Born Kyla Mary Wise Halliday in London, Ontario, Canada and was raised in Calgary, Alberta. Kyla started studying Drama in middle school at the age of 13. In high school her best friend suggested she enter the Miss Teen Calgary pageant and just for fun she did. At the pageant she was scouted by a modeling agent and traveled to Japan and Taiwan and continued to model all the way through high school and University. Kyla attended University of Calgary where she graduated with the Department of Drama's highest honor receiving the Gold Medal Award and a spot on the Dean's list. Her TV debut was in the series "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show" (1997) playing popular fire starting Sapphire. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.