Davila was born 1997, and raised in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, (near Nashville).[1] Her parents were both involved in the music industry:[1] her mother Julie Davila as a drummer, percussion teacher, clinician of marching percussion, and PAS board director;[2] and her father Lalo Davila, who is first generation Mexican American,[3] as an author, professor of music, and percussion director at Middle Tennessee State University.[4]
Davila has experienced music rehearsals and band practice, since the tender age of six, along with her older sister, Danielle.[5] She has participated in theatre and acting and dance classes, and has had regular voice-over parts.[5] Aged from 10 onwards, she has participated in many theatrical productions, and has performed with the Nashville Symphony.[1] In 2014, at the age of 17, Davila sought to expand her acting career, by moving to Los Angeles, California, with her mother,[5] while at the same time, after much private tuition, [6] earned herself an online diploma.[1] Davila completed a course in the Lyndon Technique, [7] she is a member of SAG-AFTRA,[6] and currently (2023) resides in Valley Village, California. [6]
Career
As a child, Davila was singing the voice of Jasmine on the Disney Junior stage adaptation of Aladdin.[1] 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.[8] The short film went on to win the National ADDY Award of the American Advertising Federation in 2016. [9]
In 2016, Davila featured on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 1 (Original Soundtrack) Commentary Album. [11] In 2019, she released her first single Too Busy.[11]
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.[14] 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. [15]
