Laysla De Oliveira

Laysla De Oliveira is a Canadian actress who was born on January 11, 1992 in Toronto. His family is of Brazilian origin. His roles as Dodge in the Netflix production Locke & Key and Cruz Manuelos in the Paramount+ series Lioness were the works that introduced him to a wide audience.

Education and first jobs

She started modeling at the age of fourteen; His main goal was acting. She studied drama and dance at Rosedale Heights arts high school in Toronto. He made his screen debut in 2012 as a guest star in the TV series Covert Affairs. In the following years, Nikita appeared in minor or guest roles on series such as iZombie and The Gifted; In 2016, she played Paula Ferreira in the family film An American Girl: Lea to the Rescue.

Featured roles

2019 was a turning point in his career. She played pregnant Becky DeMuth, lost in a vast grassland, in the Netflix horror film In the Tall Grass, adapted from the story of Stephen King and Joe Hill and directed by Vincenzo Natali. In the same year, she played the role of Veronica in Atom Egoyan's Guest of Honor and appeared in the science fiction film Code 8. In Locke & Key, which was released between 2020 and 2022, he played the villain of the story, Dodge.

In Lioness, which started in 2023, he took on one of the leading roles as Cruz Manuelos, a young marine trained to infiltrate terrorist organizations. During this period, he also worked in independent productions such as Needle in a Timestack (2021).