
Layla Soileau
TV screenwriter
About Layla
Layla’s screenwriting is fueled by her experiences growing up as a closeted, gender non-conforming queer in a loud Catholic, Cajun family and learning to survive as an out adult in the American South. Her work explores themes of family, queerness, race, class, grief, and gender identity.
Growing up in rural South Louisiana, TV and movies broadened Layla’s world, but finding characters like her was rare. Layla is committed to bringing more diverse voices and characters to Hollywood through screenwriting and community-building. She recently founded an international LGBTQ+ online screenwriting group.
Layla has a B.A. in English, Writing and Culture from Louisiana State University. She lives in Austin, Texas.
Layla is currently seeking representation.

Featured screenplays
Layla loves writing and developing original drama and dramedy pilots for television.

MOTHERLOAD
60 minute TV Drama
After her husband’s death, a Texas school bus driver takes over his long-haul trucking route to make ends meet only to discover that it’s part of a dangerous smuggling ring run by his former mistress.

LONG PINE SHADOWS
60 minute TV Dramedy
In the late 90s, an irresponsible, queer 26-year-old inherits her closeted gay uncle’s assisted living facility in a bible-thumping North Louisiana small town.

I KNOW WATER
60 minute TV Drama
In a small Cajun town in the mid-80s, a pre-teen girl investigates her father’s mysterious disappearance.