Kyla Garcia Explained

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. Shortly after, she began attending Mason Gross School of the Arts. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rutgers University.

, Garcia lives in Los Angeles.[3]

Awards and honors

Awards

YearTitleAward/HonorResultRef.
2015Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel QuinteroEarphone AwardWinner[4]
by Mary GaitskillEarphone AwardWinner[5]
2016Christodora by Tim Murphy Earphone AwardWinner[6]
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel QuinteroAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10[7] [8]

Selected Stories, edited by Lucia Berlin and Stephen Emerson

Earphone AwardWinner[9]
2018Hope Nation (2018), edited by Rose BrockEarphone AwardWinner[10]
Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna MerianoEarphone AwardWinner[11]
Puddin by Julie MurphyEarphone AwardWinner[12]
Refugee by Alan GratzAudie Award for Middle Grade TitleFinalist[13]
2019Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-AnstineEarphone AwardWinner[14]
Suggested Reading by Dave Connis Earphone AwardWinner[15]
There There by Tommy OrangeAudie Award for Multi-Voiced PerformanceFinalist[16]
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay MejiaEarphone AwardWinner[17]
2021How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez GillilandEarphone AwardWinner[18]
Killers of the Flower Moon

Adapted for Young Readers by David Grann

Earphone AwardWinner[19]
Earphone AwardWinner[20]
2022How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez GillilandAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10[21] [22]
Class Act by Jerry CraftAudie Award for Middle Grade TitleFinalist[23]
Audie Award for Multi-Voiced PerformanceFinalist
You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories by Maggie ShipsteadEarphone AwardWinner[24]

"Best of" lists

YearTitleListRef.
2017 by Christina Diaz GonzalezAmazing Audiobooks for Young Adults[25]
Refugee by Alan GratzBooklist'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]
2018Hope Nation (2018), edited by Rose Brock AudioFile Best of Young Adult [30]
2020We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay MejiaAmazing Audiobooks for Young Adults[31]
2022Class Act by Jerry CraftAmazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

Filmography

Garcia's film and television credits!Media!Year!Title!Role(s)!Note
Film1998The Object of My AffectionChorus SingerUncredited
1999Just LookingStudentUncredited
2013Shotgun WeddingReporter Pamela White
2018To Each, Her Own (English)Additional voices
Yucatán (English edition)Veronica
Short2010Kyla Fiber
2011Heavy Mara
2012Here TodayWoman
LimitsNurse
Make Believe Lily
Sweet Tooth Lunch Lady
2013SinkWoman
2014Chatty Cathy Goes to Yoga Yogi
2015Time CapsuleClaire Rodriguez
2018Bday Bail Annette
2020CrystalCrystal
Kwanita
Dr. Emily Parker
2021Waking Up 80Nurse
Herstory 101: John Smith was a F*ckboy Dagmar Rodriguez
TV series2012Inside Room 334 Patricia1 episode
2014Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mrs. Zeller"Beginning of the End"
2018 Reporter1 episode
2019BlackwaterBirdie Blackwater
2017-2020Cable Girls (English)Lidia Aguilar 42 episodes
2021New Amsterdam Teri1 episode
2022Detective Warren2 episodes
2024Spirit RangersŁmłaná1 episode
Olga Dies Dreaming Mom in love with Prieto1 episode
Video game2018Dynasty Warriors 9 (English)
  • Bao Sanniang
  • Zhang Chunhua

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kyla Garcia . 2022-10-01 . IMDb.
  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. Web site: Kyla García . 2022-10-01 . Tantor Media.
  4. Web site: GABI A GIRL IN PIECES by Isabel Quintero Read by Kyla Garcia Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  5. Web site: THE MARE by Mary Gaitskill Read by Kyla Garcia Christa Lewis Sean Pratt Nicol Zanzarella Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  6. Web site: CHRISTODORA by Tim Murphy Read by Cassandra Campbell Christa Lewis Suzanne Elise Freeman Prentice Onayemi Thom Rivera Kyla Garcia Will Damron Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  7. Web site: 2016-01-11 . 2016 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-01 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
  8. Web site: Anna . Lam . 2016-01-14 . YALSA names 2016 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-01 . . en.
  9. Web site: 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 . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  10. Web site: 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 . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  11. Web site: LOVE SUGAR MAGIC A DASH OF TROUBLE by Anna Meriano Read by Kyla Garcia Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  12. Web site: PUDDIN by Julie Murphy Read by Erin Mallon Kyla Garcia Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  13. Web site: 2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-10-01 . www.audiopub.org . 2020-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201230160940/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2018-audies . dead .
  14. Web site: SABRINA CORINA by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Read by Almarie Guerra Roxana Ortega Alma Cuervo Ana Isabel Kyla Garcia Marisol Ramirez Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  15. Web site: SUGGESTED READING by Dave Connis Read by Kyla Garcia Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  16. Web site: 2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-10-01 . www.audiopub.org . 2021-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831145117/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2019-audies-1 . dead .
  17. Web site: WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE by Tehlor Kay Mejia Read by Kyla Garcia Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  18. Web site: HOW MOON FUENTEZ FELL IN LOVE WITH THE UNIVERSE by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Read by Kyla Garcia Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  19. Web site: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS by David Grann Read by Kyla Garcia Jon Lindstrom Joe Ochman Audiobook Review . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  20. Web site: 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 . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  21. Web site: 2022-02-03 . 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-01 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
  22. Web site: Serbekian . Michael . 2022-02-03 . YALSA names 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-01 . . en.
  23. Web site: 2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-10-01 . www.audiopub.org . 2022-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006112915/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2022-audies . dead .
  24. Web site: 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 . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  25. Web site: 2017-01-25 . 2017 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-01 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
  26. Web site: Saricks . Joyce . 2018-02-28 . Audio Stars for Youth: 2017 . 2022-10-01 . Booklist.
  27. Web site: Saricks . Joyce . 2018-04-15 . Top 10 Youth Historical Fiction on Audio: 2018 . 2022-10-01 . Booklist.
  28. Web site: 2018-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2017 . 2022-10-01 . Booklist.
  29. Web site: Coreno . Annie . 2018-01-05 . The Best Audiobooks of 2017 . 2022-10-01 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  30. Web site: AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator . 2022-10-01 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
  31. Web site: 2020-01-06 . 2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-10-01 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.

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