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 and attended High Tech High School.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." 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.
Awards and honors
Awards YearTitleAward/HonorResultRef.2015Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel QuinteroEarphone AwardWinner by Mary GaitskillEarphone AwardWinner2016Christodora by Tim Murphy Earphone AwardWinnerGabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel QuinteroAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10: Selected Stories, edited by Lucia Berlin and Stephen EmersonEarphone AwardWinner2018Hope Nation (2018), edited by Rose BrockEarphone AwardWinnerLove Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna MerianoEarphone AwardWinnerPuddin by Julie Murphy |Earphone Award |Winner| |- |Refugee by Alan Gratz |Audie Award for Middle Grade Title |Finalist
! rowspan="4" |2019 |Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine |Earphone Award |Winner| |- |Suggested Reading by Dave Connis |Earphone Award |Winner| |- |There There by Tommy Orange |Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance |Finalist
|We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia |Earphone Award |Winner| |- ! rowspan="3" |2021 |How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland |Earphone Award |Winner| |- |Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers by David Grann |Earphone Award |Winner| |- |Together We Will Go by J. Michael Straczynski |Earphone Award |Winner| |- ! rowspan="4" |2022 |How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland |Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults |Top 10
| rowspan="2" |Class Act by Jerry Craft |Audie Award for Middle Grade Title |Finalist
|Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance |Finalist
|You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories by Maggie Shipstead |Earphone Award |Winner'
"Best of" lists YearTitleListRef.2017 by Christina Diaz GonzalezAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsRefugee by Alan GratzBooklist's Audio Stars for YouthBooklist's Best Youth Historical Fiction on AudioBooklist Editors' Choice: Audio for YouthPublishers Weekly Best Children's/YA Audiobook2018Hope Nation (2018), edited by Rose Brock AudioFile Best of Young Adult 2020We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay MejiaAmazing Audiobooks for Young Adults2022Class Act by Jerry CraftAmazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Filmography +Garcia's film and television creditsMediaYearTitleRole(s)NoteFilm1998The Object of My AffectionChorus SingerUncredited1999Just LookingStudentUncredited2013Shotgun WeddingReporter Pamela White2018To Each, Her Own (English)Additional voicesYucatán (English edition)VeronicaShort2010Kyla Fiber2011Heavy Mara2012Here TodayWomanLimitsNurseMake Believe LilySweet Tooth Lunch Lady2013SinkWoman2014Chatty Cathy Goes to Yoga Yogi2015Time CapsuleClaire Rodriguez2018Bday Bail Annette2020CrystalCrystalKwanita Dr. Emily Parker2021Waking Up 80NurseHerstory 101: John Smith was a F*ckboy Dagmar RodriguezTV series2012Inside Room 334 Patricia1 episode2014Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mrs. Zeller "Beginning of the End"2018 Reporter1 episode2019BlackwaterBirdie Blackwater2017-2020Cable Girls (English)Lidia Aguilar 42 episodes2021New Amsterdam Teri1 episode2022Detective Warren2 episodes2024Spirit RangersŁmłaná1 episodeOlga Dies Dreaming Mom in love with Prieto1 episodeVideo game2018Dynasty Warriors 9 (English) Bao Sanniang Zhang Chunhua
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