Jessica Darrow

Jessica Darrow (born January 7, 1995) is an American actor and singer best known for voicing the character Luisa Madrigal in Disney's Encanto and for playing Mikki Easton in Fifteen-Love.

Early life Darrow was born in Miami, Florida. They are of Cuban descent. As a teenager, they watched Disney films and listened to songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Darrow attended and graduated from Rutgers University.

Career Darrow's first film role was Sarah in the 2019 film Feast of the Seven Fishes, directed by Robert Tinnell. They rose to fame in 2021 acting in the Disney animated feature film Encanto as the voice of Luisa Madrigal. They 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 Onlines 2021 update "Los Santos Tuners."

Personal life Darrow is nonbinary. They have used they/them and elle/le/e pronouns since December 2025. In an interview for Deadline Hollywood, Darrow voiced their support of the LGBT community in the wake of the Parental Rights in Education Act passage in Miami, where they were 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."

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Web

Discography Singles As lead artist +List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US AUS CAN WW ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) "Make It Clean" 2022 — — — — — "—" denotes songs which were not released in that country or did not chart.

Other charted songs +List of other charted songs, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown Title Year Peak chart positions Album US CAN WW "All of You" 2021 71 83 111 Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Music videos "Same Way (2021) "Surface Pressure" (2021) "All of You" (2021) "Make It Clean" (2022)