Layla El
Acting • Born 1977-05-25
Biography
Layla El is an English dancer, model, professional wrestler, valet, and actress. She works for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand under the ring name Layla. After attending a performing arts college, El was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where Layla received a championship ring, and also danced for P. Diddy and Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards. She has also appeared on several television shows, including Family Feud, Project Runway, and Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp. In 2006, Layla won the 2006 WWE Diva Search, earning a contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment. After briefly appearing on SmackDown brand, she was moved to the ECW brand in January 2007 where she formed the Extreme Exposé dance troupe with Kelly Kelly and Brooke Adams. In 2008, she was drafted to the Raw brand, where she began managing William Regal. The following year, she returned to the SmackDown brand, where she formed an alliance with Michelle McCool known as LayCool. In May 2010, Layla won the WWE Women's Championship for the first time, making her the first British woman and Diva Search winner to have won the championship in history; she was also the final recognized WWE Women's Champion as the title was retired in September 2010. At the Extreme Rules pay-per-view in May 2011, the team would split after Layla defeated McCool in a no countout, no disqualification, loser leaves WWE match. Layla won her first-ever WWE Divas Championship at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view, lasting up to the Night of Champions pay-per-view in September 2012.
Filmography
55 credits
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
Movie • 2011
Layla
WWE Extreme Rules 2011
Movie • 2011
Layla
WWE Bragging Rights 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla
WWE Hell In A Cell 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Movie • 2013
Layla
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Movie • 2011
Layla
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Movie • 2010
Layla
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
Movie • 2012
Layla
WWE Money In The Bank 2012
Movie • 2012
Layla
WWE Hell In A Cell 2012
Movie • 2012
Layla
WWE Over The Limit 2012
Movie • 2012
Layla
WWE Night of Champions 2012
Movie • 2012
Layla
WWE No Way Out 2012
Movie • 2012
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Movie • 2009
Layla
WWE Survivor Series 2014
Movie • 2014
Layla
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Movie • 2009
Layla (Ringside)
WWE Money in the Bank 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla
WWE SummerSlam 2007
Movie • 2007
Layla
WWE Survivor Series 2007
Movie • 2007
Layla
WWE Backlash 2008
Movie • 2008
Herself
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla (Valet)
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Movie • 2014
Layla
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Movie • 2008
Layla
WWE SummerSlam 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Movie • 2009
Layla
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
Movie • 2010
Layla (Ringside)
WWE Money in the Bank 2013
Movie • 2013
Layla (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 2012
Movie • 2012
Layla
WWE Night of Champions 2009
Movie • 2009
Layla
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
Movie • 2007
Layla (Costume Contest)
WWE WrestleMania 23
Movie • 2007
Layla
WWE No Way Out 2007
Movie • 2007
Layla
The Source Awards: From Behind
Movie • 2004
Dancer
WWE Diva Diaries
Movie • 2007
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WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012
Movie • 2012
Herself
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
Movie • 2012
Herself
Trish & Lita – Best Friends, Better Rivals
Movie • 2019
Layla (archive footage)
WWE Money in the Bank 2014
Movie • 2014
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WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Movie • 2008
Layla
WWE Battleground 2014
Movie • 2014
Layla (Valet)
WWE: 50 Greatest Women Superstars
TV • 2021
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WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Layla
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Piggy James
Raw
TV • 1993
Layla
WWE Main Event
TV • 2012
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WWE ECW
TV • 2006
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WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Project Runway
TV • 2004
Self
WWE Superstars
TV • 2009
Layla El
Raw
TV • 1993
Layla El
Raw
TV • 1993