Layla Anna-Lee

With a British father and Brazilian mother, Layla was born and raised in West Hampstead, London. Enrolling at Sylvia Young Theatre School at a young age saw Layla win her first job aged just 6. Layla has presented various shows but it’s in her chosen sports field where her talent has really shone.

Layla voiced the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony live for the London Olympic Committee to an audience of over 1 billion after being chosen by Danny Boyle . She also hosted the Olympic Beach Volleyball finals live for the Olympic Committee.

In 2010, Layla was headhunted by SKY Sports, and is still enjoying a successful career with SKY, presenting their major road cycling events and National Championships.

On top of all this, Layla recently hosted the Queens Jubilee Party in front of 20,000 in Trafalgar Sq and made Time Out’s Hot 100 – the prestigious list of the most influential creatives in Britain.

Presenting

The Rumor Mill – Kick TV – Presenter for one the largest online football Youtube channels in the world.
O2 Inside Line – Infiltrating the Rugby England camp in an official RFU programme throughout the QBE internationals.
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony – voice of the opening ceremony, chosen by Danny Boyle
OK! online - presenting OK! Insider
Goal.com – presenter for one of the largest football sites in the world.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee - Hosted the party in Trafalgar Square
Sky Sports – National Cycling Championships 2011 & British Cycling Elite Circuit Series 2011
Sky Sports – Volleyball England VolleyBall Finals 2011
L’oreal – Colour Trophy Awards 2011
Eurosport - European BMX Championships
Red Bull – Speed Jam 2011
Eurosport – 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Eurosport – National Circuit Race Championship
OK!TV - Red Carpet Reporter inc. The Classical Brits, Empire Film Awards, Laurence Olivier Awards and many more
BBC Bitesize
OK! Insider - UK and USA – OK! Magazine show (www.okinsider.mevio.com)

Acting

Invisalign – Invisable Braces Campaign
Biorepair - Toothpaste Commercial
Bacardi - Viral
New Magazine – TV Commercial
“Hacked Off” - Lead role in a horror feature by Chipboard Productions

Layla also played Pamela in the feature film Flip A Coin which premiered at the Rain Dance Film Festival winning several awards including Best Comedy, Best Director and Best Original Score.

Modelling

Layla has been the face of a number of international advertising campaigns including Max Factor, Daewoo Cars, First Choice Holidays, Samsung, ‘Y back’ Lingerie Line, and Kinder Bueno.

Others

Fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese and English

Interests

Layla writes a weekly sports blog for the Huffington Post. Since completing a journalism course at The London School of Journalism she scripts OK! Insider and her own shows on Eurosport and Sky Sports.