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Myla Leigh

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Myla Leigh Chenoa was born on January 1, 1979 and adopted at three months old in Phoenix, Arizona. She started acting at age fourteen in a stage production of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe". A role that had her portraying a cockney accent in the role of Mr. Beaver in which she also sang and danced. Myla began to blossom at that time into a beautiful young girl which landed her quite a bit of modeling work. Though known for her beauty, body and natural acting talent, few know of her independent film work in which her versatility and talent shine playing characters such as "Mary Esther Hall", who goes from 'plain jane' to terrifying in appearance as an insane girl pushed over the edge in "Sanity", an experimental short that was almost complete improv and one take only. Or as an almost plastic appearing reporter trying to keep her cool as she's called in at the last minute to report gruesome murders in "A Shadow in the Woods". Myla is starting to get notice for her natural ability beyond her looks for her seemingly never ending supply of talent from singing and dancing to her amazing raw improvisational skills that bring depth to every character she plays. "Give me a character and I will become them." she has been quoted as saying when asked about her multitude of roles she's played. She's been compared to Angelina Jolie for her beauty and talent, don't be surprised if you see her name in a blockbuster film soon.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rob Paulson

She is American Indian, Algonquin from Onterio and took on Chenoa to respect her ethnicity.
She went platinum blonde for the role of Janey and was given one day to travel to Arizona where she filmed "Stalked!" before she was able to go back to her natural dark brown hair color.
Started reading and writing at three years of age.
Was born on New Years Day at 5:08am, spending the rest of her life known as a "New Years Baby".
Even though she ever had singing or dancing lessons and had never auditioned or done any theater before, Myla landed a major part in the musical production of "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" at age fourteen with the local theater group.

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