Brie Larson

Birthday: 1 October 1989, Sacramento, California, USA

Birth Name: Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers

Height: 170 cm

Brie Larson has built an impressive career as an acclaimed television actress, rising feature film star and emerging recording artist. A native of Sacramento, Brie started studying drama at the early age of 6, as the youngest student ever to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She starred in one of Disney Channel's most watched original movies, Right on Track (2003), as well as the WB's Raising Dad (2001) and MGM's teen comedy Sleepover (2004) - all before graduating from middle school.Brie's work includes the coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall (2009) and the dark comedy, Just Peck (2009), with Marcia Cross and Keir Gilchrist. She earned critical praise for her role in the independent feature, The Beautiful Ordinary (2007) (aka "The Beautiful Ordinary"), singled out by Variety as the "scene stealer" of the film, opposite Amber Heard and Leighton Meester.Brie garnered considerable acclaim for her series regular role of "Kate", Toni Collette's sarcastic and rebellious daughter, in Showtime's breakout drama United States of Tara (2009), created by Academy Award-winning writer Diablo Cody and based on an original idea by Steven Spielberg.She starred in The Trouble with Bliss (2011) opposite Michael C. Hall, playing a young girl out to seduce him while, in turn, teaching him more about his own life. She also starred in Universal's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Noah Baumbach's Greenberg (2010). In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Brie played rock star "Envy Adams", former flame of Michael Cera, and in Greenberg (2010), she starred as a young temptress trying to flirt with Ben Stiller, a New Yorker traveling West to try to figure out his life.In addition to her talents as an actress, Brie has simultaneously nurtured an ever-growing musical career. At 13, Brie landed her first record deal at Universal Records with Tommy Mottola, who signed her sight-unseen. Her first release in 2005 led to a nationwide tour. Show less «

For me, the dumbest rule is that you can't chew gum in school.

I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whethe...Show more »

I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whether that's TV or Internet, we're able to see more things. Show less «

I was the type of person that would show a PowerPoint presentation about why I should do something v...Show more »

I was the type of person that would show a PowerPoint presentation about why I should do something versus crying and screaming over it. Show less «

I'm so used to swimming with the piranhas. And they're really not that bad.

I was three when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.

I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started expl...Show more »

I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started exploring in lots of different creative ways. It gave me the opportunity to travel and play music, so it was good for me. Show less «

I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was...Show more »

I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits. Show less «

Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comforta...Show more »

Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon. Show less «

It's very scary to allow the world to see you.

I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over...Show more »

I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over again. I don't think it's good to become so dependent on a certain writing process. Show less «

In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional...Show more »

In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional water. Rampart (2011) I really went into it and it took me three times as long to get out of that depression as it did to just do the scenes. I had to learn to give it my all and then go home and laugh. Show less «

I know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improv. I've never taken improv classes.

Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiny three-year-old comes ou...Show more »

Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiny three-year-old comes out in you. Show less «

For some reason, chewing gum for me gets my brain going.

Maybe you're not perfect, but you're willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of acco...Show more »

Maybe you're not perfect, but you're willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That's a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there's something incredibly hopeful about that. Show less «

I'm learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I'm not the on...Show more »

I'm learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I'm not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times. Show less «

Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.

I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much more time t...Show more »

I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much more time to be someone you are not. I feel so much better just being comfortable with myself and hopefully girls will accept that. Show less «

I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football game...Show more »

I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience. Show less «

I didn't go to prom--I was home-schooled.

It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. Yo...Show more »

It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you. Show less «

I have a sister and her name is Mimsy, like from "Alice in Wonderland", so we've got some strange na...Show more »

I have a sister and her name is Mimsy, like from "Alice in Wonderland", so we've got some strange names in our family. Show less «

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand oppor...Show more »

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted. Show less «

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