Jayma Mays Biography
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| Born | Jayma Suzette Mays July 16, 1979 Grundy, Virginia, U.S.A. |
| Spouse(s) | Adam Campbell (2007 - present) |
Jayma Suzette Mays (born 16 July 1979) is an American television and film actress.
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Biography
Mays was born in Grundy, Virginia. After graduating from Grundy Senior High School, she attended Radford University, graduating with a degree in Performing Arts. 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' other credits include House, Six Feet Under, The Comeback, Entourage, Stacked, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Ghost Whisperer and Ugly Betty. Jayma was in other movies, such as: Bar Starz, Flags of Our Fathers and Blind Guy Driving. She also starred in the spoof film Epic Movie where she met her husband Adam Campbell
She played characters called "Charlie" on two different TV shows in the 2006-2007 season: a waitress who befriends Hiro in Texas on Heroes, and the girlfriend of Betty's crush, Henry, on Ugly Betty. She has played the love interest of a character played by Masi Oka in two different roles: Charlie on Heroes, and Nina in the direct-to-DVD film Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. She also played two characters named "Jennifer" in Entourage and Ghost Whisperer. She guest starred on House as a lesbian patient with the bubonic plague. She also played Elsita, who lives and works in a windmill as well as her mother Elsa in episode four of Pushing Daisies.1
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Red Eye (film) | Cynthia | |
| 2006 | Blind Dating | Mandy | |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Nurse in Hawaii | |
| 2007 | Smiley Face | Actress in Waiting Room | |
| 2007 | Epic Movie | Lucy | |
| 2007 | Bar Starz | Tiffany | |
| 2008 | Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control | Nina | |
| 2008 | Mall Cop | Hairdresser | (filming) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Joey | Molly | 1 episode |
| 2005 | The Comeback | Sales Girl | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under | Donna | 1 episode |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Coat Check Girl | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Stacked | Brenda | 1 episode |
| 2005- 2006 | Entourage | Jennifer | 3 episodes (1 uncredited) |
| 2006 | If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now | Sandra | TV pilot |
| 2006 | House | Hannah | 1 episode |
| 2006 | 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments | Herself | TV miniseries |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Daphne | 1 episode (pilot) |
| 2006 | Heroes | Charlie Andrews | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office | Angela | TV pilot |
| 2007 | Back to You | Shelley | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Ugly Betty | Charlie | 8 episodes |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Jennifer Billings | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Pushing Daisies | Elsita | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Glee | Emma | Series regular |
Other appearances
Mays recently was featured in the music video Awakening for the rock band Switchfoot. She plays an unnamed character who enthusiastically dances to the single on a Dance Dance Revolution-type mat. Mays also appears in Derek Waters' "Drunk History" series on Funnyordie.com alongside Jack Black. Black plays Benjamin Franklin in episodes 2 and 2.5, and Mays plays the wife of Franklin's friend who Franklin succeeds in seducing.
References
- ^ From Watch with Kristen at E! Online
- ^ Jayma Mays at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on January 4, 2008.