Carolina Ravassa

Carolina Ravassa
Carolina Ravassa at the Supanova in Sydney in July 2017
Born (1985-06-15) 15 June 1985 (age 39)
Cali, Colombia
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Known forVoice of Sombra in Overwatch, voice of Raze in Valorant
Websitecarolinaravassa.com

Carolina Ravassa (born 15 June 1985) is a Colombian actress. A performing arts graduate from Boston College and New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts,[1] Ravassa is best known outside of Colombia for her voice over work in television series and video games, most notably Sombra from the video game Overwatch and Raze in VALORANT. She also voices Carolina Grant-Gomez in the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel.

Life and career

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Ravassa grew up in several countries, spending her childhood between Colombia and the US, and is therefore fluent in 4 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. She was interested in acting from a young age and her first role was in a local production of The Sound of Music in which she played Gretel.[2] She studied in Spain and Italy, and was then inspired by the power of socio-political change through Theatre of the Oppressed with Augusto Boal in Brazil.[1] She was educated at Boston College, receiving her Theatre Arts degree, as well as undergoing a year of acting for film/TV at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.[1]

In 2010, Ravassa made an appearance in the Disney film Step Up 3D where she starred as the character Kristin. In 2014 she appeared in two episodes of Showtime's The Affair as Jules.[3] Ravassa has also done work as a voice actress. Her video game appearances include her role as Taliana Martinez from the game Grand Theft Auto V in 2013,[4] and her well known portrayal of Sombra from Blizzard's 2016 game Overwatch.[5]

Ravassa also produces and stars in the webseries Hispanglo-Saxon, where she explores her life as a white Latina in New York.[6]

Outside acting, Ravassa is also an accomplished dancer, being particularly drawn to salsa dancing.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year(s) Title Role Notes
2009 Inside the Mind of Etta Netterman Etta Netterman Short film
2009 Nueva York Colombian Wife Short film
2010 Step Up 3D Kristin
2010 Love Between the Lines Julie Short film
2011 I Am Julia Diana Castillo Short film
2011 5ive: Thirty One (5:31) Ada B. Rubia Short film
2012 Maybe Tomorrow Kiah Mendoza
2013 Follow The Leader Ashley Short film
2014 The Re-Gift Vanessa Short film
2014 5 Emily Richards
2014 The Affair Jules Recurring role (2 episodes)
2015 Brasilia: City of the Future Carolina Short film
2015 Millie and the Lords Lucy
2016 Overwatch: Infiltration Sombra (voice) Short film
2018 El Gallo Sonia
2018 Saint Nicholas Iris
2020 The Happy Side Carla Short film

Television

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Year(s) Title Role Notes
2015 Alternatino Zumba Dancer Episode: "Perfecting the Automated Voice"
2015–2020 Hispanglosaxon Multiple Roles Lead role (21 episodes)
2017 Dopamine Alice Recurring role
2017 Mr. Robot Woman Episode: "eps3.8_stage3.torrent"
2017 LaGolda LaGolda (voice) Miniseries
2018 Suspense Corporal Haedo Episode: "Pioneer"
2019 Big City Greens Female Hygienist (voice) Episode: "Hurty Tooth"
2019–2021 Victor and Valentino Itzel, various voices (voice) 11 episodes[7]
2019 The Loud House Ana Ronalda (voice) Episode: "No Show with the Casagrandes"[7]
2020 Power Players Cleo Leball (voice) Recurring role[7]
2020 Onyx Equinox Zyanya (voice) Main role
2021 Baby Shark's Big Show! Mariana, Becky (voice) 4 episodes
2021 Maya and the Three Barbarian Princess (voice) 4 episodes[7]
2021–2022 The Casagrandes Principal Valenzuela, Girl #3 (voice) Recurring role
2021 Ridley Jones Mother Penguin (voice) 2 episodes[7]
2022 Big Nate Veronica (voice) Episode: "Wilderness Warriors"
2022–present Hamster & Gretel Carolina Grant-Gomez (voice) Main role[7]
2022 Spidey and His Amazing Friends Corn Dog Vendor (voice) Episode: "Too Much Fun"
2022 Backwards Faces - Executive Producer
2023 Royal Crackers The Traveler (voice) Episode: "Casa de Darby"
2023 What If...? Queen Isabella of Spain (voice) Episode: "What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?"

Video games

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Year(s) Title Role Notes
2012 Max Payne 3 The Local Population Uncredited
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Taliana Martinez [7]
2016 Overwatch Sombra [7]
2018 Just Cause 4 People of Solis [7]
2020 Valorant Raze [7]
2020 Marvel's Avengers Additional voices
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Additional voices
2020 Legends of Runeterra Ixtali Sentinel, Giselle
2021 Far Cry 6 VO
2022 Shatterline Brisa
2022 Overwatch 2 Sombra
2023 Dead Island 2 Carla

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Carolina Ravassa Bio". Carolina Ravasso. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ Anna Cherry (9 September 2015). "Colombian-American Actress Carolina Ravassa On Being "Too White"". HipLatina. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Gornoblonde (22 December 2014). "Rising Starlet: Carolina Ravassa". Gornoblonde. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. ^ TreeFitty (2015). "GTA 5 Characters". Simon ‘Psy’ Elliot and iGTA5. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ^ Maleok (1 February 2017). "Interview with the voice of Sombra: Carolina Ravassa". Maleok. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Hispanglo-Saxon". Carolina Ravasso. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Carolina Ravassa (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 28 December 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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