Jayma Mays

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Jayma Mays

Mays at the Golden Globe Awards January 17, 2010
Born Jamia Suzette Mays
July 16, 1979 (1979-07-16) (age 32)
Bristol, Tennessee, US
Occupation Actress, singer
Years active 2004—
Spouse Adam Campbell
(m. 2007— )

Jayma Suzette Mays (born July 16, 1979 as Jamia Suzette Mays) is an American actress and singer. Mays' most prominent roles include that of Emma Pillsbury on the American television series Glee, recurring appearances on Ugly Betty and on Heroes as characters named Charlie.

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[edit] Early life

Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee and raised in Grundy, Virginia, the daughter of Paulette (née Norris) and James Mays, a high school teacher who also worked in the coal mining industry. Mays's interests as a child ranged from singing to mathematics. At the age of 15, Jayma was offered a job working on the local radio station reading the obituaries. After graduating from Grundy High School, she earned an associate's degree from Southwest Virginia Community College. Mays then attended Virginia Tech for a year before transferring to Radford University,[1] graduating in 2001 with a degree in theatre.[2]

[edit] Career

In 2004, she made her first television appearance on Joey. The following year, she made her feature film debut with a supporting role in Red Eye. Mays's other credits include Six Feet Under, The Comeback, Entourage, Stacked, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Pushing Daisies where she played both Elsita and her mother Elsa in episode four, Ghost Whisperer and Ugly Betty. Jayma was in other movies, such as Bar Starz, Flags of Our Fathers and Blind Guy Driving. She starred in the spoof film Epic Movie and as Amy in Paul Blart: Mall Cop. She was a patient on House in the episode "Sleeping Dogs Lie" in 2006. She stars in the 2007 music video for the song "Awakening" by Switchfoot alongside her husband Adam Campbell.[3]

Mays has played the love interest of a character played by Masi Oka in two different roles: Charlie Andrews on Heroes and Nina in the direct-to-DVD film Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. She has also been cast as a love interest in another two different roles with Glee co-star, Matthew Morrison in an unaired TV show (the show never got past the Pilot episode) called "Nice Girls dont get the corner Office", where Mays landed the lead role. She stars as Emma Pillsbury on the Fox show Glee, which premiered on May 19, 2009; and in March 2010, Mays played the female lead in a live action/animation hybrid film version of The Smurfs.[4]

[edit] Personal life

Jayma Mays married actor Adam Campbell on October 28, 2007.[3]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Red Eye Cynthia
2006 Blind Dating Mandy also known as "Blind Guy Driving"
2006 Flags of Our Fathers Nurse in Hawaii
2007 Smiley Face Actress in Waiting Room
2007 Epic Movie Lucy Main Character
2007 Bar Starz Tiffany
2008 Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control Nina
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Amy Anderson Main Character
2011 Smurfs, TheThe Smurfs Grace Winslow Main Character

[edit] Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Joey Molly Episode: "Joey and the Party"
2005 Comeback, TheThe Comeback Sales Girl Episode: "Valerie Demands Dignity"
2005 Six Feet Under Donna Episode: "The Rainbow of Her Reasons"
2005 How I Met Your Mother Coat Wench Episode: "Okay Awesome"
2005 Stacked Brenda Episode: "Nobody Says I Love You"
2006 If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now Sandra TV pilot
2006 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments Herself TV miniseries
2006 House Hannah Episode: "Sleeping Dogs Lie"
2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Daphne Episode: "Pilot"
2006 Entourage Jennifer Episode: "Sorry, Ari"
2006 Heroes Charlie Andrews Episodes: "Seven Minutes to Midnight", "Homecoming", "Six Months Ago", "Once Upon a Time in Texas"
2007 Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office Angela TV pilot
2007 Ugly Betty Charlie 6 episodes
2007 Ghost Whisperer Jennifer Billings Episode: "The Underneath"
2007 Pushing Daisies Elsita/Elsa Episode: "Pigeon"
2007 Drunk History Annabelle Episode: "Drunk History Vol. 2.5: Featuring Jack Black"
2008 Ugly Betty Charlie Episodes: "Twenty-four Candles", "Betty's Baby Bump", "Derailed", "Icing on the Cake"
2008 Back to You Shelley Ken Episode: "Date Night"
2009 Heroes Charlie Andrews Episodes: "Tabula Rasa", "Once Upon a Time in Texas"
2009— Glee Emma Pillsbury Main character
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

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