Age: 36
female
Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (born October 1, 1989), known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress. She played supporting roles in comedies as a teenager and has since expanded to leading roles in independent films and blockbusters. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. At age six, Larson was the youngest student admitted to a training program at the American Conservatory Theater, and she began her acting career in 1998 with a comedy sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She appeared as a regular on the sitcom Raising Dad (2001–2002). She pursued a music career, releasing the album Finally Out of P.E. (2005). She subsequently had supporting roles in the comedy films Hoot (2006), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), and 21 Jump Street (2012), and appeared as a sardonic teenager in the television series United States of Tara (2009–2011). Larson's breakthrough came as a social worker in the independent drama Short Term 12 (2013), along with supporting roles in the coming-of-age romance The Spectacular Now (2013) and the comedy Trainwreck (2015). She gained wider recognition for her performance as a kidnapping victim in the drama Room (2015), for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She ventured into blockbusters with the monster film Kong: Skull Island (2017) and by starring as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Captain Marvel (2019). Larson returned to television to star in the miniseries Lessons in Chemistry (2023), for which she earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. 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 virtual reality series The Messy Truth VR Experience (2020), she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program. A gender equality activist and an advocate for sexual assault survivors, Larson is vocal about social and political issues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brie Larson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Brie Larson
Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
for Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel in Captain Marvel (2019)
Suggested by stevenkelly
Captain Carol Danvers is one of the U.S. Air Force's most talented fighter pilots, but her arrogance and relentless need to prove herself lead to a disastrous mission that costs her the career she loves. Offered a second chance as a security officer aboard a S.W.O.R.D. orbital research station, Carol becomes caught in a Skrull attack on an experimental faster-than-light engine created by the mysterious Dr. Walter Lawson, who is secretly the Kree warrior Mar-Vell. When the engine explodes, Carol is infused with Space Stone energy and transformed into a powerful human-Kree hybrid. Traveling to the Kree homeworld of Hala, she joins the elite Starforce and embraces her incredible new abilities, believing that power is finally the proof of her worth she has always sought. But as she uncovers the truth behind the Kree Empire's oppression and the Supreme Intelligence's manipulation of the centuries-long Kree-Skrull War, Carol begins to question everything she thought she knew. Carol's journey becomes deeply personal when she learns that Mar-Vell secretly fathered a son, Dorrek, with the Skrull Anelle—a child whose existence threatens both civilizations by proving that their hatred is built on lies. As the Kree and Skrulls race to seize the boy, Carol is forced to confront the emotional scars left by her abusive father and realize that true strength is not measured by power or victory, but by protecting those who cannot protect themselves. Rejecting her role as a weapon, she ends the Supreme Intelligence's reign, saves Dorrek, and inspires both sides to pursue peace instead of endless war. Embracing the mantle of Captain Marvel, Carol leaves Earth once more to become a guardian of the galaxy, dedicating her life to defending worlds that have no heroes of their own.
