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 establishments all over New York City including: Joe's Pub, Bowery Electric, Le Poisson Rouge, Highline Ballroom and Comix. Print credits include New York Magazine, Paper Magazine, Penthouse Forum, the New York Post, Time Out New York and the Village Voice. TV credits include appearances on NBC's Popcorn Biz, FUSE, The Learning Channel, Canal+ and a shout-out on the Late Show With David Letterman.

Notable projects include “Positively 5th Street”, a web series documenting her daily life with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Most recently, Carla launched a live comedic rock opera entitled “The Continuing Story Of Carla Rhodes.” It runs monthly at 8pm – September 12th, October 10th, November 7th and December 12th 2010 – at the gritty Lower East Side rock club, Arlene's Grocery.

Dubbed by New York Magazine as one of the "Ten New Comedians That Funny People Find Funny," described in The Pulse as a "corkscrew-haired waif with painted red lips and spitfire moxie,"  and The Villager says it best, "Rhodes is 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!