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Jameela Jamil

Highest Rated: 76% Love at First Sight (2023)

Lowest Rated: 72% DC League of Super-Pets (2022)

Birthday: Feb 25, 1986

Birthplace: Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK

Jameela Jamil, also known as "Jam-Jam," was a British TV presenter and actress who broke out in the United States in 2016 when she joined the cast of the NBC sitcom "The Good Place" (NBC, 2016- ). Born and raised in the Hampstead region of London to an Indian father and English mother, Jamil had a relatively normal childhood. An unforeseen tragedy struck her at the age of 17, however, when a car hit her. Jamil broke nearly every bone in her body, and was subsequently laid up for nearly a year and a half. During that time, Jamil was largely bedridden while recovering. Even worse, doctors told Jamil she would never walk again, which propelled her to prove them wrong. She spent several months re-learning how to walk. Once back on her feet, Jamil took a job teaching English to foreign students. She thoroughly enjoyed the work, and had every intention on making it her long-term career. But, as luck would have it, one day she saw a newspaper advertisement calling for TV presenters for Britain's Channel 4. Jamil sent in an audition tape and, much to her astonishment, was hired. Before long she was one of Britain's most recognizable TV presenters, hosting the celebrity interview show "T4" (Channel 4, 1998-2010) from 2009 to 2012. After leaving "T4" in 2012, Jamil later dabbled in the fashion industry, launching her own clothing line, and also worked as a DJ in England. However, Jamil longed for more, and in the mid-2010s she moved to America to become a comedy writer. She was quickly picked up by a Hollywood-based management company and despite having never acted, was cast in a major NBC sitcom in 2016. The series, "The Good Place," starred Kristen Bell and Ted Danson and featured Jamil as the seemingly perfect next-door neighbor Tahani. The show premiered in the Fall of 2016 on NBC.

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Highest rated movies

76% 82% Love at First Sight Watchlist 72% 88% DC League of Super-Pets Watchlist Elio Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Elio Ambassador Grigon (Voice) - 2025
76% 82% Love at First Sight Narrator - 2023
72% 88% DC League of Super-Pets Wonder Woman (Voice) $93.7M 2022

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2023
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2020 2022-2023
98% 81% Poker Face Ava (Guest Star) 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2022
46% 72% Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin Gisela (Character) 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet If We're Being Honest With Laverne Cox Guest 2022
79% 32% She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Titania (Character) 2022
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2021-2022
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2019 2022
92% 77% Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Roxie (Voice) 2020-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mira, Royal Detective Auntie Pushpa (Voice) 2020-2022
No Score Yet 78% Legendary Judge 2020-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Misery Index Host 2019-2022
No Score Yet 70% The Demi Lovato Show Guest 2021
No Score Yet 93% DuckTales Gandra Dee (Guest Voice) 2019 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2019-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2018-2020
82% 16% A Little Late With Lilly Singh Guest 2020
97% 89% The Good Place Tahini (Character) 2016-2020
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2019-2020
No Score Yet 87% Lights Out With David Spade Guest 2020
No Score Yet 54% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Game Night Guest 2018
No Score Yet 55% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Koko Pop Host 2011