Sofia Carson

Sofia Carson
Born Sofía Daccarett Char
(1993-04-10) April 10, 1993
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active 2012–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Website sofiacarson.com

Sofía Daccarett Char, better known as Sofia Carson (born April 10, 1993[1][2]), is an American singer and actress. Her first appearance on television was as a guest star on the Disney Channel show, Austin & Ally. In 2015, she appeared as Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen, in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Descendants[3][4] and reprised her role in its 2017 sequel, Descendants 2. In 2016, she appeared as Lola Perez in Adventures in Babysitting, Melanie Sanchez in Tini: The Movie, and Tessa in A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits. In early 2019, Carson will star in the spinoff of Pretty Little Liars called Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.

Early life

Carson was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,[2][5] to José F. Daccarett and Laura Char Carson, who had moved there from Colombia.[1][6] She chose the artistic name "Carson" after her American maternal grandmother, Lauraine Carson.[7] Through her mother, Carson is related to the Char family of Colombian politicians.[1][8]

She attended St. Hugh School and graduated from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami.[5] She attended In Motion Dance Studio, where she was part of the IMPAC Youth Ensemble program, competing all over the United States.[5][9] She subsequently attended UCLA, majoring in communications with a minor in French.[9][10]

Career

Carson in an interview for the movie Descendants 2.

In 2012, Carson was signed with BMI as a "singer-songwriter".[11] Her acting career was launched in 2014 when she was cast as guest star, playing Chelsea, on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. A few months later, Carson was cast as recurring guest star, playing Soleil, on MTV's series Faking It. In 2014, she was cast in a starring role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants,[4] in which she plays Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen from Snow White.[3][12]

On January 9, 2015, Carson was cast in the co-lead role in the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie Adventures in Babysitting. Filming began in spring 2015, for an early 2016 television premiere.[13] In March 2016, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Carson landed the leading role in the fourth installment of the A Cinderella Story series, A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits, directed by Michelle Johnston and produced by Dylan Sellers, which was released direct-to-video.[14][15] In an August 2015 interview Carson stated she was working on her first album.[16] In September 2015 Carson was added on the list of Hollywood Records artists.[17] Previously, some of Disney Channel Europe websites reported the incorporation of Sofia to the label.[18][19] In March 2016, Hollywood Records and Republic Records officially announced that Sofia had signed a joint worldwide record deal with both companies. Her debut single is "Love Is the Name", an interpolation of Opus' "Live Is Life", and was released on April 8.[20][21] Carson released a promotional single on August 26, 2016 entitled "I'm Gonna Love You". In January 27, 2017 she released her single "Back to Beautiful" featuring Alan Walker and in February 15, 2017 she released the official music video on YouTube. Through September 2017, it has gathered over 19 million views. Her next single "Back to Beautiful" was written by Julia Michaels. Carson's new single is called Rumors. The video of the song was filmed in Italy.

Carson has performed in NBC's 2015 Thanksgiving Parade, ABC's Disney Parks Christmas Celebration, Univision's Feliz 2016 (New Year's Eve Special) and the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards, and was a presenter on ABC's Disneyland 60th Anniversary Special. She performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2017 A Capitol Fourth, an annual concert at the United States Capitol in celebration of Independence Day.[22]

Carson reprised her role as Evie in the 2017 sequel Descendants 2.[23][24] On August 25, 2017, her record label released her single "Ins and Outs".[25] Carson played the role of Sloane Silver in the second season of Freeform's Famous in Love in 2018.[26] In January 2018, it was announced that Carson would be starring in the upcoming television series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists,[27][28] in the role of Ava Jalali;[29] it was picked up to series by Freeform in May 2018.[30] Carson will once again play Evie for Descendants 3, the third installment of the franchise, which is set to premiere in 2019.[31]

Filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Austin & Ally Chelsea Episode: "Princesses & Prizes"
2014 Faking It Soleil Episodes: "We Shall Overcompensate", "Faking Up Is Hard to Do"
2015 Descendants Evie Television film
2015–2017 Descendants: Wicked World Evie Main voice role
2016 Soy Luna Herself Episodes 71 & 72
2016 Walk the Prank Herself Episode: "Adventures in Babysitting"
2016 Adventures in Babysitting Lola Perez Television film
2016 Tini: The Movie Melanie Film; as Sofía Carson[32]
2016 A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits Tessa/Bella Direct-to-video film
2017 Descendants 2 Evie Television film
2017 Spider-Man Keemia Marko/Sandgirl Voice role; episode: "Sandman"[33]
2018 Famous in Love Sloane 4 episodes (season 2)[27][34]
2019 Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Ava Jalali Main role; upcoming television series[28][29][30]
2019 Descendants 3 Evie Upcoming television film

Discography

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[35]		 US
OST
[36]		 AUS
[37]		 BEL
[38]		 FRA
[38]		 GER
[38]		 ITA
[39]		 NL
[40]		 NZ
[41]		 SPA
[42]
Descendants 1157178102501950—36
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits ——————————
Descendants 2
  • Released: July 21, 2017[45]
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Label: Walt Disney Records
 6164
[46]		192135————[upper-alpha 1]53
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak
chart
positions		 Album
US
[47]		 US
Latin
Pop
[48]		 US
Trop
[49]		 POL
[50]
2015 "Rotten to the Core"[51] —[upper-alpha 2]——— Descendants
2016 "Love Is the Name"[53] —363222 TBA
2017 "Back to Beautiful"[54]
(featuring Alan Walker)[upper-alpha 3]		 ———— TBA
"Ways to Be Wicked"[56]
(with Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart)		 —[upper-alpha 4]——— Descendants 2
"Ins and Outs"[57] ———— TBA
"Chillin' Like a Snowman"[58] ———— Non-album single
2018 "Rumors"[59]
(with R3HAB)		 ———— The Wave
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Album
2016 "I'm Your Girl"[60]
(with Dove Cameron)		 Non-album single
"I'm Gonna Love You"[61] TBA
"Rather Be With You"[62]
(with Dove Cameron, Lauryn McClain and Brenna D'Amico)		 Descendants 2
2017 "Better Together"[63]
(with Dove Cameron)		 Descendants 2

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak
chart
positions		 Certifications Album
US
[47]		 CAN
[64]
2015 "Rotten to the Core"
(with Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart)		 3866 Descendants
"Set it Off"
(with Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Mitchell Hope, Sarah Jeffery and Jeff Lewis)		 —[upper-alpha 5]— Descendants
2017 "Chillin' Like a Villain"
(with Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart and Mitchell Hope)		 95— Descendants 2
"It's Goin' Down"
(with Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, China Anne McClain, Mitchell Hope, Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair)		 77— Descendants 2
"You and Me"
(with Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Mitchell Hope and Jeff Lewis)		 —[upper-alpha 6]— Descendants 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Year Title Other artist(s) Album
2016 "Sueña" — We Love Disney (Latino)[66]
"Wildside" Sabrina Carpenter Your Favorite Songs from
100 Disney Channel Original Movies
"Jolly to the Core"[67] Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart Disney Channel Holiday Hits
"Silent Night" — Disney Channel Holiday Hits

Music videos

Year Title Other artist(s) Album Director(s) Ref.
As main artist
2015 "Rotten to the Core" — Descendants Naren Wilks and Adam Santelli [68]
2016 "Love Is the Name" — TBA Hannah Lux Davis [69]
J Balvin TBA Hannah Lux Davis [70]
"Wildside" Sabrina Carpenter Your Favorite Songs from 100 Disney Channel Original Movies Unknown [71]
"Full Throttle" — A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits Unknown [72]
"Jolly to the Core" Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart Disney Channel Holiday Hits Unknown [73]
2017 "Back to Beautiful" Alan Walker TBA Emil Nava[74] [55]
"Ways to Be Wicked" Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart Descendants 2 Kenny Ortega [75]
"Ins and Outs" – TBA John-Michael Triana
Guest appearances
2015 "Believe" Shawn Mendes Descendants Jake Kasdan [76]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 2016 Premios Juventud Producers Choice Award Herself Nominated [77]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: Next Big Thing Herself Nominated [78]
2018 Radio Disney Music Awards Best Crush Song "Ins and Outs" Nominated [79]
Imagen Award Best Supporting Actress Descendants 2 Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ Descendants 2 did not enter the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart, but peaked at number 6 on the NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart.[41]
  2. ↑ "Rotten to the Core" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]
  3. ↑ Walker was after the release of "Alan Walker remix" credited as featured artist, after Carson selected his remix to be the main single of "Back to Beautiful".[55]
  4. ↑ "Ways to Be Wicked" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]
  5. ↑ "Set It Off" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]
  6. ↑ "You and Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[52]

References

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  7. ↑ "Actriz de Disney, Sofía Carson, pasa Navidad en Barranquilla". El Heraldo. December 24, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ ""Declaro abiertas las fiestas desde ya": Laura Char, reina del Carnaval". El Tiempo. December 9, 1988. Retrieved September 1, 2015. (in Spanish)
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  11. ↑ "BMI Noche Bohemia Showcase Raises Awareness for Mujer de Fé Foundation". BMI.
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  47. 1 2 List of Carson's singles on Billboard:
    • "Rotten to the Core" (solo version): "Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 - August 22, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
    • "Rotten to the Core": "Billboard Hot 100 - August 22, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
    • "Set It Off": "Dove Cameron - Chart history (Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
    • "It's Goin' Down": "Billboard Hot 100: The week of August 19, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
    • "Chillin' Like a Villain": "Billboard Hot 100: The week of August 26, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
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  49. ↑ "Chart Search: Tropical Airplay - Love Is The Name by Sofia Carson". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  50. ↑ Peak chart positions for Poland:
    • For "Love Is the Name": "Sofia Carson – Love Is the Name". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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  55. 1 2 "Back to Beautiful (Official Video) ft. Alan Walker". YouTube. February 15, 2017.
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  59. ↑ "Rumors - Single by R3HAB & Sofia Carson". iTunes. August 23, 2018.
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  63. ↑ "Better Together (From "Descendants: Wicked World") - Single by Dove Cameron & Sofia Carson". iTunes. March 3, 2017.
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