Leila Arcieri Biography / Pictures

Although her obvious good looks and Hollywood connection -- her mother now works for Lucasfilm -- made her a prime candidate for the spotlight, Leila initially opted for a career behind the scenes. Upon graduating from high school, she moved to San Francisco, where she dabbled with both graphic designing and photography before becoming a make-up artist.

A tight-bodied beauty whose comely figure no doubt played more than a passing role in building television's zany Son of the Beach a dedicated following, actress Leila Arcieri also possessed a killer comic timing that perfectly accentuated the show's anything goes air of anarchic comedy. A San Francisco native who was raised by a single mother in nearby Sebastopol, in her youth the shy youngster forced herself to join the cheerleading squad as a means of coming out of her rather durable social shell. Dabbling in modeling by the time she reached high school, Arcieri relocated to Los Angeles following graduation in order to pursue a career in graphic arts, photography, and makeup. Arcieri soon found herself the winner of the 1997 Miss San Francisco contest, and with her newfound confidence, the burgeoning actress would subsequently decide to pursue modeling and find frequent commercial work. When Son of the Beach writer/producer/star Timothy Stack was searching for an actress of both remarkable beauty and a great sense of humor, he knew that he had found his woman when he auditioned Arcieri. Though she had appeared in a few small roles before landing her Son of the Beach role, it was this role that would find Arcieri cast in such high-profile releases as XXX (2002) and Daddy Day Care (2003).

Another point of interest is that shyness was a major obstacle in Leila's life, one that she tried to overcome by throwing herself into high-school cheerleading. The plan obviously worked, because soon thereafter she was out and about, and is now a much more extroverted and self-assured person.

Her other film credits include B-movies such as Hot Boyz, Foolish, Beverly Hood, and Higher Ed. Leila also has her own online business venture at www.exoticspices.net, a website featuring hot models that she manages, proving that she's got a full plate on her hands with many goals yet to fulfill.

Leila continues to enjoy the single life (that's right guys, she's single) and prefers staying home with a good book than going out.

But for all the fuss that is made over her red-hot looks, Miss Arcieri says she doesn't want to veer off into the nu---y arena and pose for certain magazines. Instead, Leila looks to someone like Julia Roberts for inspiration.

"She's America's sweetheart, yet she hasn't had to become a s-- symbol or use her body."

Luckily for Leila Arcieri, she too has enough talent to secure a very promising future!

Leila is busy auditioning for movie roles and was recently approached by MTV to be a year-round VJ. We wish her all the best.