Carla Woods
Carla Woods was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana where her love for all things artistic began. The story goes that she was singing before she could even complete a full sentence. Her parents remember hearing “Rock The Boat” belted from the back seat of their Oldsmobile Delta 88 in perfect pitch by their little 18-month-old daughter.
Carla developed her skills as an all-around performer at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music where she received a BFA in musical theater. She then moved directly to NYC, the Big Apple, and thus her career began.
You can catch Carla on tour right now in Girl From The North Country playing the role of Mrs. Neilsen. Carla was thrilled to be a part of the US premier of The Harder They Come, written by Susan Lori Parks at the Public Theater. She will always cherish sharing the stage with the multi-talented international star, Susan Anton in the First National Tour of All Shook Up.. Carla also performed and understudied the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the First National Tour of Sister Act, directed by Tony-award winner Jerry Zaks.
Carla is thrilled for her thriving on-camera career. You can see her right now or NBC, Peacock, Netflix and Hulu. Her recent credits include, Law & Order: Organized Crime, New Amsterdam, and Amy Schumer's Life & Beth on Hulu. Carla was featured in Cinderella's Dressed for a Dream in which she was able to document her own Cinderella story. She modeled some of the beautiful costumes from the Amazon Prime original movie, Cinderella, while sharing the stage with the one and only Billy Porter. Carla played the role of the detective in the Netflix Documentary Series, The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. Previously, she appeared as April in IDtv's Diabolical - Mother of All Lies.
Carla has performed and worked with some of the best in the business including: Christopher Meloni, Ariana DeBose, Sergio Trujillo,Titus Burgess, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Robert Lopez, Joe Berlinger, Harvey Fierstein, Alan Menken, and Stephen Oremus, among others.