Kyla Garcia

Kyla Tucaya Garcia is an American stage, film, and television actress and audiobook narrator. As an audiobook narrator, she has received 14 Earphone Awards and has been a finalist for four Audie Awards.

Biography

Garcia was born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey[1] and attended High Tech High School.[2] She began acting at age 8 and at age 15, played Dorothy in an Off-Broadway production of Oz: A Twisted Musical.[1] Shortly after, she began attending Mason Gross School of the Arts.[1] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rutgers University.

As of 2022, Garcia lives in Los Angeles.[3]

Awards and honors

Awards

Year Title Award/Honor Result Ref.
2015 Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero Earphone Award Winner [4]
The Mare by Mary Gaitskill Earphone Award Winner [5]
2016 Christodora by Tim Murphy Earphone Award Winner [6]
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 [7][8]
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories, edited by Lucia Berlin and Stephen Emerson Earphone Award Winner [9]
2018 Hope Nation (2018), edited by Rose Brock Earphone Award Winner [10]
Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano Earphone Award Winner [11]
Puddin' by Julie Murphy Earphone Award Winner [12]
Refugee by Alan Gratz Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist [13]
2019 Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Earphone Award Winner [14]
Suggested Reading by Dave Connis Earphone Award Winner [15]
There There by Tommy Orange Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [16]
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia Earphone Award Winner [17]
2021 How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Earphone Award Winner [18]
Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers by David Grann Earphone Award Winner [19]
Together We Will Go by J. Michael Straczynski Earphone Award Winner [20]
2022 How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 [21][22]
Class Act by Jerry Craft Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist [23]
Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist [23]
You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories by Maggie Shipstead Earphone Award Winner [24]

"Best of" lists

Year Title List Ref.
2017 The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [25]
Refugee by Alan Gratz Booklist's Audio Stars for Youth [26]
Booklist's Best Youth Historical Fiction on Audio [27]
Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth [28]
Publishers Weekly Best Children's/YA Audiobook [29]
2018 Hope Nation (2018), edited by Rose Brock AudioFile Best of Young Adult [30]
2020 We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [31]
2022 Class Act by Jerry Craft Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [21]

Filmography

Garcia's film and television credits[1]
Media Year Title Role(s) Note
Film 1998 The Object of My Affection Chorus Singer Uncredited
1999 Just Looking Student Uncredited
2013 Shotgun Wedding Reporter Pamela White
2018 To Each, Her Own (English) Additional voices
Yucatán (English edition) Veronica
Short 2010 The Bare Nekked Chef Kyla Fiber
2011 Heavy Mara
2012 Here Today Woman
Limits Nurse
Make Believe Lily
Sweet Tooth Lunch Lady
2013 Sink Woman
2014 Chatty Cathy Goes to Yoga Yogi
2015 Time Capsule Claire Rodriguez
2018 Bday Bail Annette
2020 Crystal Crystal
The Exchange Kwanita
An Unkindness of Ravens Dr. Emily Parker
2021 Waking Up 80 Nurse
Herstory 101: John Smith was a F*ckboy Dagmar Rodriguez
TV series 2012 Inside Room 334 Patricia 1 episode
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mrs. Zeller "Beginning of the End"
2018 The Incredible Life of Darrell Reporter 1 episode
2019 Blackwater Birdie Blackwater
2017-2020 Cable Girls (English) Lidia Aguilar 42 episodes
2021 New Amsterdam Teri 1 episode
2022 The Wright Turn Detective Warren 2 episodes
2024 Spirit Rangers Łmłaná 1 episode
Olga Dies Dreaming Mom in love with Prieto 1 episode
Video game 2018 Dynasty Warriors 9 (English)
  • Bao Sanniang
  • Zhang Chunhua

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Kyla Garcia". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  2. ^ Hack, Charles. "Hoboken native wins Black Hollywood Film Festival talent slam", The Jersey Journal, October 20, 2013. Accessed October 8, 2022. "Born and raised in Hoboken, Garcia moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career in 2011. She was chosen from hundreds of entrants who submitted monologue entries on YouTube.com for this year's Slam.... She continued to perform in multiple productions at High Tech High School in North Bergen under the direction of Alex Perez."
  3. ^ "Kyla García". Tantor Media. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  4. ^ "GABI A GIRL IN PIECES by Isabel Quintero Read by Kyla Garcia | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  5. ^ "THE MARE by Mary Gaitskill Read by Kyla Garcia Christa Lewis Sean Pratt Nicol Zanzarella | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  6. ^ "CHRISTODORA by Tim Murphy Read by Cassandra Campbell Christa Lewis Suzanne Elise Freeman Prentice Onayemi Thom Rivera Kyla Garcia Will Damron | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  7. ^ "2016 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  8. ^ Anna, Lam (2016-01-14). "YALSA names 2016 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". American Library Association. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  9. ^ "A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN by Lucia Berlin Stephen Emerson Ed Lydia Davis Foreword Read by Thom Rivera Dawn Harvey Carol Monda Hillary Huber Bernadette Dunne Kyla Garcia | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  10. ^ "HOPE NATION by Rose Brock Ed Read by Michael Crouch Kate Rudd Bahni Turpin Tavia Gilbert Nancy Wu MacLeod Andrews Adenrele Ojo Erin Spencer Kyla Garcia Mozhan Marno Prentice Onayemi Rebecca Soler January LaVoy Guy Lockard Chris Andrew Ciulla | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  11. ^ "LOVE SUGAR MAGIC A DASH OF TROUBLE by Anna Meriano Read by Kyla Garcia | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  12. ^ "PUDDIN by Julie Murphy Read by Erin Mallon Kyla Garcia | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  13. ^ "2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  14. ^ "SABRINA CORINA by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Read by Almarie Guerra Roxana Ortega Alma Cuervo Ana Isabel Kyla Garcia Marisol Ramirez | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  15. ^ "SUGGESTED READING by Dave Connis Read by Kyla Garcia | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  16. ^ "2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  17. ^ "WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE by Tehlor Kay Mejia Read by Kyla Garcia | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  18. ^ "HOW MOON FUENTEZ FELL IN LOVE WITH THE UNIVERSE by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Read by Kyla Garcia | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  19. ^ "KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS by David Grann Read by Kyla Garcia Jon Lindstrom Joe Ochman | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  20. ^ "TOGETHER WE WILL GO by J Michael Straczynski Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt Dan Bittner Neo Cihi Michael Crouch Samantha Desz Kyla Garcia Jonathan Todd Ross Fred Sanders Tara Sands Shaun Taylor-Corbett Kevin R Free Aden Hakimi | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  21. ^ a b "2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  22. ^ Serbekian, Michael (2022-02-03). "YALSA names 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". American Library Association. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  23. ^ a b "2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  24. ^ "YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN 10A by Maggie Shipstead Read by Mark Deakins Mark Bramhall Ari Fliakos George Newbern Kyla Garcia Alex McKenna Xe Sands Rebecca Lowman | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  25. ^ "2017 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  26. ^ Saricks, Joyce (2018-02-28). "Audio Stars for Youth: 2017". Booklist. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  27. ^ Saricks, Joyce (2018-04-15). "Top 10 Youth Historical Fiction on Audio: 2018". Booklist. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  28. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2017". Booklist. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  29. ^ Coreno, Annie (2018-01-05). "The Best Audiobooks of 2017". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  30. ^ "AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  31. ^ "2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2022-10-01.