Sofia Carson
| Sofia Carson | |
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Sofía Daccarett Char April 10, 1993 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2012–present |
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Sofía Daccarett Char, better known as Sofia Carson (born April 10, 1993), is an American singer and actress. Her first appearance on television was as a guest star on the Disney Channel show, Austin & Ally. In 2015, she appeared as Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen, in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Descendants. In 2016, she appeared as Lola Perez in Adventures in Babysitting, Melanie Sanchez in Tini: The Movie and Tessa in A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits.
Carson was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to José F. Daccarett and Laura Char Carson, who had moved there from Colombia. She chose the artistic name "Carson" after her American maternal grandmother, Lauraine Carson. Through her mother, Carson is related to the Char family of Colombian politicians.
She attended St. Hugh School and graduated from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami. She subsequently attended UCLA, majoring in communications with a minor in French.
In 2011, Carson sang alongside a number of Colombian singers, including Totó la Momposina and Jorge Celedón, at the inauguration of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2012, Carson was signed with BMI as a "singer-songwriter". Her acting career was launched in 2014 when she was cast as guest star, playing Chelsea, on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. A few months later, Carson was cast as recurring guest star, playing Soleil, on MTV's series Faking It. In 2014, she was cast in a starring role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants, in which she plays Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen from Snow White.
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