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Until they hired a Latina to write for Laurel [in How to Get Away with Murder], I was scared that she was going to fall into stereotypes.

Karla Souza

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Karla Souza
Age: 37
Born: 1986
Born: December 11
Film Actor
Model
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Mexico City
Mexico
Karla Susana Olivares Souza
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Latina
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Laurels
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Murder
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Laurel

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[Rhimes and Pete Nowalk] have definitely, from the pilot [of How to Get Away with Murder], brought forth a woman who is unapologetically herself, unapologetically flawed, and is as vulnerable as she is powerful. I'm grateful to be in that family.
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When I was asked to change Laurel into a Latina for How to Get Away with Murder, I was terrified, because I thought, no one's going to know how to do this because the American take on my culture is never accurate.
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[Producers] promised me they wouldn't do that sort of defining nature of my character is that Laurel is Latina [in How to Get Away with Murder] . It has nothing to do with that. She just happens to be a Latina.
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I think, especially with this show [How to Get Away with Murder], we have Viola Davis and Pete Nowalk as the showrunner.
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I hope that we start trendsetting [with Everybody Loves Somebody], you know, like having bigger movies also include that. Because I think it'll definitely change a lot of what's going on right now.
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I think Shonda Rhimes came to change television for women forever.
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