Layla Roberts

{{Short description|American actor and model}} {{Infobox Playboy Playmate  | image =  | caption = | name = Layla Roberts | issue = October 1997 | birth_name = Layla Harvest Roberts | birth_place = Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, U.S.<ref name=octkingly /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|22|mf=y}} | height = {{height|foot=5|inch=9.5}}<ref name=octkingly /> | preceded = Nikki Schieler | succeeded = Inga Drozdova | website = http://www.laylaharvestroberts.com/ }}

'''Layla Harvest Roberts''' (born October 22, 1974<ref name=octkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=roberts%2C+layla+harvest&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=3 March 2009}}</ref>) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1997 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda.

==Early and personal life== Roberts was born in Kealakekua, a census-designated place on Hawaii's Big Island, to an Italian-American father and a Native American mother.<ref name=officialbio/> Unlike most other playmates, she started her career as a model: the Ford and Elite modeling agencies fought over who would be the first to sign her to model.

Roberts at one time was in a relationship with New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady.<ref name=boston>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/12/27/tom_and_gisele_tying_the_knot/|title=Tom and Gisele tying the knot|access-date=3 March 2009 | work=The Boston Globe | first1=Mark | last1=Shanahan | first2=Paysha | last2=Rhone | date=2008-12-27}}</ref>

Daughter Paris Emerson Hilinski who was born in 2003<ref name=officialbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.laylaharvestroberts.com|title=Official site biography|accessdate=3 March 2009}}</ref> by John Hilinski. On August 1, 2004 the two married.

==Career== Roberts has done L'Oréal campaigns in Paris.<ref name=officialbio /> She appeared on the cover of ''GQ ''in 2003, as well as ''FHM'' and ''Maxim''.

She can be seen in the role of Molly Mounds in the 1998 film ''Armageddon'', the 1999 film ''Beowulf''<ref name=officialbio /> and the 2000 film ''Red Letters''.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{playmate|1997|10}} *{{imdb name|id=0731339|name=Layla Roberts}} {{playmates of 1997}}

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