One of the most interesting secondary characters in Netflix’s “Griselda” is Carla, an employee of the titular character who, like Blanco, comes from Medellín. Carla follows Blanco unwaveringly into the drug trade and is particularly memorable for her one-liners, snappy dialogue, and oh-so-’70s bangs. She is portrayed by Karol G.
Karol G is a Grammy Award-winning Columbian reggaeton musician with a huge fanbase across the globe. She was born in Medellín, and according to a Netflix deep-dive was instrumental in giving her character a distinctive voice based on the local dialect. Praising the character’s narrative arc, Karol G told Billboard that Carla is “a character that evolves. She sees what she does as a job, but also as a way to maintain her family, and she’s tough! She reaches another level.” It is Karol G’s first acting role, and her appearance in the show has surely helped spearhead its popularity on the streaming platform. However, despite how authentic she appears on screen, Carla is a fictional creation, unlike the majority of the characters in “Griselda.”
