, ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' has since developed a

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. She next played the troubled daughter of a corrupt cop (played by

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) in the drama ''

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'' (2011), an emotionally intense part she found herself unable to detach from. A confrontation scene between Harrelson and her proved upsetting for her; the director was surprised by how well it turned out and tweaked the script to further explore the father-daughter relationship. In 2012, Larson expanded into filmmaking by co-writing and co-directing the short film ''The Arm'' with Jessie Ennis and Sarah Ramos. The film, about societal expectations in the near future, won a special jury prize at the

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. She featured as a seductive teenager in the critically panned drama '' The Trouble with Bliss'', after which she played Molly, a high school student, in ''

'', an adaptation of the 1980s police procedural

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, co-starring

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and

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. Larson found her acting style to be more rigid than Hill's approach and was challenged by scenes that required her to improvise with him. Dana Stevens of ''

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'' labeled Larson "a find of major proportions", adding that "she's not only beautiful but funny, with a scratchy contralto voice, and unlike the usual female in a buddy movie, she comes across as a real person". With a worldwide gross of over $200 million, ''21 Jump Street'' proved to be Larson's most widely seen film to that point. Brie Larson (cropped)

Following an appearance in the sitcom ''

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'', Larson collaborated with Dustin Bowser to co-write and co-direct ''Weighting'' (2013), a short film about a strained relationship, which was screened at

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. Larson's breakthrough came in the same year when she starred in

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's critically acclaimed independent drama '' Short Term 12'', which marked the first leading role of her career. Set in a

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for troubled teenagers, the film featured her as Grace, the emotionally distressed supervisor of the institution. To prepare, Larson interacted with staff in a children's home and watched online interviews of people with similar jobs. The film had a production budget of under $1 million, and she was pleased with its intimate and collaborative work environment. Larson's performance was acclaimed by critics.

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of ''The New York Times'' found her "terrific" and "completely persuasive", and

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of ''

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'' stated that she "builds into a whirling dervish of a performance, making Grace strong but scarred, damaged but compassionate". Jenny McCartney of ''

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'' predicted that it would " arkher out for a stellar career". Larson received a nomination for the

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; she later remarked that the film prompted directors to offer her a wide variety of parts, but she turned down roles of the unidimensional love interest. Also in 2013, Larson had supporting roles in two romantic dramas, ''

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'' and '' The Spectacular Now''. In the former, written and directed by

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, she played the sister of Don Jon (played by Gordon-Levitt).

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of ''

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'' praised the film's exploration of sexual themes and found Larson to be "terrific" in it. In ''The Spectacular Now'', starring Miles Teller and

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, she played Cassidy, the ex-girlfriend of Teller's character. Larson was drawn to the realism she found in the project's depiction of high school experiences. Writing for ''

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'' magazine, David Edelstein called upon viewers to admire "the shading and intelligence she brings to Cassidy". The 2014 crime drama '' The Gambler'', based on the 1974 film of the same name, featured Larson as a literature student who has an affair with her professor (played by

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), a gambling addict. The director Rupert Wyatt felt the role was underwritten and cast Larson to lend heft to it. Even so, Claudia Puig of ''

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'' wrote that the "talented Larson is given little to do, other than react".

2015–present: Established actress

Larson had three film releases in 2015. Her first appearance was in '' Digging for Fire'', a largely improvised ensemble comedy-drama featuring Jake Johnson in the lead role. Filming took place without a script and Larson made several on-set decisions regarding her character's choices, including the removal of a planned romantic subplot involving her and Johnson. She next played the sister of Amy Schumer's character in the comedy ''

'', which was loosely based on Schumer's own life. Larson modeled her role on Schumer's sister, who served as an associate producer on the film. Tim Grierson of ''

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'' labeled the film "a deft blend of laughs, romance and poignancy" and found Larson to be "lively, utslightly underused". ''Trainwreck'' grossed over $140 million against a $35 million budget. Larson then starred in ''

'', a film adaptation of

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's novel of the same name. It featured her as Ma, a young woman held in captivity, who bears a child of rape. The role proved physically and emotionally taxing for her, and she modeled it on her mother's struggle as a single parent. A large portion of the film was shot inside a 10 ft × 10 ft shed created in a studio, and Larson prepared herself by spending a month isolated in her apartment. She interacted with specialists on sexual abuse and researched the lack of nutrition that a person in captivity would suffer. To achieve the look, she stayed away from sunlight, modified her diet, and exercised extensively to lose weight. Larson collaborated closely with co-star

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, who played her son, and spent time performing activities that mirrored those of their characters. ''Room'' was critically acclaimed, with major emphasis on the performances of Larson and Tremblay.

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of the ''

'' called her performance "astonishing", stating that the "reality and preternatural commitment she brings to Ma is piercingly honest from start to finish, as scaldingly emotional a performance as anyone could wish for". She won several awards, including the

, as well as a

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and BAFTA in the same category. Brie Larson in 2017

Following the success of ''Room'', Larson played a leading role in '' Free Fire'' (2016), an action-comedy about a shootout in a warehouse. She agreed to the project to call attention to

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. Eric Kohn of

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noted how different Larson's role was from that in ''Room'' and added that her "businesslike demeanor once again proves her ability to command a scene with a single glare". Commercially, the film failed to recoup its $7 million investment. She had filmed a part in Todd Solondz's comedy '' Wiener-Dog'', but her scenes were deleted from the final cut as Solondz found her character inessential to the story. The following year, Larson starred alongside Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson in the second installment of the

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franchise, entitled '' Kong: Skull Island''. Shot in Vietnam, the film featured her as a photojournalist in the 1970s. It marked her first mainstream big-budget release, and while she was glad to play a role not defined by her looks, she bemoaned the lack of female co-stars. Ann Hornaday of ''

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'' praised the film's visual effects and remarked that "Larson manages to hold her own with very little to do". ''Kong: Skull Island'' was a commercial success, grossing over $566 million worldwide. Later in 2017, Larson portrayed Jeannette Walls in '' The Glass Castle'', an adaptation of Walls'

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, which reunited her with Destin Daniel Cretton. It tells the story of a young woman's relationship with her nonconformist parents (played by

and Naomi Watts). Larson was drawn to the complex depiction of a parent-child relationship and identified with its theme of forgiveness. She collaborated closely with Walls and her siblings and observed their mannerisms.

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of ''

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'' disliked the film's sentimentality but noted that "it is saved, just a little, by the robustness of Brie Larson's presence". Also poorly received was the India-set musical romance '' Basmati Blues'', a project she had filmed back in 2013, which received criticism on social media for its white savior narrative. The

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marked the release of Larson's feature film directorial debut, the comedy-drama '' Unicorn Store'', in which she also starred. It was later picked for digital distribution by

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in 2019. She played a disillusioned art student fascinated with unicorns. Larson had unsuccessfully auditioned in 2012 to star in the film when

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was attached to direct. After the production was stalled, Larson was offered to direct and star in it. She was drawn to the fanciful narrative and found a connection between her character's journey and her experience as a director. David Ehrlich of IndieWire disliked the film but took note of Larson's potential as a filmmaker. Brie Larson Captain Marvel Interview

After a year-long absence from the screen, Larson starred as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in the

superhero film '' Captain Marvel'' (2019), which marked

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' first female-led film. She was initially skeptical about taking on such a high-profile role, but later accepted the part after viewing it as a platform to empower young women and found a connection with the character's flaws and humanity. In preparation, she underwent nine months of judo, boxing and wrestling training, and interacted with service personnel at the

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. Stephanie Zacharek of ''

'' wrote that "Larson, a perceptive, low-key actor, carries the whole affair capably" and took note of how much she stood out in the film's quieter moments; David Sims of ''

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'' bemoaned the lack of depth in her role, but credited the actress for effectively portraying her character's struggle for independence from authoritarian men. Larson reprised her role in '' Avengers: Endgame'', which she had filmed before ''Captain Marvel''. ''Endgame'' grossed $2.79 billion worldwide to rank as the highest-grossing film of all time, and ''Captain Marvel'' became the first female-led superhero film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. Also in 2019, Larson teamed with Destin Daniel Cretton for the third time in ''

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'', based on

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's memoir about death row inmate

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's wrongful conviction, starring Michael B. Jordan and

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. She agreed to take on the supporting part of Eva Ansley, an advocate for the

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, to lend her support to Cretton's storytelling.

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of '' Variety'' took note of how well she channeled her character's "antsy, cigarette-smoking defensiveness." The following year, Larson produced and appeared in an episode of ''The Messy Truth VR Experience'', a

series, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program. In 2022, Larson reprised her role as Captain Marvel for the

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theme park ride ''Avengers Assemble: Filght Force'' and the Disney Wish cruise ship ride ''Avengers: Quantum Encounter''. She collaborated with

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on two projects. She created, directed and hosted the docuseries ''Growing Up'' and starred in the

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short film ''Remembering''. She also featured as the character Paradigm in the online video game ''

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''.

Upcoming projects

Larson will join the cast of the tenth instalment of the ''

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'' series, titled '' Fast X'', and once again play Captain Marvel in the superhero sequel ''

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''. She also has four upcoming projects for

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. She is set to star in and executive produce the comedy-drama series '' Lessons in Chemistry'' for

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. She will serve as the producer and star as

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, the first female presidential candidate in American history, in an eponymous biopic produced by

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. Larson will also star in an Apple TV+ drama series based on the life of

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officer Amaryllis Fox, and the Netflix film ''Lady Business'', about challenges faced by female entrepreneurs.

Advocacy

Larson is a

activist and an advocate for

survivors. She uses her celebrity to speak out on social and political issues, asserting, "I'd put it all on the line and be an activist for the rest of my life because it doesn't feel right to me to be quiet." Following a performance by

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at the 2016 Academy Awards, where several sexual abuse survivors appeared with the singer, Larson hugged all of them as they exited the stage. At the following year's ceremony, she presented

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with the award for

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, but due to several accusations of sexual harassment made against him, she did not clap for him during a standing ovation from the audience. However, she did hug him; she later said her action "spoke for itself". In 2018, Larson collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood to set up the Time's Up initiative to protect women from harassment and discrimination. In the same year, she became one of the first actors to incorporate an

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provision in her film and press junket contracts. In a 2019 interview, she remarked upon diversity among film critics and journalists, finding them to be "overwhelmingly white male", and supported diversity in the industry. This comment led to trolling and

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ing of the ''Captain Marvel'' page on

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. In 2014, Larson teamed with Alia Penner to launch Women of Cinefamily, a monthly program to call attention to films directed by and starring women, for the nonprofit cinematheque Cinefamily, in which Larson served as an advisory board member. In the wake of sexual assault allegations against two of the company's male executives, she released a statement in support of the victims and calling for action to be taken against the men. Larson joined the

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in 2016, and was later among the finalists for the organization's board of governors. In 2017, she was one of several celebrities to raise funds for the

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, a charity that offers assistance to elderly members of the industry, and co-hosted an event for the Women in Film organization, during which she urged filmmakers to be vocal against

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. She took part in the

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and condemned Trump's policies on

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. At the 2018

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, where she was honored, Larson bemoaned the lack of diversity among film reporters and called for better representation of minority voices in film criticism. She announced a twenty-percent quota for underrepresented journalists at the Sundance and

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s. In 2019, she guest-edited an issue of '' Stylist'' magazine and used the platform to bring attention to diversity and social inclusion. At the Women in the World Annual Summit, she spoke out against the

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in Hollywood. Also in 2019, ''Variety'' honored Larson for her work with the Equal Justice Initiative. In 2020, she endorsed the " defund the police" movement.

Personal life and media image

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Larson is reticent about her personal life and refuses to answer questions in interviews that make her uncomfortable. On her desire to be private, she has said she fears being judged for her flaws and that the privacy allows her to play a wide variety of roles without being typecast. Larson began dating

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, lead singer of the band

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, in 2013, and they were engaged from 2016 to 2019. They had lived together in the

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neighborhood of Los Angeles. She had credited Greenwald for creating a

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for her and for empowering her to take risks in her work. Since 2019, Larson has been in a relationship with actor-filmmaker

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. Describing Larson's off-screen persona, Holly Millea of ''

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'' wrote in 2016 that she "carries herself like an athlete, lean and solid, surefooted ndyet her energy is warm and familial, literally embracing". The writer Anne Helen Petersen finds her to be "incredibly warm" and adds that she is "a serious nerd, with the endlessly tunneling knowledge of a homeschooler". Jennifer Dickison of '' Porter'' states that Larson's "fully formed" personality made it difficult to categorize her into a conventional slot. Larson has said she is interested in films that illustrate the "human condition" and which "make people feel more connected to themselves ndthe rest of the world". She is drawn to roles that differ from her own personality and which involve themes of social activism. Fan Zhong of '' W'' magazine has identified a theme of "sex appeal, inner torment, and a quick, playful wit" in her characters. Lenny Abrahamson, who directed Larson in ''Room'', believes that her craft has "none of that showy intensity that sometimes gets all the attention" and has said that her "awareness of tougher lives" empowers her performances. Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed her in ''Short Term 12'' and ''The Glass Castle'', has praised her ability to improvise, stating, "I never know what's going to happen, and often ''she'' doesn't know what's going to happen." Larson maintains an active

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presence and uses it as a platform to share opinions and posts that she writes herself. In 2020, she started her own

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channel. She was featured by ''

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'' in their

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list of 2016 and was included by ''

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'' in their annual beauty list in 2016 and 2019. In 2018, she was named among the best American actors under 30 by ''

''. In 2019,

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unveiled a wax statue of Larson as Captain Marvel. In the same year, ''Time'' magazine named her one of the

Acting credits and awards

According to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and the box-office site

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, Larson's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films are '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010), ''

'' (2012), '' Short Term 12'' (2013), ''

'' (2013), '' The Spectacular Now'' (2013), ''

'' (2015), ''

'' (2015), '' Kong: Skull Island'' (2017), '' Captain Marvel'' (2019), and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). Larson has received an

, a

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, and a

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, among other accolades, for her performance in ''Room''. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for producing the

series ''The Messy Truth VR Experience'' (2020).

References

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