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Marisa Davila (born 1997) is an American actress, notable for her main roles in Super Giant Robot Brothers (2022) and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies in 2023.
Early life
Davila was born 1997, and raised in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, (near Nashville). Her parents were both involved in the music industry: her mother Julie Davila as a drummer, percussion teacher, clinician of marching percussion, and PAS board director; and her father Lalo Davila, who is first generation Mexican American, as an author, professor of music, and percussion director at Middle Tennessee State University.
Davila has experienced music rehearsals and band practice, since the tender age of six, along with her older sister, Danielle. She has participated in theatre and acting and dance classes, and has had regular voice-over parts. Aged from 10 onwards, she has participated in many theatrical productions, and has performed with the Nashville Symphony. In 2014, at the age of 17, Davila sought to expand her acting career, by moving to Los Angeles, California, with her mother, while at the same time, after much private tuition, earned herself an online diploma. Davila completed a course in the Lyndon Technique, she is a member of SAG-AFTRA, and currently (2023) resides in Valley Village, California.
Career
As a child, Davila was singing the voice of Jasmine on the Disney Junior stage adaptation of Aladdin. In 2015, Davila made her screen debut as Jane in the Jing Shao directed short film Text History of Jane about the dangers of texting while driving. The short film went on to win the National ADDY Award of the American Advertising Federation in 2016.
In 2016, Marisa Davila appeared in a single episode of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and in an episode of Liv and Maddie as a member of the Porcu-Piper school choir. In 2017, she appeared in Speechless, working alongside Minnie Driver. and the same year in Atypical where she plays mean girl Maddison Gold.
In 2016, Davila featured on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 1 (Original Soundtrack) Commentary Album. In 2019, she released her first single Too Busy.
In 2019, she secured a guest role in the sit-com Carol's Second Act, and appeared in 2 episodes of Schooled, In 2020, she Mercedes Callahan in the Netflix series I Am Not Okay with This, and had a small part in the rom-com movie Holidate.
In 2022, she had a lead voice role for season one of the Netflix action-comedy animated series Super Giant Robot Brothers.
In 2023, Marisa Davila plays the main role of Jane Facciano, the leader of the group of four girls in the upcoming Paramount+ American musical romantic comedy television series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies which is a prequel to the 1978 film Grease. During the series, Davila gets to sing, along with her cast members, many new songs written by American songwriter Justin Tranter, each having a 50's style harmony with a modern twist.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Marisa Davila at IMDb
Marisa Davila Instagram
Official website
Disney audition story
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- La Reina del Sur
- Daftar pemenang Hadiah Ig Nobel
- Marisa Davila
- Marisa (given name)
- Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
- Super Giant Robot Brothers
- 66th Annual Grammy Awards
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- Ávila (surname)
- Justin Tranter
- Lulu Antariksa
- Carol's Second Act