Background
Laya Lewis was born in South London, Street George"s Hospital.
Laya Lewis was born in South London, Street George"s Hospital.
She moved to Bristol when she was 4 years old attending Millpond Primary School in Easton. She then went on to study at Fairfield Secondary School and then 6th Form at Cotham School. Laya is currently studying Media and Cultural Studies at the University of the Arts London.
While in sixth form Lewis made her television debut in the fifth series of E4"s teen drama Skins, which started on 27 January 2011.
She gained the role of Liv Malone through open auditions in Bristol. At the age of 16 she auditioned for the second generation of Skins, however when she arrived she decided not to participate.
In April 2012, Lewis starred in Emeli Sandé"s music video "My Kind of Love", directed by Dawn Shadforth. lieutenant recounts the story of the ambiguous relationship of two female characters, and how the younger girl, played by Lewis, lives with cancer.
In 2013 she filmed The Lincolnshire, a short movie written and directed by British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominated Faye Gilbert about a teenage girl and young boy running for their lives in a futuristic world.
Next Lewis will play the lead role of Beverly in Beverley, a short film produced by Cass Pennant telling the true story of a mixed-race girl growing up in the city of Leicester in the 1980s. Laya also provides the idents for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1 Breakfast show with Nick Grimshaw. In 2014, she appeared as Potato Girl in Cuckoo.
Members of the shows production team visited some of the local schools and she was asked to attend and audition.
