Aliza Vellani is a Canadian television actress, who played the role of Layla Siddiqui in Little Mosque on the Prairie. She was born in Vancouver to Indian immigrants from East Africa. She went to York House School. Vellani is a university student at Simon Fraser University, who has trained extensively in both acting and dancing, including with the Vancouver drama school Tarlington Training. Aside from her first professional role on CBC's Little Mosque on the Prairie, she has also appeared in other shows and movies, such as Nickelodeon's The Troop and Disney's Geek Charming. In 2007 and 2008, Vellani won the BC and National Istar Awards for Arts and Culture. 

October 30th, 1991 in Vancouver (Age 32)