Layla Anna-Lee

Layla Anna-Lee (born 22 March 1983)[1] is an English television presenter, specialising in sports.

Layla Anna-Lee
Born
London, England
EducationSylvia Young Theatre School
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Layla Anna-Lee was born in London, the daughter of a Brazilian mother[2] and an English father of Irish and Scottish ancestry.[1][3] She appeared in a commercial for Fairy Liquid when she was six, and attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.[4]

Career

Anna-Lee has co-presented the Saturday morning children's cooking-based game show The Munch Box for CITV, has presented Nick Kicks on Nickelodeon, and can also be seen on BBC Bitesize helping children learn French. She has hosted OK! Insider since its launch in 2008, presenting red carpet events and interviewing celebrities for the magazine's website.[1] In 2010, she blogged for OK! Magazine Online, covering Big Brother 11, which led to her appearing on Big Brother's Little Brother. She also hosted the Queen's Diamond Jubilee party in front of 20,000 people in Trafalgar Square.[5]

In sports, Anna-Lee was chosen in 2008 to present the BMX European Championships for Eurosport.[6] In 2010, she presented Sky Sports' major road cycling events and National Championships. Her voice was heard by millions around the world announcing the opening ceremony and beach volleyball tournaments at the Summer Olympics in 2012.[4][7][8] Having presented the Goal Line show on Goal.com, she was headhunted by MLS's KickTV and hosted their weekly show The Rumour Mill before hosting KickTV’s coverage of the Confederations Cup in 2013.[1] She hosted the live F2 Show during summer 2016. In 2014 she was in Brazil for the World Cup to host Layla’s World Cup for KickTv, and during the World Cup also hosted adidas' live World Cup show, The Dugout.[9] She hosted O2 Inside Line, following the England rugby union team in an official RFU programme throughout the QBE internationals and 6 Nations. On 23 October 2017, she co-hosted The Best Fifa Football Awards, alongside Idris Elba.[10]

Anna-Lee frequently works with Red Bull TV, hosting live coverage around the world, including Airpower live from Austria, Rio Carnival from Rio de Janeiro and the Wings for Life World Run in Brasilia. She has hosted regular features on ESPN UK and its successor BT Sport ESPN, including the UFC show UFC Connected and Cage Warriors. She co-presents the Champions League show adidas Gameday Plus with Roman Kemp, and recently worked with Star Sports Network anchoring their prime-time football show, Let's Football Live, for the Hero Indian Super League. At the 2018 World Cup, she presented an online video series for NBC Sports, Layla's Occasionally Unbiased Football Show.[11]

Anna-Lee was named in Time Out Magazine's 2012 Hot 100 list of the most influential creatives in Britain,[12] and in 2013 was named to the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World.[13]

Presenting

References
  1. "Het ballenmeisje: Layla Anna-Lee". Elf Voetbal (in Dutch). 13 November 2017.
  2. "Conheça a inglesa-brasileira que roubou a cena no prêmio da Fifa – Veja" [Meet the English-Brazilian who stole the scene in the FIFA award]. VEJA.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. Claudia Canavan (9 August 2014). "How To Impress Me: Layla Anna-Lee". Esquire. UK.
  4. Samuel Luckhurst (26 September 2012) [27 July 2012]. "London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony Announcer Is... Layla Anna-Lee". Huffington Post UK.
  5. Matt Law (13 August 2015) [13 September 2012]. "Off the Pitch: Interview: Sky Sports presenter Layla Anna-Lee". Sports Mole.
  6. Elizabeth Adams. "Unchained Chats to Sky Sports Presenter and Ambassador for Cycletta, Layla Anna-Lee". Unchained. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  7. "Exclusive Interview: Layla Anna-Lee – Voice of the London 2012 Olympic Games". FitMeNow (blog). 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.
  8. "My London: Layla Anna-Lee".
  9. "adidas launch live World Cup YouTube show, 'The Dugout'". Digital Sport. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  10. "Idris Elba to host The Best, Kasabian to perform". FIFA.com. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  11. @NBCSportsSoccer (14 June 2018). "VIDEO: @LaylaLoves hosts 'Layla's Occasionally Unbiased Football Show' and here is episode 1" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. "The h.Club 100: the winners: Performance". Time Out.
  13. Ally Sinyard. "FHM 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2013: The full list". FHM. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013.
  14. "I Had Ten Seconds to Brief Neymar Jr". laylaannalee.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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