What is Carla Mendonça?
{{Infobox person | name = Carla Mendonça | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Coventry]], [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1982–present }} '''Carla Mendonça''' (born 25 October 1961) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Sophie Johnson in the [[CITV]] children's sitcom ''[[My Parents Are Aliens]]'' (2001–2006), and Mrs. Fitzgerald in the [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] series ''[[So Awkward]]'' (2015–2016). In 2021, she began appearing as [[List of Coronation Street characters#Orla Crawshaw|Orla Crawshaw]] in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]''. She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the [[University of Warwick]]. ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0579185}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendonca, Carla}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:People from Coventry]]