Jessica Darrow

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Jessica Darrow
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Darrow at Animate! Des Moines in 2024
Born (1995-01-07) January 7, 1995 (age 29)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA)
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active2019–present

Jessica Darrow (born January 7, 1995) is an American actress and singer [1] best known for voicing the character Luisa Madrigal in Disney's Encanto and for playing Mikki Easton in Fifteen-Love. [2]

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Early life

Darrow was born in Miami, Florida. She is of Cuban descent. As a teenager, she watched Disney films and listened to songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. [3]

Career

Darrow's first film role was Sarah in the 2019 film Feast of the Seven Fishes, directed by Robert Tinnell. She rose to fame in 2021 acting in the Disney animated feature film Encanto as the voice of Luisa Madrigal. She sang one of the film's most popular songs, "Surface Pressure", which was certified platinum by the RIAA and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 2022. Darrow voiced Mimi in Grand Theft Auto Online 's 2021 update "Los Santos Tuners." [4] [5] [6]

Personal life

In an interview for Deadline Hollywood, Darrow voiced her support of the LGBT community in the wake of the Parental Rights in Education Act passage in Miami, where she was born, "Here I am being queer and gorgeous, and I'm on the red carpet, and I'm very happy to represent fellow gorgeous queer people." [5] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Feast of the Seven Fishes Sarah
2021 Encanto Luisa Madrigal (voice)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021Following Hannah StoneTaylorTV Mini-Series, Main role
Disney Television Discovers: Talent ShowcaseFuture RayEpísode: Future Me
2023 Hamster & Gretel Melissa Gomez (voice)Episode: "The Litigator vs. The Luchador"
Fifteen-Love Mikki Easton6 episodes
Blue Bloods IsabellaEpisode: Irish Exi
Monster High Abuela Calaveraz (voice)Episode: Skelita Calaveraz
TBANorth WoodsSorcha (voice)Animated Series, Main role. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Videogames

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Grand Theft Auto Online MimiLos Santos Tuners DLC

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019AnomalyKory Hernandez (voice)Podcast series, Main role
2021Say It With Pride: Disney+ Celebrates Pride 365Herself

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[15]
AUS
[16]
CAN
[15]
UK
[17]
WW
[15]
"Same Way"2021Non-album single
"Surface Pressure"
(from the Disney animated film Encanto )
8181239 Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Make It Clean"2022Non-album single
"—" denotes songs which were not released in that country or did not chart.

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[21]
CAN
[22]
WW
[23]
"All of You"
(with Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Adassa, Maluma, and Encanto cast)
20217183111 Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music videos

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