1. Karla Susana Olivares Souza was born on 11 December 1985 and is a Mexican actress known for her roles as Laurel Castillo on the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder and Marina Hayworth on the ABC sitcom Home Economics.
13 Facts About Karla Souza
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Karla Souza won the International Emmy Award for Best Actress in 2023 for her role as Mariel Saenz in the television movie La Caida.
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Karla Souza's grandmother, Elba Silva, was an assistant cook for the Rockefeller family for 20 years after immigrating to New York City from Chile in the 1960s.
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Karla Souza studied acting at Centro de Educacion Artistica, an acting school run by Televisa, in Mexico City.
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Karla Souza attended acting school in France and was part of a professional theatre company that toured throughout that country.
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Karla Souza graduated from the school in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in acting.
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Karla Souza had her television debut in 2009 on the Mexican telenovela Verano de amor.
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Karla Souza later starred in Mexican sitcoms Los Heroes del Norte and La Clinica.
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In 2014, Karla Souza moved to Los Angeles to pursue English-language film and television roles.
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Karla Souza 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.
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In February 2015, Karla Souza appeared on the cover of Women's Health.
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Since 2021, Karla Souza has played Marina in the sitcom Home Economics.
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In December 2013, Karla Souza became engaged to Marshall Trenkmann and the couple married in May 2014.