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Layla Anna-Lee
Born
London, England
OccupationTV presenter & You Tuber
WebsiteLayla Anna-Lee Official Website

Layla Anna-Lee is an English TV presenter and You Tuber best known as the voice for the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony,[1] directed by Danny Boyle and Olympic presenter[2] for the London 2012 Beach Volleyball.[3][4]

Since 2013, she has co-presented The Munch Box alongside Ben Ebbrell and then Joe Hurd for ITV.

Career

Layla is a well known TV Presenter and YouTuber with her own weekly YouTube series #MyEPL featuring on Eleven Sports Network across Asia. Layla presents ITV's Saturday morning children's cooking show The Munch Box. She also currently hosts features for ESPN and presents Champions League show adidas Gameday Plus [5] alongside Roman Kemp. Layla has recently joined Star Sports Network Anchoring their prime time football show, Let's Football Live for the Hero Indian Super League.

Layla has been acting and modelling from a very young age landing her first job age 6, in a Fairy Liquid commercial.

Layla has hosted OK! Insider, since its launch in 2008, presenting red carpet events and interviewing celebrities for the magazine's website. In 2010, she blogged for OK! Magazine Online, covering Big Brother 11, leading to her appearance on Big Brother's Little Brother.

Layla presents major cycling events on Eurosport and Sky Sports including the BMX European Championships, National Circuit Race Championships[6] and the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. Layla can also be seen on BBC Bitesize, helping children learn French.

She also hosted the Queen's Diamond Jubilee party[7] in front of 20,000 people in Trafalgar Square.

Layla was named in Time Out Magazine's Hot 100 list [8] of most influential creatives in Britain. She hosted O2 Inside Line,[9] following the England rugby union team in an official RFU programme throughout the QBE internationals and 6 Nations. Layla also writes a regular blog for the Huffington Post Sport[10] and writes fashion blogs for Saint Kidd Clothing company.[11]

Having presented the Goal Line show on Goal.com, Layla was headhunted by MLS's KickTV and hosted their weekly show The Rumour Mill before hosting KickTV’s journey to the Confederations Cup in 2013.[12]

In 2014 Layla returned to Brazil for the World Cup to host Layla’s World Cup for KickTv [13] Whilst in Rio the views on Layla’s videos helped KickTV reach their 100 million view milestone. During the World Cup Layla also hosted adidas' live World Cup show The Dugout - where she interviewed many legends of the game such as David Beckham,[14] Kaka,[15] & Ruud Gullit.[16]

Layla has continued to interview footballing greats throughout the 2014/15 season including a rare interview with Lionel Messi,[17] Gareth Bale,[18] Pep Guardiola [19] and Louis Suarez [20]

Layla speaks French and is the host of the French studies section of on the BBC Bite size. She has also modelled for Max Factor,[21] Daewoo, Samsung, Bacardi[22] and Kinder Bueno.[23]

In 2008 Layla was chosen to present the BMX European Championships[24] for Eurosport. In 2010, Layla was headhunted by Sky Sports presenting their major road cycling events and National Championships.

Layla was the face of OK! online upon its launch, and has interviewed some cast members of the Twilight movies, actor Harrison Ford, and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.

Presenting

  • ITV and CITV cooking show The Munch Box
  • Female voice of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony (Along with Marc Edwards, the Male voice)
  • Presenter of Adidas WorldCup show in Brazil The Dugout [25]
  • Own Brasil World cup series on KICKTV Layla's World Cup [26]
  • Presenter of Adidas Champions League show gameday plus [27]
  • Olympic presenter for the London 2012 Beach Volleyball
  • Sky Sports presenter + former Eurosport presenter
  • Face of OK! online, presenting OK! Insider
  • Presenter on Goal.com – one of the largest football sites in the world.
  • Host of Queen's Diamond Jubilee party in Trafalgar Square
  • 02 Inside Line RFU.com[28] – Infiltrating the England Rugby camp.
  • Eurosport
    • 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
    • National Circuit Race Championships
    • European BMX Championships
    • Preston Grand Prix
    • Stafford Grand Prix
    • The Elite Circuit race Series
    • The National Circuit Race Series
    • Rubis Jersey town Criterium
  • OK! Magazine Online
    • OK! Insider
    • The Gossip Gospel
    • Red Carpet Reporter inc.
    • The Classical Brits
    • Empire Film Awards
    • Laurence Olivier Awards
    • Film premieres and many more
  • Sky Sports: Elite circuit Series and National Circuit Championships
  • L'Oreal Colour Trophy
  • BBC Bitesize
  • Balcony TV London
  • Aussie (The face of Aussie hair products on-line viral campaign)
  • Kinder Bueno (The face of Bueno's on-line campaign)
  • X League TV
  • Your Kinda TV
  • Rapido Television (Comedy French to English learning video)
  • Goal.com The Goal Post
  • KICKTV The Rumour Mill

Modeling

Layla has been the face of a number of international advertising campaigns including:

  • Biorepair Toothpaste commercial [29]
  • Bacardi True Originals:[30] The Hummingbird[31]
  • Bruno Banani's Flirt Camp[32]
  • Max Factor
  • Daewoo cars
  • Dylon Colour Catcher
  • First Choice Holidays
  • Harvey's
  • Dial a flight
  • Medic Magazine
  • Fairy liquid

Layla appeared in an exclusive interview and photo shoot for a 6-page FHM feature in their April 2013 edition[33]

Layla Also featured in an exclusive shoot for SoccarBible 2016 discussing her rise in a male dominated world of football [34]

Other appearances

  • 2010/11/12 shocking Celebrity Moments
  • Katy and Russell get married (Channel Five)
  • Lady Sovereign 'So Human' music video
  • El Presidente 'Without you' Music video

References

  1. ^ "London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony Announcer Revealed".
  2. ^ "Layla Anna-Lee Has Our Eyes Glued to the Screen".
  3. ^ "Exclusive Interview – Layla Anna-Lee".
  4. ^ "My London: Layla Anna-Lee".
  5. ^ "adidas Gameday Plus. 2014/15".
  6. ^ "Cyclevox Presenters".
  7. ^ "Interview with Sky Sports presenter Layla Anna-Lee".
  8. ^ "Time Out – The Culture 100".
  9. ^ "O2 Inside Line".
  10. ^ "Layla Anna-Lee – Huffington Post Blog".
  11. ^ Saint Kidd
  12. ^ "Layla at the Confederations Cup".
  13. ^ "Layla's World Cup".
  14. ^ "Layla & David Beckham".
  15. ^ "Layla & Kaka".
  16. ^ "Layla & Ruud Gullit".
  17. ^ "Layla & Lionel Messi".
  18. ^ "Layla & Gareth Bale".
  19. ^ "Layla & Pep Guardiola".
  20. ^ "Layla & Luis Suarez".
  21. ^ "Max Factor – 2nd Skin".
  22. ^ "Bacardi True Originals – Hummingbird".
  23. ^ "Kinder Bueno".
  24. ^ "Unchained Mag chats to Layla Anna-Lee".
  25. ^ http://www.theuksportsnetwork.com/adidas-launch-live-world-cup-youtube-show-the-dugout
  26. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sip1YcHi7QM
  27. ^ http://www.soccerbible.com/miscellaneous/2014/09/adidas-gameday-plus-episode-2/
  28. ^ on RFU.com
  29. ^ Biorepair Toothpaste commercial
  30. ^ Bacardi True Originals
  31. ^ The Hummingbird
  32. ^ Bruno Banani's Flirt Camp
  33. ^ ""Voice of the Olympics" Layla Anna-Lee's First FHM Shoot".
  34. ^ http://www.soccerbible.com/interviews/2016/from-the-mag-layla-anna-lee-cruzeiro-to-crystal-palace/
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