Early life

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 completed an intensive summer acting course in Moscow, Russia. In 2008, she completed a Bachelor of Arts in Acting at Central School of Speech and Drama in London. At 22, she returned to Mexico City and began acting in television and film.

Career

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 Peter Nowalk/Shonda Rhimes 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.

Personal life

Souza is multilingual: Fluent in Spanish, English, and French. In December 2013, she became engaged to American Marshall Trenkmann. The couple married in California in May 2014.

Karla gave a TEDx talk in Leon, Guanajuato on March 21, 2015. It was titled "Sweet are the fruits of Adversity".

Filmography

Film

1993	Aspen Extreme	Kimberly
2010	El efecto tequila	Ana Luisa
2011	From Prada to Nada	Lucy
2012	Suave patria	Roxana Robledo	ACE Award for Best New Actress
2013	31 días	Mayra
2013	Me Late Chocolate	Moni
2013	The Noble Family	Bárbara Noble	Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival Award for Best Actress Diosas de Plata for Best Performance - Actress
2013	Instructions Not Included	Jackie
2014	El Crimen del Cácaro Gumaro	Supper Burrows Manager
2014	The Jesuit	Collie
2015	Sundown	Ashley Lopez
2016	¿Qué culpa tiene el niño?	Maru

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Terminales		Episode: "Espejismos"
2009	Verano de amor	Dana Villalba Duarte	Telenovela, 120 episodes
2010	Persons Unknown	Dosette	Episode: "And Then There Was One"
2010-2011	Los Héroes del Norte	Prisca	Series regular, 36 episodes
2011-present	Niño Santo	Lucia	Starring, 23 episodes
2012	La Clinica	Maripily Rivadeneyra	Series regular
2014-present	How to Get Away with Murder	Laurel Castillo	Series regular

[ Source: Wikipedia ]