Jessica Darrow | |
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 Darrow in 2021 | |
| Born | January 7, 1995 |
| Education | Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA) |
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 2019–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]
Darrow was born in Miami, Florida. She is of Cuban descent. As a teenager, she would listen to songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and watched Disney films. [3]
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]
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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2019 | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Sarah | |
| 2021 | Encanto | Luisa Madrigal (voice) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2021 | Following Hannah Stone | Taylor | TV Mini-Series, Main role |
| Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase | Future Ray | Epísode: Future Me | |
| 2023 | Hamster & Gretel | Melissa Gomez (voice) | Episode: "The Litigator vs. The Luchador" |
| Fifteen-Love | Mikki Easton | 6 episodes | |
| Blue Bloods | Isabella | Episode: Irish Exi | |
| Monster High | Abuela Calaveraz (voice) | Episode: Skelita Calaveraz | |
| TBA | North Woods | Sorcha (voice) | Animated Series, Main role. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2021 | Grand Theft Auto Online | Mimi |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2019 | Anomaly | Kory Hernandez (voice) | Podcast series, Main role |
| 2021 | Say It With Pride: Disney+ Celebrates Pride 365 | Herself |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
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| 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 | 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. | ||||||||
| 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) |
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