Karla Souza
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| Born |
Karla Olivares Souza December 11, 1985 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Spouse(s) | Marshall J. Trenckmann (2014-present) |
| Website | www |
Karla Olivares Souza (born December 11, 1985) is a Mexican American actress. She is best known for her role as Laurel Castillo on the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder.
Souza was born in Mexico City to a Chilean father and a Mexican mother. She lived in Aspen, Colorado until she was eight years old. She studied acting at Centro de Educación Artística, the famed acting school run by Mexican media giant, Televisa, in Mexico City. She also attended acting school in France and was part of a professional theatre company that toured throughout the country. She auditioned and was selected to participate in the French reality TV show "Star Academy," however, after getting an unconditional offer to join one of the best known acting schools in London (Central School of Speech and Drama), she declined the TV show opportunity and pursued her acting degree, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2008. Near the end of her London studies, she received the CCP award, given to the most promising actress in London. She was also selected to go to Moscow, Russia with Anatoly Smilianski for an acting intensive. At 22, she returned to Mexico City and began acting in television and film.
In 2009, she debuted in the Mexican telenovela Verano de amor, starring singer Dulce Maria. and later starred in Mexican sitcoms Los Héroes del Norte and La Clinica. Her film roles include in From Prada to Nada; in 2013, she starred in two Mexican box office hits, Nosotros los Nobles and Instructions Not Included.
In 2014, Souza moved to Los Angeles to pursue English-language film and television roles. She was cast as a series regular in the Shonda Rhimes-produced legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder as law student Laurel Castillo, opposite Viola Davis. In February 2015 Souza appeared on the cover of Women’s Health.
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