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fansite|date=September 2011Infobox musical artist| name = Brie Larson| image= Brie Larson cropped.jpg| width=| caption=| background = solo_singer| birth_name =Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers| birth_date = Birth date and age|1989|10|1| origin = Sacramento, California|Sacramento , California , United States|U.S. | genre = Pop music|Pop , pop rock , Acoustic music|acoustic , Teen pop | occupation = Actress , singer , songwriter | Instruments = Piano , acoustic guitar , electric guitar , bass guitar , drums | years_active = 2003–present| label = Casablanca Records|Casablanca (2004–2006) Universal Music (2007–2010) Big Brass Stacks (2010-Present) Brie Larson (born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers ; October 1, 1989) is an United States|American actress and singing|singer / songwriter . She is best known for her roles in United States of Tara , Sleepover (film)|Sleepover , Remember The Daze and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . Her only album Finally Out of P.E. was released in October of 2005.
Acting career
unsourced section|date=November 2011Larson's first job was performing in sketch comedy|sketches on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)|The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . Soon after, she was cast in the television series Schimmel , which was announced but never aired, since right before filming Robert Schimmel was diagnosed with cancer . After being "on hold" for ten months Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX canceled the show. She later auditioned for a new show for The WB called "In Your Dreams." She landed the role of Bob Saget 's younger daughter, Emily. The show was selected for the 2001-2002 fall season and was renamed " Raising Dad ". The show was then canceled after twenty-seven episodes. Larson was also cast in the television pilot|pilot for the American Broadcasting Company|ABC sitcom Hope and Faith , however she and some of the other cast members were dropped after the unaired pilot.
In 2003 in film|2003 , Larson was cast as Courtney Enders in the Disney Channel Original Movie Right on Track , a film based on a true story. In July 2004|July 2004 in film|2004 , she co-starred with a large cast of teen actors in the film Sleepover (2004 film)|Sleepover . She also had a small role in the movie 13 Going on 30 . Larson also appeared in the film Hoot (film)|Hoot , opposite actors Logan Lerman and Cody Linley , both of whom are very good friends of hers. The film opened on May 5, 2006 in film|2006 . Larson's voice is also featured in the movie Farce of the Penguins as a teenage penguin. She played Angie in the 2007 in film|2007 comedy / drama Remember the Daze .
Larson appeared in the 2008 short film The Babysitter , written and directed by David H. Steinberg and co-starring Josh Cooke , Molly Hagan and John Kapelos . The film can be seen exclusively online at Atom Films .
Larson appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer in January 2008. She also has a role as Kate in the 2008 film, Tanner Hall , directed by Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Furstenberg .
Larson played the character Kate Gregson on the Showtime (TV network)|Showtime series United States of Tara . The show premiered on January 18, 2009 and was cancelled on May 23, 2011 with its final episode airing on June 20, 2011.
Larson played Envy Adams, Scott Pilgrim's ex-girlfriend in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . For the role, Larson recorded a cover of Metric (band)|Metric 's song "Black Sheep." This version can only be heard in the film, as Metric's version is on the soundtrack.
Larson has appeared on two episodes of FX (tv channel)|FX 's tv show The League as Ashley.
In 2012, Larson will appear in the film adaptation of the popular 1980s tv show 21 Jump Street (film)|21 Jump Street . She will play Molly and will co-star with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill .
Music career
Brie Larson has launched a career as a singer, releasing her only album in a major record label in 2005 and performing in live concerts throughout the United States since then. A second album came to production and was completed but never released. Most recently, Brie revealed plans to release an EP, but that also never reached the public. She didn't gave up on her career as a singer, but it is not known when she will release new songs. http://www.myspace.com/brielarsonmusic/blog Brie Larson | blog on Myspace Her last public appearance as a singer was in 2010, when she performed "Black Sheep" along with the band Metric in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/film/article/brandon-routh-on-scott-pilgrim-108797
Brie's interest in being a singer started in early 2003, when she began to promote her songs through her personal website and was already showing interest in releasing an album. The first leaked was "Go", a song about "two great people who just aren't great together", in her own words http://web.archive.org/web/20030801210502/www.brielarson.com/music.html Official Website. August 8, 2003. Archived from http://www.brielarson.com/music.html the original. Retrieved on 2010-11-09. and along with "Invisible Girl", were the tracks that led Brie to sign a record deal some time after with Casablanca Records , http://americanmusicchannel.com/artists/brie-larson Brie Larson > Profile. American Music Channel . Retrieved on 2010-11-09. an Universal Records imprint. Both songs were written with the help of Michael Binikos and Craig Bartock, two producers who did not believe in her potential to write songs at that time.Moore, David. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/sugar-shock-013-bunnies-traps-and-slip-n-slides-an-interview-with-brie-larson.htm "Bunnies, Traps, and Slip ‘n’ Slides: An Interview with Brie Larson", Stylus Magazine , September 19, 2007. Retrieved on 2010-11-09. That same year, she leaked another track, "Not a Freak" and this time there was even a music video for it, which was available for purchase online. http://web.archive.org/web/20031008090025/www.brielarson.com/news.html Brie filmed her first music video for the single. October 8, 2003. Archived from http://www.brielarson.com/news.html the original. Retrieved 2010-11-09. In late spring of 2004, Brie removed all the songs in her website due to Casablanca's contract restrictions and was in the process of recording new songs for her first album. http://web.archive.org/web/20040602185819/www.brielarson.com/music.html Official Website. June 2, 2004. Archived from http://www.brielarson.com/music.html the original. Retrieved on 2010-11-09.
In October of that same year her willingness to release an album was coming closer and " She Said ", the first single from her yet-to-be-released debut album at that time was available to listen via her official website http://web.archive.org/web/20041009155241/ http://www.brielarsonmusic.com/ Brie Larson. Coming Soon // Debut Album Coming 2005. October 9, 2005. Archived from http://www.brielarsonmusic.com the original. Retrieved on 2010-11-09. gaining an official release in iTunes in December http://tommy2.net/content/? p=733 Daily News. Tommy2.net , December 29, 2004. Retrieved on 2010-11-09. and was sent to radios across the country in the following month. http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp? id=69239 FMQB.com. Retrieved 2010-11-09. Despite having been the 99th best-selling CD single in the country in 2005 according to Soundscan and peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales, the song failed to reach the Top 40 of the most played songs in the country, receiving low airplay. She also recorded live performances for AOL Sessions on October 11, 2004. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802866/episodes "Aol Sessions" (2002) - Episode List. The Internet Movie Database . Retrieved on 2010-11-09.
Her only released album, " Finally Out Of P.E. ", went on sale in late 2005 and sold 3,500 copies in United States .Friedman, Roger. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180543,00.html "Mariah's Up, So Where's Tommy? ", Fox News , January 4, 2006. Retrieved on 2010-11-09.. Before its release, her record label released a DVD featuring "She Said" music video, the making of it and her AOL Sessions performances. A second single went to radios during the summer of 2005, " Life After You ", being much less successful than the first one.
The whole album was focused in teenage audiences and that became clear while she was playing in Teen People 's Rock in Shop Tour, went on tour with Jesse McCartney and received a lot of airplay from children-oriented radios like Radio Disney and Radio KOL. The music video for "She Said", directed by Chris Applebaum, http://www.chrisapplebaum.com/ Chris Applebaum > Credits. Retrieved on 2010-11-09 showed a story about a bored fast food restaurant worker who was aiming to sing and, that way, "finding herself". She also sang "Hope Has Wings", the song from the credits of the movie Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus . A music video for the song appears as a bonus feature on the movie's DVD. http://www.brielarsonmusic.com/news.asp Brie Larson, official website, news section. Retrieved on 2012-01-30.
However, this part of her career seems to bring some regrets to Brie:
Quote|(...) my lack of "knowing" made it hard. My youth made it hard. I was the perfect target for the typical ways of labels. They made me do so so so many things I regret. So many things I will even say I'm embarrassed by.|Brie Larson|Interview with Stylus Magazine|língua=en In 2006, she recorded a song slightly different from her previous works for the soundtrack of the Hoot (film)|Hoot movie, "Coming Around", co-wroted with Jacques Brautbar and Rami Perlman, http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm? requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=332265937& search_in=i& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1 ASCAP ACE - Search. Retrieved 2012-01-30. vocalist and guitarist of a Los Angeles -based independent band. On March 1, 2006, Larson performed an acoustic set of new songs at L.A.'s famous Viper Room. http://tommy2.net/content/? p=163 May 2, 2006 concert review from Tommy2.Net The songs played were "Dear Universe", "Powershift", "Stilts and the Titanic", "Superstition", a cover of Indigo Girls ' " Closer to Fine " and "Falling Into History", a track from her album. From the new songs, the only one to be leaked in a studio recording was "Stilts and the Titanic", avaliabe to listen and download as a demo version in Larson's Official Myspace in the summer 2006.
On October 22, 2008 she announced to fans in a blog published in ther official Myspace page that she will be recording a 5 track EP with new material and will provide backing vocals for artist Caitlin Crosby 's latest album. The EP was to include a re-recorded version of Ugly (a track from her album) and four new songs: "Dear Universe", "Sharpen My Nails", "Arielle", and "If All Goes Well".
Discography
Album
Finally Out Of P.E. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brie-larson-p679854 Brie Larson | AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
Released: October 18, 2005 (U.S.)
U.S. sales: 3,500
Singles
*2005: " She Said "
*2005: " Life After You " http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp? id=69239 FMQB.com Retrieved 2012-01-30.
http://www.brielarsonmusic.com/ Official music website
myspace|brielarsonmusic
imdb name|488953|Brie Larson
http://babysitter.atomfilms.com/ The Babysitter
http://www.brielarsonspeaks.blogspot.com/ Brie's Official Blog
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