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Jayma Mays
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 Mays at the the premiere party for Glee, May 11, 2009 |
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| Born | Jayma Suzette Mays July 16, 1979 Grundy, Virginia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse(s) | Adam Campbell (2007 - present) |
Jayma Suzette Mays (born July 16, 1979) is an American television and film actress and singer, most known for her role as the mysophobic guidance counselor, Emma Pillsbury, on the FOX TV show Glee.
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Life and career
Mays was born in Grundy, Virginia. After graduating from Grundy Senior High School, she attended Radford University where she graduated 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 Six Feet Under, The Comeback, Entourage, Stacked, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, 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 also was a patient on House in the episode "Sleeping Dogs Lie" in 2006.
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 also played Elsita, who lives and works in a windmill as well as her mother Elsa in episode four of Pushing Daisies. Mays costarred in vol.2.5 of Derek Water's online series Drunk History as Benjamin Franklin's love interest.1 She also starred as Amy in Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
Mays currently stars as Emma Pillsbury on the Fox show Glee, which premiered on September 9, 2009. In March 2010, Mays was cast as the female human lead in a live action/animation hybrid film version of The Smurfs.2
Filmography
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Red Eye | Cynthia | |
| 2006 | Blind Dating | Mandy | |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Nurse in Hawaii | ||
| 2007 | Smiley Face | Actress in Waiting Room | |
| Epic Movie | Lucy | ||
| Bar Starz | Tiffany | ||
| 2008 | Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control | Nina | |
| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Amy |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Joey | Molly | Episode: "Joey and the Party" |
| 2005 | The Comeback | Sales Girl | Episode: "Valerie Demands Dignity" |
| Six Feet Under | Donna | Episode: "The Rainbow of Her Reasons" | |
| How I Met Your Mother | Coat Check Girl | Episode: "Okay Awesome" | |
| Stacked | Brenda | Episode: "Nobody Says I Love You" | |
| 2005- 2006 | Entourage | Jennifer | Episodes: "Sorry, Ari", "Neighbors" |
| 2006 | If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now | Sandra | TV pilot |
| 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments | Herself | TV miniseries | |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Daphne | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| House | Hannah | Episode: "Sleeping Dogs Lie" | |
| Heroes | Charlie Andrews | 4 episodes | |
| 2007 | Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office | Angela | TV pilot |
| Back to You | Shelley | Episode: "Date Night" | |
| Ugly Betty | Charlie | 8 episodes | |
| Ghost Whisperer | Jennifer Billings | Episode: "The Underneath" | |
| 2008 | Pushing Daisies | Elsita / Elsa | Episode: "Pigeon" |
| 2009-10 | Glee | Emma Pillsbury | Series regular, 12 episodes |
| Heroes | Charlie Andrews | 5 episodes |
References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFQ-T3uAVI
- ^ Kit, Borys (March 17, 2010). "'Glee's' Jayma Mays cast in 'Smurfs'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id662bf47704c6a5733cd3672d7750ac2. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
External links
- Jayma Mays at the Internet Movie Database
- Jayma Mays at TV.com