Who is Brie Larson’s father? Meet Sylvain Desaulniers

Brie Larson’s father is Sylvain Desaulniers, who is French-Canadian and taught Brie French, her first language. He was married to Brie’s mother, Heather Desaulniers, who was also a chiropractor and ran a practice together with Sylvain.

Brie was home-schooled and never attended a traditional high school. Brie’s parents divorced when she was 7 years old, and her mother moved her and her sister to Los Angeles from Sacramento.

Brie Larson’s first major role came as Emily, the younger daughter of Bob Saget’s character, in the WB sitcom Raising Dad. She featured in Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama Greenberg and Edgar Wright’s comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

For playing a kidnapping victim in the drama Room (2015), Brie Larson won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Larson also appeared in the action film Fast X (2023).

Brie Larson briefly voiced her role as Envy Adams in the animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Larson made her feature film directorial debut with the independent comedy-drama Unicorn Store (2017).