Brie Larson

Larson's career began at age six when she became the youngest student admitted to a training program at the American Conservatory Theater. She made her acting debut in 1998 with a comedy sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and later appeared as a regular on the sitcom Raising Dad in 2001. She dabbled in music with the album Finally Out of P.E. in 2005, and took on supporting roles in films like Hoot (2006), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and 21 Jump Street (2012). Her breakthrough came with the independent drama Short Term 12 (2013), followed by a leading role in Room (2015), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She then starred in Kong: Skull Island (2017) and took on the role of Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with Captain Marvel in 2019.

Beyond acting, Larson has co-written and co-directed two short films and made her feature directorial debut with Unicorn Store (2017). She won a Primetime Emmy Award for producing the virtual reality series The Messy Truth VR Experience (2020). She is a vocal gender equality activist and an advocate for sexual assault survivors. Larson has amassed 6.4 million Instagram followers. She is of English and Franco-Manitoban descent.