Jameela Jamil

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Jameela Jamil (2018)

Jameela Alia Jamil (born February 25, 1986 in Hampstead , London , England ) is a British television presenter , radio presenter, model , DJ , journalist and actress . She has appeared on Channel 4 , BBC , NBC and BBC Radio 1, among others .

Life

Early years and health problems

Jamil was born to an Indian father and a Pakistani mother on February 25, 1986 in London . She was born with congenital hearing loss and labyrinthitis and had multiple operations to correct these diseases. In 2015, she stated that she could hear 70% with her left ear and 50% with her right ear .

At school she was shy and a bookworm. She was particularly interested in the subjects of art and biology . At the age of 17, she was in a car accident after chasing a bee , breaking several bones and damaging her spine . At first she was told that she might never walk again, but she slowly learned to walk again through physical therapy and medication.

Professional beginnings

Jameela Jamil at London Fashion Week in 2009

Jamil taught English to overseas students at the Callan School of English on Oxford Street and later also worked as a model, photographer and fashion scout for Premier Model Management Limited.

Career

Appearances in print media and as a model

Jamil was photographed by David Bailey for Vogue magazine in January 2010 and appeared in the British Editorial Class of 2010. Between 2012 and 2014, she wrote columns for Company women's magazine . She has also written for Cosmopolitan Magazine and the Huffington Post . She had other jobs as a model for Glamor , Cosmopolitan Magazine Teen Vogue. She also became a model for Maybelline and Nails Inc. in 2012. In June 2012, she started a collaboration with Very.co.uk to launch her first fashion collection. In 2012 she was also nominated for her writing by the British Society of Magazine Editors and Professional Publishers Association for the award ceremony.

Her first appearance on a US cover was in The Cut in February 2018.

TV and radio career

She made her first television appearance in late 2008 on the television program Music Zone . In 2009 she began to moderate on T4 , where she interviewed celebrities, among others. After Alexa Chung left the morning show Freshly Squeezed in January 2009 , she took the position together with Nick Grimshaw . In January 2012, she took over from June Sarpong in Playing It Straight . She also hosted the online fashion show The Closet, produced by Twenty Twenty Television and published on the social media site Bebo . Between 2013 and January 2015, she hosted The Official Chart and The Official Chart Update on BBC Radio 1 with Scott Mills , making her the first woman in the program's history.

Since September 2016 she has played the leading role Tahani Al-Jamil in the television series The Good Place . She stated that she didn't know much beforehand about what the series is about and that this was her first acting role.

Activism and charity

In 2015, she started the event agency Why Not People? To make live entertainment accessible to people with disabilities. In March 2017, she started the Instagram blog I Weigh to highlight the character values ​​of women over the external ones. Followers share selfies with the hashtag #iweigh and a text or individual words that describe why they are proud of themselves. She was inspired by a photo of Khloé Kardashian , Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian .

She is also involved in several charitable causes. She supports the Cultural Learning Alliance, which advocates culture for children and young people, and the youth organization Vinspired National Awards. She also designed a SpongeBob SquarePants costume for a charity campaign for children and wore a chicken costume for Comic Relief for 16 days , as 1000 pounds are donated every day and thus she collected around 16,000 pounds.

Private matters and allegations

Since 2015 is in a relationship with the musician James Blake . After alleging she was a bad Muslim in 2018, she publicly announced that she was not a Muslim and that she did not follow any religion.

Filmography

watch TV

  • 2009–2012: Freshly Squeezed
  • 2012: Playing It Straight
  • 2016–2020: The Good Place as Tahani Al-Jamil
  • 2018: Animals. as a horse (voice)
  • 2019: DuckTales as Gandra Dee (voice)

radio

  • 2013–2015: The Official Chart

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anna Silman: Jameela Jamil Has Found Her Good Place . In: The Cut . ( thecut.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Nick McGrath: Jameela Jamil has faced cancer and spine damage but has never felt better . In: mirror . April 20, 2015 ( mirror.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Presenting a chic look . In: Metro . February 24, 2010 ( metro.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  4. ↑ a b c Katie Mulloy, Bella Howard, Steve Morriss: Report on Jameela in nylon . In: Nylon Holding Inc. (Ed.): Nylon . New York December 2009.
  5. ↑ Interview: Jameela Jamil . In: IPC Group Limited (Ed.): Look Magazin . London 16th February 2010.
  6. ↑ Jameela Jamil: Our Style Crush - Sky Showbiz. March 1, 2010, accessed August 10, 2018 .
  7. ↑ mediaslide.com: Premier Model Management . ( premiermodelstyle.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  8. ↑ a b hackford jones pr - entertainment. November 29, 2010, accessed August 10, 2018 .
  9. ^ Daniel S. Levine: Jameela Jamil as Tahani Al-Jamil: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know . In: Heavy.com . September 20, 2017 ( heavy.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  10. ↑ a b Jameela Jamil. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
  11. ^ "The exclusive first collection designed by Jameela Jamil for Very.co.uk". (No longer available online.) In: Very.co.uk. June 21, 2012, archived from the original on September 3, 2012 ; accessed on August 10, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.very.co.uk
  12. ↑ Jameela Jamil on Twitter . In: Twitter . ( twitter.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  13. ^ T4 unveils new host Jameela Jamil . In: Digital Spy . January 23, 2009 ( digitalspy.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  14. ↑ Jameela | represented by Money Management | +44 (0) 20 7287 7490. October 24, 2010, accessed on August 10, 2018 .
  15. ↑ 'Playing It Straight' to return to E4 . In: Digital Spy . October 6, 2011 ( digitalspy.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  16. ↑ "Jameela Jamil undresses for Westfield London flash mob". (No longer available online.) In: Fashionandrunway.com. October 9, 2009, archived from the original on July 10, 2011 ; accessed on August 10, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fashionandrunway.com
  17. ↑ Clara Amfo to present BBC Radio 1's Official Chart Show - BBC Newsbeat. In: BBC Newsbeat. December 15, 2014, accessed August 10, 2018 (UK English).
  18. ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'Good Place': British Presenter Jameela Jamil Cast In Mike Schur NBC Series . In: Deadline . February 26, 2016 ( deadline.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  19. ↑ Erik Adams: Jameela Jamil suggests you take all your Good Place spoiler requests to Ted "Loose Lips" Danson . In: The AV Club . ( avclub.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  20. ↑ Ashley Fetters, Elizabeth Weinberg: Jameela Jamil Had Never Acted Before 'The Good Place' . In: GQ . January 11, 2018 ( gq.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  21. ↑ Jameela Jamil: 'Britain deals with disability by pretending it's not happening' . In: The Independent . ( independent.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  22. ↑ Jameela Jamil: weigh I . In: Jameela Jamil - Diary of a Goon . ( jameelajamil.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  23. ↑ I Weigh (@i_weigh) • Instagram photos and videos. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
  24. ↑ ?? - @i_weigh. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
  25. ↑ Stories . In: Cultural Learning Alliance . March 16, 2015 ( org.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  26. ^ Millennium Volunteers, Youth Volunteers, Volunteering Opportunities. December 7, 2009, accessed August 10, 2018 .
  27. ↑ vinspired National Awards 2009. January 5, 2010, accessed August 10, 2018 .
  28. ↑ Photos from the Spongebob Squarepants Tenth Birthday Celebration and Charity Auction With The Saturdays, Sophie Ellis-Bextor. July 25, 2011, accessed August 10, 2018 .
  29. ↑ Jamil 'to wear chicken suit for month' . In: Digital Spy . February 23, 2013 ( digitalspy.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  30. ↑ Jameela Jamil on Instagram: "3 years with this untalented bastard ❤️". Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
  31. ↑ Jameela Jamil slams 'hater' who accused her of being a 'bad Muslim' . In: Metro . March 24, 2018 ( metro.co.uk [accessed August 10, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Jamil, Jameela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jamil, Jameela Alia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British television presenter, radio host, model, DJ, journalist and actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead , London , England