Karla Souza

Souza was born in Mexico City on December 11, 1985 to a Chilean father and a Mexican mother, Mónica. Her grandmother, Elba Silva, was an assistant cook for the Rockefeller family for twenty years after immigrating to New York City from Chile in the 1960s. Having lived in Aspen, Colorado until she was eight years old, Souza credits her grandmother\'s immigration to the United States as the reason she has an American passport.\n', '

Souza first studied acting at Centro de Educación Artística, an acting school run by Televisa, in Mexico City. She also attended acting school in France and was part of a professional theatre company that toured throughout that country. While still in France, Souza auditioned and was selected to participate in the French reality TV show Star Academy, however, she turned down the offer after receiving an invitation to study at London\'s (Central School of Spee…