 Vellani is best known for her roles as Layla Siddiqui on CBC's hit series "Little Mosque on the Prairie", Marcy in the CW series "iZombie" and Sandeep in the revival season of the Fox series "The X-Files".Vellani was born in Vancouver to Indian immigrants from East Africa.She began her training at an early age at Tarlington Training while she attended York House School.