Carla was born in Coventry to parents who were both dancers Her English mother was appearing in a company in Lisbon when she met her Portuguese husbandtobe and the couple returned to live in England One of Carlas 2 brothers Jorge joined the British Army and at the age of 36 became its youngestever Colonel Carla went to the University of Warwick where she read Dramatic Arts and Theatre Studies graduating in 1985 The inevitable round of theatrical work followed but she remains best known for her work in television comedy especially two childrens shows My Dads the Prime Minister 2003 and My Parents Are Aliens 1999 the latter running for seven years though Carla was not in the first series When in 2006 the parent company ITV decided for financial reasons to axe afternoon programmes for children Carla and her Aliens costar Tony Gardner spearheaded the Save Kids TV campaign though they were unsuccessful She has since appeared in various TV shows most recently 2 series of So Awkward for ChannelXCBBC and is about to start filming a 3rd series She has been working mainly in theatre RSC Royal Exchange Tobacco Factory including Noises Off by Michael Frayn at the Nottingham Playhouse and is working on series 4 of So Awkward for Channel X She is married to actor and writer Clive Mantle
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