Brie Larson born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers October 1 1989 is an American actress and filmmaker Shes best known for her role as Carol Danvers Captain Marvel in Captain Marvel 2019 and reprise her role in other MCU films and series Shes also known for her roles as Elizabeth Zott in the miniseries Lessons in Chemistry which she also executive produced Tess in Fast X Eva Ansley in Just Mercy Jeannette Walls in The Glass Castle Mason Weaver in Kong Skull Island Joy Ma Newsome in Room Kim Townsend in Trainwreck Amy Phillips in The Gambler Monica Martello in Don Jon Cassidy Roy in The Spectacular Now Molly Tracey in 21 Jump Street Helen in Rampart Envy Adams in Scott Pilgrim vs the World Kate Gregson on Showtimes United States of Tara Beatrice The Bear Leep in Hoot and Emily Stewart on WBs sitcom Raising Dad She appeared as a regular in the 2001 sitcom Raising Dad and briefly dabbled with a music career releasing the album Finally Out of PE in 2005 She played supporting roles in the comedy films 13 Going on 30 2004 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 20092011 Her breakthrough came with a leading role in the acclaimed independent drama Short Term 12 2013 and she continued to take on supporting parts in the romance The Spectacular Now 2013 and the comedy Trainwreck 2015 For playing a kidnapping victim in the drama Room 2015 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress The 2017 adventure film Kong Skull Island marked her first bigbudget release followed by Free Fire The Glass Castle Unicorn Store and Basmati Blues the same year She then starred as Carol Danvers Captain Marvel in the 2019 Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Captain Marvel She reprised her role in other MCU films including Avengers Endgame ShangChi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Avengers Quantum Encounter and The Marvels as well as in the series Ms Marvel She then starred in and executive produced the comedydrama Apple TV miniseries Lessons in Chemistry 2023 She also starred in Fast X 2023 She has cowritten and codirected two short films and made her feature film directorial debut with the independent comedydrama Unicorn Store 2017 For producing the virtual reality series The Messy Truth VR Experience 2020 she won a Primetime Emmy Award