Carla Rhodes (born 16 April 1982, died ???) is a rock 'n' roll ventriloquist & comedienne.

Carla caught the ventriloquial bug at the age of nine after seeing Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop on television. Carla later caught the attention of her hero and as a result, was mentored by Shari Lewis.

By the time Carla was a teenager, she was performing all over her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. While attending Middle Tennessee State University, she recorded a full length comedy music album in Nashville. "I Love Animals," a cut off of "Carla's Golden Hits, vol 6," got rotation on the Dr. Demento's "Top Funny Five," eventually placing at number two. With a Mass Communications degree under one arm, and a puppet under the other, Carla then escaped to New York City.

She has appeared at joints all over New York City including: Joe's Pub, Terminal 5, Bowery Electric, Le Poisson Rouge, Highline Ballroom, Comix and Arlene's Grocery. Print credits include New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, Penthouse Forum, New York Post, Time Out New York and the Village Voice. TV credits include appearances on NBC's Popcorn Biz, NBC's 30 Rock, FUSE, TLC, Canal+ and even a shout-out on the Late Show With David Letterman!

Most recently, Carla launched a live comedic rock’n'roll show entitled Continuing Story Of Carla Rhodes. Time Out New York proclaims the show “is an idiosyncratic neo-retro blend of ventriloquism, rock music and comic storytelling” and she “throws her voice like a curveball, bringing old-school ventriloquism skills to new-school puppets (including one of Keith Richards) and threading her act with comical anecdotes and rock songs (with help from a backup band, the Extravanganzas).” Check it out on October 5th, 2011 at Bowery Poetry Club.

Dubbed by New York Magazine as one of the "Ten New Comedians That Funny People Find Funny," according to Backstage "Carla Rhodes isn’t your typical ventriloquist... She's intent on shaking up the norm..." and described in The Villager as "the Savion Glover of vents, almost single-handedly injecting a notoriously uncool and backward-looking performance branch with a badly-needed kick in the ass" Carla Rhodes is certainly bringing ventriloquism screaming into the 21st century!