Karla Souza

Karla Souza is a Mexican actress known for her roles in various television shows. She was born on December 11, 1985, in Mexico City, Mexico. Souza's parents are a Chilean father and a Mexican mother named Mónica. Her grandmother, Elba Silva, worked as an assistant cook for the Rockefeller family in New York City after immigrating from Chile. Souza lived in Aspen, Colorado, until the age of eight, and she possesses an American passport due to her grandmother's immigration. She studied acting at the Centro de Educación Artística in Mexico City, as well as attended acting school in France. Souza also toured France with a professional theatre company. She is best 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.