She appeared on the TV series Flashpoint, playing the character Sophie Lane.
In high school at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute, Stephens excelled at basketball and soccer.
Later she went on to study at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto.
Janaya has appeared in the television shows Twice in a Lifetime, Relic Hunter, and Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye.
A notable movie role Janaya played was the lead part of Marie Osmond in the 2001 ABC original television movie Inside the Osmonds.