Editing Aliza Vellani

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'''Aliza Vellani''' (born October 30, 1991) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians Canadian] television actress, who played the role of Layla Siddiqui in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mosque_on_the_Prairie Little Mosque on the Prairie]''.

She was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]n immigrants from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa East Africa]. Vellani is a university student at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University Simon Fraser University], who has trained extensively in both acting and dancing, including with the Vancouver drama school Tarlington Training.<ref>[http://www.tarlingtontraining.com/success08.html Tarlington Training Success Stories. She attended York House School, Vancouver's number one ranking school academically in all of British Columbia]</ref>

Aside from her first professional role on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation CBC's] ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'', she has also appeared in other shows and movies, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon Nickelodeon's] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troop The Troop]'' and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company Disney's] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Charming Geek Charming]''. In 2007 and 2008, Vellani won the BC and National Istar Awards for Arts and Culture.

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