She is a Canadian actress of Russian and Nigerian descent who moved to Toronto at age five and eventually rose to international fame as a series regular on the CW sports drama All American, where she has played Layla Keating since 2018. Before her breakout in Hollywood, she was well-known to Canadian audiences for her long-running role as Soraya Duval in the family drama Heartland and appeared in shows like Degrassi: The Next Generation and Murdoch Mysteries.