Jessica Darrow

Jessica Darrow
Darrow at Animate! Des Moines in 2024
Born	(1995-01-07) January 7, 1995 (age 30) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education	Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA)
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	2019–present
Musical career
Genres	Reggaetón urban pop

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]

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. Darrow attended and graduated from Rutgers University. ^[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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Feast of the Seven Fishes	Sarah
2021	Encanto	Luisa Madrigal (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Following Hannah Stone	Taylor	TV Mini-Series, Main role
	Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase	Future Ray	Epísode: "Future Me"
2023	Fifteen-Love	Mikki Easton	6 episodes
	Blue Bloods	Isabella	Episode: "Irish Exits"
	Hamster & Gretel	Melissa Gomez	Episode: "The Litigator vs. The Luchador"
2023–2024	Monster High	Skelita Calaveraz, Abuela Calaveraz (voices)	3 episodes
2025	The Residence	Nohelia	1 episode
2025	Elsbeth	Taylor	1 episode
TBA	North Woods	Sorcha (voice)	Animated Series, Main role. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Videogames

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Grand Theft Auto Online	Mimi	Los Santos Tuners DLC

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Anomaly	Kory Hernandez (voice)	Podcast series, Main role
2021	Say It With Pride: Disney+ Celebrates Pride 365	Herself

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Album
		US [15]	AUS [16]	CAN [15]	UK [17]	WW [15]
"Same Way"	2021	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Surface Pressure" (from the Disney animated film Encanto )		8	18	12	3	9	RIAA: 3× Platinum [18] ARIA: Platinum [19] BPI: Platinum [20]	Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Make It Clean"	2022	—	—	—	—	—		Non-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

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US [21]	CAN [22]	WW [23]
"All of You" (with Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Adassa, Maluma, and Encanto cast)	2021	71	83	111	Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music videos

• "Same Way (2021)
• "Surface Pressure" (2021)
• "All of You" (2021)
• "Make It Clean" (2022)

References

1. Rabinowitz, Chloe (3 February 2022). "ENCANTO's Jessica Darrow to Present SURFACE PLEASURE at Feinstein's/54 Below". Broadway World. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
2. "Fifteen-Love", Wikipedia, 6 February 2024, retrieved 22 February 2024
3. "COLOMBIAN CHARM". digital.modernluxury.com. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
4. Flores, Griselda (2 January 2022). "How 'Surface Pressure' Brought Music Back Into Jessica Darrow's Life". CBR. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
5. Rude, Mey (27 January 2022). "Encanto's Jessica Darrow Is Ready To Be Your New Queer Crush". Out. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
6. Goodykoontz, Bill. "Maribel Martinez of Phoenix goes viral with her spot-on impression of Luisa from 'Encanto'". AZCentral. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
7. "#Oscars | 'Encanto' actress Jessica Darrow: "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"". Twitter, Deadline Hollywood .
8. "My cute wifey needle-felted this for my new show... NORTH WOODS". Twitter. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
9. "@peytonwaldera @cartoonnetwork Nickelodeon... Which is abut to be really good again!". Twitter. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
10. "Yes! It's called North Woods now and is happening at DISNEY✨". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 28 October 2023.
11. "I'm working at Disney now. But apparently I'm not allowed to say what I'm working on... #itsasecret". Twitter. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
12. "Nikolas Ilic - NorthWoods". 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
13. "North Woods (TBA)". FRANCESCA NATALE. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
14. "Demo for Disney Animated Show". SoundCloud. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
15. "Jessica Darrow Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved 26 February 2022.
16. "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
17. Discography - singles peaks in the UK (Official Charts):
    • "Surface Pressure": "Jessica Darrow". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 26 February 2022.
18. "American certifications – Jessica Darrow". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 4 April 2022.
19. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 7 July 2022.
20. "British certifications – Jessica Darrow". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 February 2023.Type Jessica Darrow in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
21. Song peaks on the US Billboard Hot 100:
    • "All of You": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of February 19, 2022". Billboard. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
22. Song peaks in Canada:
    • "All of You": "Billboard Canadian Hot 100: March 5, 2022". Billboard . 5 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
23. "Billboard Global 200: Week of February 12, 2022". Billboard . 12 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

External links

• Jessica Darrow at IMDb