Tyler Layton

Tyler Layton (born 6 May 1968) is an American actress from Alabama.

Layton's father was a radio announcer (including working as the colour analyst on Alabama Crimson Tide football radio broadcasts) and a sports journalist who encouraged her from an early age. During her years at school, Layton regularly participated in stage productions.

From 1986 - 1991 she studied at the University of Alabama where she achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree. She moved to Chicago and later to Los Angeles where she graduated from the University of California-Irvine with a Master of Fine Arts degree. While studying for her degree she played the role of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Melinda Warren in Charmed.

Layton became a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival company in 2004. Previously, she starred as Detective Holly Rawlins in TV's Silk Stalkings from 1995 - 1996. She is a member of Actors Equity and Screen Actor's Guild.

Theatre work

• Rabbit Hole as Izzy
• The Merry Wives of Windsor as Mistress Ford
• Room Service as Christina Marlow
• Love's Labor's Lost as Rosaline
• Henry VI as Lady Grey
• Much Ado About Nothing as Hero
• Noises Off as Brooke Ashton
• The Winter's Tale as Perdita
• Taming of the Shrew as Bianca
• King Lear as Regan
• Troilus en Cressida as Cressida
• Measure for Measure as Isabella
• Stop Kiss as Callie

Tyler is currently teaching theatre at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX.

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