Carla Signoris was born in Genoa. Actress, writer, dubber, singer for fun, she owes her fame to a long activity in theatre, television and cinema for which she has received prestigious awards. She made her debut at the "Teatro Stabile di Genova" where she worked for several seasons with various directors including Marco Sciaccaluga and Elio Petri. In 1984, she was among the founders of the Teatro dell'Archivolto. The only woman in the Broncoviz group, on RAI she took part in Avanzi, Tunnel, Hollywood Party, La Tv delle Ragazze, which made the history of Italian television. She hosted Colorado Café and was in the cast of La Grande Notte, Crozza Italia, Crozza Alive, hosting also Grande Amore for two seasons on Rai 3. She was among the protagonists of the highly-successful series Tutti pazzi per amore, and recently Studio Battaglia - Affari di Famiglia always on Rai Uno s well as Monterossi on Prime Video. She has worked with some of the leading directors on the Italian film scene from Elio Petri to Gabriele Salvatores, from Carlo Mazzacurati to Ferzan Ozpetek, as well as Silvio Soldini, Leone Pompucci, Fausto Brizzi, Riccardo Milani, and Susanna Nicchiarelli. She was the Italian voice of the fish Dory in Disney's blockbuster animated movies Finding Nemo and Finding Dory and later dubbed Miss Krum in Netfix's animated film Klaus. She starred in the My Sky campaign for Sky Italia. Since 2015, she has been a testimonial for AIRC, the Italian Association for Cancer Research. She has written three books published by Rizzoli: Ho sposato un deficiente, Meglio vedove che male accompagnate and E Penelope si arrabbiò. During her career she has been nominated for a David di Donatello, won two Nastri d'Argento, the XXXIV Premio Satira Politica Forte dei Marmi, the Flaiano Prize and in 2022 the Manfredi Prize promoted, like the Nastri d'Argento, by the Italian Film Journalists Association, which was presented to her on the stage of the Teatro Antico during the 65th Taormina Film Festival.