Arcieri was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of an Italian American father and African-American mother. Arcieri spent the better part of her childhood in Sebastopol, located in California's wine and redwood country. Shyness was a major obstacle in Leila's early life, one that she tried to overcome by throwing herself into high-school cheerleading. Upon graduating from high school, Read more...

Arcieri was crowned Miss San Francisco in 1997, and soon after she began appearing in both commercials (including 1-800-COLLECT and Starburst) and music videos with the likes of Boyz II Men, and Q-Tip. Such work eventually brought her to the attention of writer-producer Timothy Stack, who cast her in the role of Jamaica St. Croix in his new series, Son of the Beach, a parody of Baywatch. That same Read more...

Arcieri dated actor Jamie Foxx from 2004 to 2005. In an interview with Female First, Foxx said that he liked the idea of settling down with Arcieri, but thought marriage "seemed unnatural."