Television and film[edit]

Carson at the Golden Globe Awards in 2020.

Carson's acting career launched in 2014 when she guest-starred as Chelsea on the Disney
Channel series Austin & Ally. A few months later, Carson was cast as recurring character Soleil
on MTV's series Faking It. In 2014, she was cast in a starring role in the Disney Channel Original
Movie Descendants,[30] in which she plays Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen from Snow White.[31][32]
On January 9, 2015, Carson was cast in the co-lead role in the Disney Channel Original
Movie Adventures in Babysitting. Filming began in spring 2015, for an early 2016 television
premiere.[33] In March 2016, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Carson landed the leading role
in the fourth installment of the A Cinderella Story series, A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits, directed
by Michelle Johnston and produced by Dylan Sellers, which was released direct-to-video. [34][35]
Carson reprised her role as Evie in the 2017 sequel Descendants 2,[36][37] for which she was
nominated for an Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress.[38] Carson played Sloane Silver in the
second season of Freeform's Famous in Love in 2018.[39] In January 2018, it was announced that
Carson would be starring in the television series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists,[40][41] in the role
of Ava Jalali;[42] it was picked up to series by Freeform in May 2018 and premiered in March 2019. [43][44]
[45]
 For her performance, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Drama TV Actress.
[46]
 She once again played Evie for Descendants 3, the third installment of the franchise, which
premiered on August 2, 2019.[47] In July 2019, it was announced that Carson would play April in
the Netflix dance film Feel the Beat,[48][49] which was released in 2020.[50]
In 2020, Carson joined the cast of the thriller film Songbird, in which played the main role of Sara.
[51]
 Later that year, it was announced that she had been cast in the upcoming romance film Purple
Hearts as Cassie. Carson is also an executive producer for the movie [52] and wrote and performed on
the film's soundtrack.[53] She voiced Pipp Petals in My Little Pony: A New Generation, which was
released on September 24, 2021. [54] In July 2022, Purple Hearts was released by Netflix, reaching
the number-one position worldwide. [55][56]

Other ventures[edit]
In August 2019, Carson was designated as the first Global Ambassador of the Latin
Grammy Cultural Foundation. Her role includes advocating, promoting, and increasing awareness of
the foundation's mission and educational programs. Since its establishment five years ago, the Latin
Grammy Cultural Foundation has donated more than US$5 million in scholarships, grants, musical
instrument donations, and educational events in the United States and Ibero-America. [57][58]
In January 2020, Carson was named the new global ambassador of beauty brand Revlon.[59][60] In
June 2020, Revlon released Carson's own collection, the Revlon x Sofia Carson collection, which
includes lipsticks and nail polishes. [61] In October 2020, she was named a UNICEF Ambassador.
[24]
 On February 28, 2021, she hosted the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Golden Globes Red
Carpet Pre-Show.[62] In April 2021, Revlon released a new fragrance for Carson, called One Heart.
[63]
 In 2022, she partnered with the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation to announce the Sofia Carson
Scholarship which will fund a bachelor's degree at Berklee College of Music.[64]

Filmography[edit]
 Film roles

Year Title Role Notes

2016 Tini: The Movie Melanie as Sofía Carson[65]

A Cinderella Story: If the

2016 Tessa / Bella Direct-to-video film
Shoe Fits

2020 Feel the Beat April Dibrina Direct-to-streaming film[48][49][66]

2020 Songbird Sara Direct-to-video film[67]

My Little Pony: A New

2021 Pipp Petals Voice role; direct-to-streaming film[68]
Generation

2022 If You Have Herself Documentary[69]

Cassie Also executive producer; direct-to-

2022 Purple Hearts
Salazar streaming film[53][70]

Television roles

Year Title Role Notes

2014 Austin & Ally Chelsea Episode: "Princesses & Prizes"

Episodes: "We Shall Overcompensate",

2014 Faking It Soleil
"Faking Up Is Hard to Do"

2015 Descendants Evie Television film

2015– Descendants: Wicked

Evie Main voice role
2017 World
 Television roles

Year Title Role Notes

2016,
Soy Luna Herself 3 episodes (seasons 1, 3)
2018

2016 Walk the Prank Herself Episode: "Adventures in Babysitting"

Adventures in
2016 Lola Perez Television film
Babysitting

2017 Descendants 2 Evie Television film

Keemia Marko /
2017 Spider-Man Voice role; 2 episodes[71]
Sandgirl

2018 Famous in Love Sloane 4 episodes[39][40]

Pretty Little Liars: The

2019 Ava Jalali Main role[41][42][43]
Perfectionists

2019 Celebrity Family Feud Herself Contestant

2019 Descendants 3 Evie Television film

Voice role; episode: "The Birthday

2020 Elena of Avalor Maliga
Cruise"[72]

The Disney Family

2020 Herself Television special[73]
Singalong

2020 Group Chat Herself Episode: "Confetti Clean Up"

Descendants: The
2021 Evie Voice role; Animated special
Royal Wedding