Carla Perez was born in
Salvador, Bahia on November 16, 1977, to Carlos Soares and Ivone Perez; on her mother's side, she is of Spanish descent. She also has two brothers and two sisters. When she was 15 years old, she gave up on her
baile de debutante to afford a model course. In 1995 she was invited to perform for newly founded
axé group
É o Tchan!, what launched her into nationwide fame and later on led her to pose naked five times for
Playboy Brasil. Perez parted ways with É o Tchan! in 1998 to pursue personal projects, such as the one of being an actress; in the same year she starred alongside
Alexandre Pires (her boyfriend at the time),
Perry Salles,
Lázaro Ramos and
Lucci Ferreira in the semi-fictionalized biographical film
Cinderela Baiana, directed by Conrado Sanchez. It was a critical and commercial failure, and Perez announced many years after the film's release that she had disowned it. Her final acting role was a cameo in the 1999 film
Xuxa Requebra. Around the same time she hosted the variety shows
Fantasia (from 1998 to 1999) and
Canta e Dança, Minha Gente (from 1999 to 2001), both broadcast by
SBT. Beginning in 2000, when she released her first album,
Algodão-Doce, through Cinema Music, and founded the
Carnival block of the same name, Perez began to dedicate herself for children. She released two further albums,
Todos Iguais and
Eletro Kids, in 2005 and 2007 respectively. From 2003 to 2008 she covered the
Bahian Carnaval for
Rede Bandeirantes. More recently, from 2012 to 2017, she hosted the children's show
Clube da Alegria, broadcast by
TV Aratu in Bahia. ==Personal life==