Born and Raised in London, England. Karla-Simone is the second eldest of four children. She trained with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, Identity School of Acting and made her Television debut as a series regular in comedy series 'Wannabe' for BBC 3. She later went on to land another series regular role in 'Thirteen' writer Marnie Dicken's 'Golddigger' , a 6 part series for BBC One as troubled Cali Okello. Since then Karla-Simone starred as the Lead Actress in critically acclaimed, box office smash 'Blue Story'.