Elá-May Melek Demircan was born in Crewe Cheshire in 2006 to Laura and
Mehmet Demircan. She has had no performing arts training and was
offered an audition for Hollyoaks after registering with a child
modeling agency. She was cast on the 29 January 2011 and was first
credited as Leah Barnes on the 10 March that same year.