Why Does Anna From Netflix’s ‘My Oxford Year’ Look So Familiar?

Sofia Carson in “My Oxford Year.”

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Netflix’s new romantic comedy drama My Oxford Year stars Sofia Carson as Anna De La Vega. What else has Carson starred in?

Directed by Iain Morris, My Oxford Year debuted on Netflix on Friday. The summary for the movie reads, “When Anna (Carson), an ambitious young American woman, sets out for the UK and the University of Oxford to fulfill a childhood dream, she’s got her life completely on track. That is, until she meets a charming and clever local, Jamie (Corey Mylchreest), who profoundly alters both of their lives.”

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Born Sofía Daccarett Char in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 10, 1993, Char, who uses her mother’s maiden name Carson as her professional name, made her screen debut in a guest role in a 2014 episode of the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. Carson’s next guest role came in 2015 in the MTV series Faking It, which was followed by a role in the same year that helped launch her career.

Here’s a look at some of the other TV series and films that Carson has appeared in and why she looks so familiar as Anna in My Oxford Year.

‘Descendants’ (2015)

Sofia Carson’s first big screen role came in the Disney TV movie Descendants, where she plays Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen from Snow White in Disney lore.

Carson reprised the role of Evie in the TV movies Descendants 2 in 2017 and Descendents 3 in 2019, as well as the TV special Descendants: The Royal Wedding in 2021.

In additon, Carson voiced the role of Evie in the animated Disney series Descendants: Wicked World from 2017-2019.

‘Adventures In Babysitting (2016)

Sofia Carson and Sabrina Carpenter starred as Lola Perez and Jenny Carpenter in the TV movie Adventures in Babysitting, which aired on the Disney Channel.

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Adventures in Babysitting is a remake of the 1987 comedy hit of the same name that starred Elisabeth Shue and was directed by Chris Columbus.

‘Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists’ (2019)

Sofia Carson starred as fashion trendsetter Ava Jalali in Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, the third series in the Pretty Little Liars TV franchise. The crime mystery series ran on Freeform for one season and consisted of 10 episodes.

‘Feel The Beat’ (2020)

Sofia Carson’s first film on Netflix came with the dance comedy drama Feel the Beat. Carson stars as April, an aspiring Broadway dancer who after a tough break during an audition, moves back to her home town in Wisconsin and coaches a group of young dancers.

‘Purple Hearts’ (2022)

Sofia Carson starred opposite Nicholas Galitzine in Netflix’s Purple Hearts, about an aspiring musician, Cassie, who struggles to buy insulin as a Type 1 diabetic.

Cassie and a Marine, Luke (Galitzine), however, find a solution with a marriage of convenience. Cassie can get health benefits as a military spouse and Luke can get an increase in pay — but then both of their lives become very complicated.

‘Carry-On’ (2024)

Sofia Carson starred in a supporting role opposite Taron Edgerton in Carry-On, a Netflix original movie that was released on December 2024.

Edgerton plays Ethan, a TSA officer in Los Angeles who is blackmailed by a mysterious man called The Traveler (Jason Bateman) to allow a bomb carrying a lethal chemical agent aboard a flight. When Ethan tries to stop The Traveler’s plans, it puts his and his girlfriend Nora’s (Carson) life — as well as the life of their unborn child — in danger.

‘The Life List’ (2025)

Released in March, Netflix’s romantic drama The Life List stars Sofia Carson as Alex, a woman who seeks to attain unrealized goals from childhood after her mother dies. The Life List also stars Connie Britton and Kyle Allen.

‘Netflix TUDUM’ (2025)

Sofia Carson has become such of a fixture on Netflix that she hosted the streaming platform’s annual TUDUM event in May.

The live presentation gave a preview of the Netflix’s upcoming programming including Wednesday Season 2, Stranger Things Season 5 and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.

My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson, is new on Netflix.

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