American actress and filmmaker Brie Larson has received various awards and nominations. She began acting at age eight, and followed it with minor supporting roles in various films. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed leading performance in the 2013 coming-of-age drama film Short Term 12, for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and a Critics' Choice Award. She garnered widespread acclaim for her performance as Joy "Ma" Newsome in the 2015 drama Room, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for