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When I was three, I told Mom my dharma was to be an actress : Brie Larson

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 (2003The dark comedy, Just Peck (2009), with Marcia Cross and Keir Gilchrist. She earned critical praise for her role in the independent feature, Remember the Daze (2007) (aka "The Beautiful OrdinaryBrie 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.

And also 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. 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. Sang “Coming Around” in her

movie Hoot (2006). Moved to Los Angeles in 1998, right before her ninth birthday.

The dark comedy, Just Peck (2009), with Marcia Cross and Keir Gilchrist. She earned critical praise for her role in the independent feature, Remember the Daze (2007) (aka "The Beautiful Ordinary 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.

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), Her mother has English, Swedish, German, Welsh and Scottish ancestry. Brie’s stage surname, “Larson”, is after her matrilineal great grand-mother, Elva Josephine Larson.

As of 2016, was In a relationship with Alex Greenwald, vocalist with rock band Phantom Planet. To prepare for her role as Ma

in Room (2015), she stayed at home for a whole month and went on a strict diet, to get an understanding of what Ma and Jack were going through.

After a considerable period of frustration correcting people who consistently mispronounced her birthname "Desaulniers," Brie changed it to Larson Her mother tongue is French.

Is one of 14 actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' ChoiceAward, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others inchronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003) Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Helen Mirren for The Queen(2006), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Kate Winslet for The Reader(2008), Mo’Nique for precious (2009), Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011), Anne Hathway for Les Miserables (2012), Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine (2013), Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014) and Julianne Moore for Still Alice(2014).

Her words gives insight to life as an actress.

“I was three when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor. I know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improve. I've never taken improve classes”.

“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”.

May be you are 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”.

“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”. “I am 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”.

“I wasn’t 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”.

“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”. “I know that 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”.

“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”.

“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”.