Layla Williamson

Layla Williamson
File:OLTL 31 Layla.jpg Tika Sumpter, in a still from the opening sequence of One Life to Live.
First appearance	July 2005
Created by	Dena Higley
Portrayed by	Tika Sumpter
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Fashion designer
Relatives	Evangeline Williamson (sister)

Layla Williamson is a fictional character on the American daytime soap opera One Life To Live, as portrayed by Tika Sumpter since July 2005.

Character History

Layla arrived in Llanview in 2005 after staying in Los Angeles, California for quite sometime. She quickly got a job as a waitress at Restaurant Capricorn, which was owned by Antonio Vega. Antonio and Layla became friends when she stayed with him during the reign of the Killing Club killer. Antonio was fighting for custody of his daughter Jamie from R.J. Gannon, who is portrayed by Timothy Stickney. RJ was using Jessica Buchanan, Antonio's girlfriend's disappearance saying there was lack of a maternal figure as a reason to gain custody. Layla wanted to help and pretended to be Antonio's girlfriend even moving in with him to be convincing. In the end Antonio got the custody of Jamie. Antonio eventually found Jessica, who was suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Antonio and Layla were forced to continue to appear as a couple, so that RJ couldn't appeal the custody ruling. Layla, who cherished her friendship with Antonio and loves Jamie, was happy to go along with the plan. RJ eventually backed off and Layla and Antonio dropped the ruse.

Layla later took a job at Buchanan Enterprises. She began to start see the dangerous Vincent Jones. She was told by just about everyone that he wasn't as nice as she thought, but she wouldn't believe anybody. Vincent was the boxing manager of Layla's sister Evangeline Williamson's boyfriend Cristian Vega. Cristain had a promising career and was in a big match when Vincent payed the opponent's manager to make sure Cristian got through the fight. Layla eventually found out and dumped Vincent and was sorry to she hadn't believed everyone. Vincent kept pining for Layla but she made it clear she was over him.

Jessica Buchanan's friend Nash Brennan needed to get over her split personality Tess so she set the two up on a blind date in December 2006 which was successful. However, they decided to remain friends. As 2007 got underway, Layla co-started a fashion line line alonside Adriana Cramer called Exposed. They soon hired attractive former baseball player Tate Harmon to model the male underwear line.

Family

• Lisa WIlliamson (Mother)
• Clay WIlliamson (Uncle)
• Evangeline Williamson (Sister)

Marriages

Marital Status: Single

Romantic Entaglemants

• Vincent Jones (Lovers)
• Nash Brennan (Breifly dated)