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 color 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 from Alabama to Chicago, and later to Los Angeles, where she graduated from the University of California with a degree in Master of Fine Arts. While studying for her degree she played the role of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Once she graduated she became a professor at UCLA.

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.

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 Charmed as Melinda Warren the charmeds ones ancestor