Marisa Davila
{{short description|American actress (born 1997)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
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|birth_place = Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
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|occupation = Actress
|years_active = 2015–present
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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).{{Cite web|url= https://eu.dnj.com/story/life/2016/03/11/murfreesboros-marisa-davila-earns-roles-tv-shows/81653366/ |title= Murfreesboro's Marisa Davila earns roles on TV shows |first= Nancy |last= De Gennaro |publisher= Daily News Journal |date=March 11, 2016}} 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;{{Cite web|url= https://pearldrum.com/en/artist/julie-davila |title= Julie Davila - Caixa Trio / PAS Board of Directors |work= pearldrum.com |date=October 29, 2020}} and her father Lalo Davila, who is first generation Mexican American,{{Cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/arts/television/grease-prequel-rise-of-the-pink-ladies.html |title=In This 'Grease' Prequel Series, Pink Is the Word |first=Elizabeth|last=Vincentelli |work= The New York Times |date= April 4, 2023}} as an author, professor of music, and percussion director at Middle Tennessee State University.{{Cite web|url= http://www.lalodavila.com/home.html |title= Lalo Davila - Biography |work= lalodavila.com |access-date= March 27, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230926222717/http://www.lalodavila.com/home.html |archive-date= 2023-09-26}}
Davila has experienced music rehearsals and band practice, since the tender age of six, along with her older sister, Danielle.{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnbMZ8uWLlo |title= Marisa Davila talks New Music, Acting Career |work= MusicXclusives TV - Youtube|date= August 13, 2017}} 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, {{Cite web|url = https://thelyndontechnique.com/portfolio_entries/actors-toolbox/page/2/|title= The Lyndon Technique – Actors Toolbox page 2 |work= thelyndontechnique.com |access-date= March 28, 2023}} she is a member of SAG-AFTRA,{{Cite web|url = https://www.backstage.com/u/marisadavila/ |title= Marisa Davila |work= backstage.com |access-date= March 27, 2023}} 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.{{Cite web |url = https://vimeo.com/126644252 |title= Text History of Jane |work= vimeo.com |date= May 2015 |access-date= March 27, 2023}} The short film went on to win the National ADDY Award of the American Advertising Federation in 2016. {{Cite web |url = http://www.jingyishao.com/psa |title= Text History of Jane Dir. Cut | work= jingyishao.com | access-date=March 27, 2023}}
In 2016, Marisa Davila appeared in a single episode of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,{{Cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/marisa-davila/3030595340/|title= Marisa Davila credits |work= tvguide.com |access-date=March 27, 2023}} 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. {{Cite web|url= https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tu8u3s488xNVIw4eTs79n |title= Marisa Davila |work= spotify.com |date= August 4, 2022 }} 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.{{Cite web|url= https://next-episode.net/super-giant-robot-brothers-2022 |title= Super Giant Robot Brothers (2022) |work= next-episode.net |date= August 4, 2022 }}{{Cite web|url = https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80211128 |title= Super Giant Robot Brothers 2022 – rating:PG - 1 Season- Kids' TV |work= netflix.com |date= August 4, 2022}}
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.{{Cite web |url = https://ew.com/tv/grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies-preview-first-look-photo/ |title= Rydell High is back in a first look at Grease prequel series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies |work= EW.com |date= December 19, 2022 }} 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. {{Cite web |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/131557396/grease-prequel-rise-of-the-pink-ladies-offers-modern-take-on-1950s-attitudes |first=James |last=Rampton |title= Grease prequel Rise Of The Pink Ladies offers modern take on 1950s attitudes |work= stuff.co.nz |date= March 23, 2023}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable unsortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
|Text History of Jane | Jane | Short film |
| 2016
|Chloe | Episode: "I'm Back at Camp with Josh!" |
| 2016
| Choir Member #1 | 1 episode |
| 2017
| The Raking | Kelly | Film |
| 2017
| Mary | 1 episode |
| 2017
| Atypical | Madison Gold | 1 episode |
| 2018
| Don't Go | Prima | Short film |
| 2018
| Ocean | Brooke | Short film |
| 2018
| Willie Jones: Runs in Our Blood | Party girl | Music Video |
| 2018
| Choir Member #3 | 1 episode |
| 2018
| Tournament | Kate | Film |
| 2018
|We're Not Friends | Charlie | 1 episode |
| 2019
| Second Thoughts | Sabrina | Short film |
| 2019
| Harper | 1 episode |
| 2019
|Beyond the Cracks | Jessica | Short |
| 2020
| Holidate | Princess Leia | Film |
| 2019–2020
| Gina Rivera | 2 episodes |
| 2020
| Mercedes Callahan | 2 episodes |
| 2021
|Love and Baseball | Eva | Film |
| 2021
| My Big Fat Blonde Musical | Megan | 7 episodes |
| 2021
| Lucy Punter 1 Softserve Child 2 (voice) | Video Game |
| 2022
| Alex Rose (voice) | Main role - 10 episodes |
| 2023
| Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies | Jane Facciano | Main role - 10 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! Ref |
| align=center|2016
| Zed Fest Film Festival | Outstanding Group Ensemble (shared) | The Raking |{{won}} |style="text-align:center;" | {{Cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7493686/awards/?ref_=nm_ql_2 |title= Marisa Davila Awards |work= IMDB (Index source only)|access-date= March 28, 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.zedfest.org/zedfestwinners.html|publisher=zedfest.org |title=2016 Zed Fest Film Festival Awards |access-date= March 28, 2023}} |
| align=center|2018
| Independent Shorts Awards | Bronze award for best actress | Beyond the Cracks |{{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name| 7493686}}
- [https://www.instagram.com/itsmarisadavila/ Marisa Davila Instagram]
- [https://www.marisadavila.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_9e1QQme4w Disney audition story]
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Nashville, Tennessee
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses