Jessica Darrow

{{Infobox person

| name = Jessica Darrow

| image = Jessica Darrow (54089179830).jpg

| caption = Darrow at Animate! Des Moines in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|1|7}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| death_date =

| education = Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA)

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

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| genre = {{hlist|Reggaetón|urban|pop}}

| occupation = Actress, singer

| years_active = 2019–present}}

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Jessica Darrow (born January 7, 1995) is an American actress and singer{{cite news |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Chloe |title=ENCANTO's Jessica Darrow to Present SURFACE PLEASURE at Feinstein's/54 Below |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/ENCANTOs-Jessica-Darrow-to-Present-SURFACE-PLEASURE-at-Feinsteins54-Below-20220203 |access-date=11 September 2022 |work=Broadway World |date=3 February 2022}} best known for voicing the character Luisa Madrigal in Disney's Encanto and for playing Mikki Easton in Fifteen-Love. {{Citation |title=Fifteen-Love |date=2024-02-06 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fifteen-Love&oldid=1203930810 |access-date=2024-02-22 |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=COLOMBIAN CHARM |url=https://digital.modernluxury.com/article/COLOMBIAN+CHARM/4117568/721824/article.html |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=digital.modernluxury.com |language=en-US}}

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."{{Cite news|last=Flores|first=Griselda|date=January 2, 2022|title=How 'Surface Pressure' Brought Music Back Into Jessica Darrow's Life|language=en-US|work=CBR|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/jessica-darrow-surface-pressure-encanto-soundtrack-interview-1235025246/|access-date=February 26, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/celebs/2022/1/27/encanto-jessica-darrow-luisa-madrigal-lgbtq-queer-crush-interview|title=Encanto's Jessica Darrow Is Ready To Be Your New Queer Crush|website=Out|last=Rude|first=Mey|date=January 27, 2022|access-date=February 26, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/media/2022/02/17/phoenix-woman-goes-viral-tiktok-portraying-luisa-encanto/6834852001/|title=Maribel Martinez of Phoenix goes viral with her spot-on impression of Luisa from 'Encanto'|website=AZCentral|last=Goodykoontz|first=Bill|access-date=February 26, 2022}}

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."{{Cite web |title=#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" |url=https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1508214945128886279 |website=Twitter, Deadline Hollywood}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Notes

2019

|Feast of the Seven Fishes

|Sarah

2021

|Encanto

|Luisa Madrigal (voice)

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Notes

rowspan="2" |2021

|Following Hannah Stone

|Taylor

|TV Mini-Series, Main role

Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase

|Future Ray

|Epísode: "Future Me"

rowspan="3" |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.{{Cite web |title=My cute wifey needle-felted this for my new show... NORTH WOODS |url=https://twitter.com/littlethurop/status/400485866528714752 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=@peytonwaldera @cartoonnetwork Nickelodeon... Which is abut to be really good again! |url=https://twitter.com/littlethurop/status/400640587428147200 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Yes! It's called North Woods now and is happening at DISNEY✨ |url=https://twitter.com/littlethurop/status/1069089833383936000 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=I'm working at Disney now. But apparently I'm not allowed to say what I'm working on... #itsasecret |url=https://twitter.com/littlethurop/status/776209882101850112 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Twitter |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-03 |title=Nikolas Ilic - NorthWoods |url=http://www.nikolas-ilic.com:80/northwoods |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303012726/http://www.nikolas-ilic.com:80/northwoods |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=2023-06-12}}{{Cite web |title=North Woods (TBA) |url=https://www.francescanataledesign.com/north-woods |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=FRANCESCA NATALE |language=en-US |archive-date=June 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612002057/https://www.francescanataledesign.com/north-woods |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Demo for Disney Animated Show |url=https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-tisser/sets/disneys-north-woods-demo |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=SoundCloud |language=en}}

= Videogames =

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Notes

2021

|Grand Theft Auto Online

|Mimi

|Los Santos Tuners DLC

= Web =

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Title

! scope="col" |Role

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |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==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Year ! colspan="5" scope="col"\| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Certifications ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" \| US {{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jessica-darrow/chart-history/hsi/\|title=Jessica Darrow Chart History (Hot 100)\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=February 26, 2022}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" \| AUS {{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-02-07\|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart\|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association\|date=February 7, 2022\|access-date=February 4, 2022}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" \| CAN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" \| UK Discography - singles peaks in the UK (Official Charts): "Surface Pressure": {{cite web\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/61708/jessica-darrow/\|title=Jessica Darrow\|work=Official Charts Company\|access-date=February 26, 2022}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" \| WW
scope="row"\| "Same Way" \| rowspan="2"\| 2021 \| — \|\| — \|\| —\|\| — \|\| — \| \| {{Non-album single}}
scope="row"\| "Surface Pressure" {{small\|(from the Disney animated film Encanto)}} \| 8 \|\| 18 \|\| 12 \|\| 3 \|\| 9 \| RIAA: 3× Platinum{{Cite certification\|region=United States\|artist=Jessica Darrow\|access-date=April 4, 2022}} ARIA: Platinum{{cite certification\|region=Australia\|type=single\|certyear=2022\|access-date=July 7, 2022}} BPI: Platinum{{cite certification\|region=United Kingdom\|artist=Jessica Darrow\|access-date=February 25, 2023}} \| Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
scope="row"\| "Make It Clean" \| 2022 \| — \|\| — \|\| —\|\| — \|\| — \| \| {{Non-album single}}
colspan="9" style="font-size:85%;" \| "—" denotes songs which were not released in that country or did not chart.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

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

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year

! colspan="5" scope="col"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Certifications

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jessica-darrow/chart-history/hsi/|title=Jessica Darrow Chart History (Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 26, 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS
{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2022-02-07|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=February 7, 2022|access-date=February 4, 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | CAN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK
Discography - singles peaks in the UK (Official Charts):

"Surface Pressure": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/61708/jessica-darrow/|title=Jessica Darrow|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 26, 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | WW

scope="row"| "Same Way"

| rowspan="2"| 2021

| — || — || —|| — || —

| {{Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Surface Pressure"
{{small|(from the Disney animated film Encanto)}}

| 8 || 18 || 12 || 3 || 9

RIAA: 3× Platinum{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Jessica Darrow|access-date=April 4, 2022}}
ARIA: Platinum{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=single|certyear=2022|access-date=July 7, 2022}}
BPI: Platinum{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Jessica Darrow|access-date=February 25, 2023}}

| Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

scope="row"| "Make It Clean"

| 2022

| — || — || —|| — || —

| {{Non-album single}}

colspan="9" style="font-size:85%;" | "—" denotes songs which were not released in that country or did not chart.

==Other charted songs==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of other charted songs, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Year ! colspan="3" scope="col"\| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col"\| Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| US Song peaks on the US Billboard Hot 100: "All of You": {{cite magazine \|date=February 19, 2022 \|title=Billboard Hot 100: Week of February 19, 2022 \|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2022-02-19/ \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=February 15, 2022}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| CAN Song peaks in Canada: "All of You": {{cite magazine \|date=March 5, 2022 \|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: March 5, 2022 \|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2022-03-05/ \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=March 1, 2022}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| WW {{cite magazine \|date=February 12, 2022 \|title=Billboard Global 200: Week of February 12, 2022 \|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2022-02-12/ \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=February 8, 2022}}
scope="row"\| "All of You" {{small\|(with Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Adassa, Maluma, and Encanto cast)}} \| 2021 \| 71 \|\| 83 \|\| 111 \| Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of other charted songs, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year

! colspan="3" scope="col"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Song peaks on the US Billboard Hot 100:

"All of You": {{cite magazine |date=February 19, 2022 |title=Billboard Hot 100: Week of February 19, 2022 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2022-02-19/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 15, 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
Song peaks in Canada:

"All of You": {{cite magazine |date=March 5, 2022 |title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: March 5, 2022 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2022-03-05/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 1, 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| WW
{{cite magazine |date=February 12, 2022 |title=Billboard Global 200: Week of February 12, 2022 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2022-02-12/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 8, 2022}}

scope="row"| "All of You"
{{small|(with Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz, Adassa, Maluma, and Encanto cast)}}

| 2021

| 71 || 83 || 111

| Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)