Aubrey Peeples

Aubrey Peeples, an American actor and singer, grew up in Lake Mary, Florida, and spent ten years performing with the Orlando Repertory Theatre. They are best known for playing Layla Grant on the ABC drama Nashville, a role they began in the second season as a recurring cast member and later played as a regular in the fourth season, though they did not return when the show moved to CMT. Their other television work includes guest spots on Drop Dead Diva, Burn Notice, Austin & Ally and Grey's Anatomy, plus a recurring role on Necessary Roughness and made-for-television movies such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. (2009). On film, they played the lead in Jem and the Holograms (2015) and co-starred in Rage (2014) opposite Nicolas Cage. In 2014, Indiewire named them one of the best actors under twenty, and in 2019 their debut as director and screenwriter, Decadeless, was shown at the Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival.