Carly is originally from Marion, Ohio, the birthplace of Warren G. Harding (who was arguably one of the nation's worst presidents). She spent her early adolescence on the community theater stage. This way, people could watch her awkward transformation into adulthood from a safe distance.

In 2011, Carly graduated from Syracuse University with a B.F.A in Musical Theatre. Favorite roles include The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Harriet in Boy Gets Girl, and Vivian in Revenge of the Space Pandas. Carly also performed original songs in campus comedy shows and saw her one act play, Post Comment, win the Syracuse New Playwrights' Festival. The play was published by Literary Laundry.

After graduating, Carly relocated to NYC. Carly has toured the US (The Civil War, A Christmas Carol) and has performed off-Broadway (Fancy Nancy the Musical). She also writes and performs her own sketches and original characters regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and has been involved with several workshops of exciting new plays and musicals, most recently Anne of Green Gables by Matte O'Brien and Matt Vinson. In 2018, she was selected as a semifinalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition.

As a voice actor, Carly has lent her voice to clients such as Asurion, the Ohio Community Development Corporation, and Quinncia (an online job interview app).

Carly lives in Brooklyn with her dog Chewie.