Actor: Brie Larson

Brie Larson won Best Actress for Room, playing a woman held captive for seven years raising a child who has never seen outside, and the performance requires her to be constantly managing her own terror for the child’s benefit.

Short Term 12, the earlier film, is the one to seek out, and it made her reputation among people who follow independent film.

Captain Marvel then made her a franchise lead, and the online hostility directed at her over it was disproportionate and sustained.

She has directed one feature, Unicorn Store, and was a musician before acting, releasing an album at fifteen.