As a professional singer, LEILA HAYES performed around Australia, and on popular TV variety shows. As an actress she had major roles in many popular television series, including The Sullivans – Pow...view moreAs a professional singer, LEILA HAYES performed around Australia, and on popular TV variety shows. As an actress she had major roles in many popular television series, including The Sullivans – Power Without Glory – Prisoner (Cell Block H). She received a prestigious industry award for her starring role as Beryl Palmer in the (still) popular Sons and Daughters.
When Sons and Daughters ended production, she opened The Leila Hayes Drama Studio and apart from teaching, she wrote, produced and directed plays and movies to highlight her students’ talents. During this time, she also wrote children’s stories. Leila also had her own column in an industry magazine and hosted her own talk-back radio show “New Day Australia With Leila Hayes”.
After a sea change in 2014, she began writing Streak - based on the seagulls she would see every day at Balmoral Beach in New South Wales.view less