Tyler Layton

{{short description|American actress}}

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Tyler Layton (born 6 May 1968) is an American actress{{Cite web |title=Tyler Layton - Florida Repertory Theatre |url=https://www.floridarep.org/cast-crew/tyler-layton/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=www.floridarep.org |language=en-US}} from Alabama.

Layton's father Doug, was a radio announcer (including working as the colour 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 to Chicago and later to Los Angeles where she graduated from the University of California-Irvine with a Master of Fine Arts degree. While studying for her degree she played the role of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Melinda Warren in Charmed.

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 and Screen Actor's Guild.