Brie Larson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!)
This article has been tagged since January 2007.

Brie Larson
Background information
Birth name	Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers
Born	October 1, 1989 (age 17)
Origin	Sacramento, California
Genre(s)	Rock, Pop, Acoustic
Years active	2003—
Label(s)	Universal Records

Brie Larson (born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers on October 1, 1989) is an American actress and pop/rock singer.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Acting career
2 Music career
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 Selected filmography
5 Footnotes
6 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Larson was born in Sacramento, California. She decided to be an actress when she was six years old and was one of the youngest students of the American Conservatory Theater. She moved to Los Angeles in 1998, right before her 9th birthday. After meeting many agents, she chose Cindy Osbrink.

[edit] Acting career

Larson's first job was performing in sketches on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and soon after, was cast in two back-to-back television series. One of the series was Schimmel which was announced but never aired, because right before filming, Robert Schimmel was diagnosed with cancer. After being "on hold" for ten months, Fox cancelled the show.

Three weeks later she auditioned for a new show on The WB, which at the time was called In Your Dreams, Larson landed the role of Emily (the youngest daughter to Bob Saget's character) and the show was selected for the 2001–2002 fall season and was renamed Raising Dad. The show was cancelled late into the season, so she was not able to audition for a new series until next pilot season. Larson was also cast in the pilot for the ABC sitcom, Hope and Faith, but she and some of the other cast were dropped.

In 2003 Brie was one of the main characters in the Disney Channel Original Movie "Right on Track". She played Courtney Enders and the movie is based off an original story.

In July 2004, she co-starred with a large cast of teen actors in the film Sleepover, playing the vicious popular girl Liz. She had also had a very small roll in the movie, 13 Going On 30 as a 6 chick. This movie also starred Jennifer Garner. She also appeared in the film Hoot, opposite Logan Lerman and Cody Linley, both who are very good friends of hers. The film opened on May 5, 2006.

Brie's voice is also featured in the movie Farce of the Penguins as the teenage penguin. She is set to play Angie in the comedy/drama The Beautiful Ordinary.

[edit] Music career

Scene from Larson's debut music video, "She Said" (2005)

After work in music projects and record some tracks, like "Not A Freak" and "Go, Goodbye" in the fall 2003, Michael Binikos produced her demo that got Larson signed to Tommy Mottola and Casablanca Records, including "Invisible Girl", which Larson had written when she was only 12.

In late 2004, her first single, "She Said", was announced and went to radio in January 2005. The video for the song was filmed on January 9, 2005 and was featured on MTV's Total Request Live as a PreRL on April 4. The song peaked at #31 at Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales and the single was the 99th best-selling single of 2005, according to Soundscan.^[1]

In the summer of 2005, Larson toured with Hollywood recording artist Jesse McCartney and made a concert at KISS FM for more than 20,000 people. Towards the end of the summer, Larson also joined the Teen People's Rock 'n Shop Tour. "Whatever" was announced to be her intended second single, but was canceled.

After her album being pushed back numerous times, her record label released Finally Out Of P.E. - The DVD on May 24, 2005 featuring her video for She Said and the making of the video plus her Sessions@AOL performances. Her debut LP, Finally Out Of P.E., was finally released on October 18, which has sold 5,500 copies in United States.

Larson released a follow-up single, "Life After You". The song debuted on AOL's Kids Online on June 27. She also sings the end credit track in the movie Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus. A music video featuring Larson performing the song appears as a bonus feature on the movie's DVD.

Brie is currently working on her sophomore album. All of the songs will be written by Larson, with the collaboration of Tony Berg. The album is expected to be released in Spring 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album Cover	Album Information
	Finally Out Of P.E. Released: October 18, 2005 (U.S.) U.S. sales: 5,500 RIAA certification: - Singles: 2005: "She Said" 2005: "Life After You"
	Brie Larson Released: early 2007 (U.S.) U.S. sales: - RIAA certification: - Singles: 2007: "TBA"