Carla Mendonça

Carla Mendonça (born 25 October 1961) is an English actress, known for portraying the roles of Sophie Johnson in the CITV children's sitcom "My Parents Are Aliens" (2001–2006), and Mrs. Fitzgerald in the CBBC series "So Awkward" (2015–2016). In 2021, she began playing the recurring role of deputy headteacher Orla Crawshaw in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick.