Carla Marins (born June 7, 1968, in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress.
It was at school that she discovered her calling. Marins, since childhood kept saying she wanted to be a pediatrician, but she would really love to act. She realized that at age 14 when she was chosen to do the lead role of The Ox and the Donkey to Bethlehem, by Maria Clara Machado. After that, Carla Marins decided she wanted to be an actress.
At 16, with the support of her parents, Marins started investing in career and made several tests to commercial. Her first job was an advertisement for McDonald's. Made the film for TV and radio voiceover. At the same time, she began to attend drama schools and learned that the Globo was in need of youth to participate in the novel Hipertensão. How did the course with the interpretation of Wolf Maya, he invited her to join the test and passed. She posed nude at 24 years for the anniversary edition of Playboy magazine in 1992.