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Sofia Carson, a 33-year-old actress and singer who stars in Netflix’s latest film "My Oxford Year," discusses how her Latin American heritage is authentically represented in her roles without being stereotypical or tokenizing. Born to Colombian immigrant parents in Florida, Carson has starred in several global hit Netflix films including "Purple Hearts" (2022) and "Carry-On" (2024). She emphasizes the importance of portraying diverse Latinx identities accurately in media, reflecting her own multifaceted background as an advocate for education and empowerment through roles with UNICEF and the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation.
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Sofia Carson, a 33-year-old actress born to Colombian immigrants in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has become one of Netflix's most valuable movie stars. She starred in the 2015 Disney Channel musical series "Descendants" and since then has appeared in several high-profile Netflix films like Purple Hearts, Carry-On, and The Life List. Her latest role is in My Oxford Year, where she plays Anna De La Vega, a Latin American student at an English university. Carson emphasizes the importance of portraying her heritage authentically without reducing it to stereotypes; her roles often highlight the natural integration of Latin culture into everyday life. She has also ventured into executive producing and music, with her songs surpassing 4 billion streams worldwide. Upcoming, she is set to co-star in the indie dramedy Last Night at the Lobster, alongside award-winning actors Elisabeth Moss and Brian Tyree Henry.
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In the 2025 Netflix romance My Oxford Year, Sofia Carson plays Anna De La Vega, an American student studying abroad at one of England’s most prestigious universities who, like Carson herself, is of Latin American descent.
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Anna’s Colombian, Argentine, and Cuban heritage is woven naturally into her character’s everyday life instead of being treated as a barrier she has to overcome.
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It’s a distinction that Carson, who has four consecutive global #1 Netflix hits to her name, says is nonnegotiable when it comes to the roles she chooses to take on.
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“All the Netflix films I have been a part of that have gone on to make streaming history have been led by myself, a Hispanic American actress telling the stories of Latin women,” says Carson, who also starred in the music-heavy romance Purple Hearts (2022), action thriller Carry-On (2024), and romantic drama The Life List (2025).
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Born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Colombian immigrant parents, Carson, 33, got her big break starring in the massively popular 2015 Disney Channel musical Descendants and its sequels.
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“I think back to my earliest memories and it wasn’t a choice that I made, it was always who I was,” Carson says of her lifelong Hollywood ambitions.
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“I remember being a little girl, as young as 3, and music, storytelling, performing, dancing, that was just what I did.
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She has since parlayed that initial success into a diverse, multi-hyphenate career—establishing herself as one of Netflix’s most valuable movie stars, serving as an executive producer on several film projects, and building a recording catalog, including a self-titled album and songs from her films, that has surpassed 4 billion streams worldwide.
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“I recognized very early on in my career that I had a responsibility to use my voice to stand for goodness and to stand for justice,” she says.
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Next up, Carson is set to co-star in the Wagner Moura-directed indie dramedy Last Night at the Lobster as part of an ensemble cast featuring award-winning actors like Elisabeth Moss and Brian Tyree Henry.
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“What’s most important to me is to shift the misunderstanding that to be a Latin woman is to look one way, to be one thing, to be one [type of] woman, body, skin color, accent,” she says.
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That has been such an important guiding light in my career.”
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