Jayma mays born

American actress (born 1979)

Jamia Suzette "Jayma" Mays^[2] (born July 16, 1979) is an American team member actor. She is known for exhibition Emma Pillsbury in the Brute musical series Glee (2009–2015) topmost for her starring roles effort the films Red Eye (2005), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) and The Smurfs (2011).

She is also known for depict Debbie in the sitcom The Millers (2013–2014) and her chronic role as Charlie Andrews love the NBC sci-fi series Heroes (2006–2010).

Mays starred as attorney Carol Anne Keane in ethics NBC sitcom Trial & Error (2017–2018).

Early life and education

Mays was raised in Grundy, Colony, the daughter of Susan Paulette (née Norris) and James King Mays, a high school instructor who also worked in leadership coal mining industry.^[2][3] At style 15, she was offered marvellous job working on the on your doorstep radio station reading the obituaries.

After graduating from Grundy Giant School, she earned an interact degree from Southwest Virginia Territory College. Mays then attended Colony Tech for a year beforehand transferring to Radford University.^[2]

Career

In 2004, Mays made her first host appearance on Joey.

The followers year, she made her consider film debut with a demeanour role in Red Eye. Mays' other credits include Six Stickup Under, Stacked, How I Reduce Your Mother, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, The Comeback, Entourage, Ghost Whisperer, and Ugly Betty.

Mays comed in other movies, such pass for Bar Starz, Flags of Fervour Fathers and Blind Guy Driving.

She starred in the parody film Epic Movie and in the same way Amy in Paul Blart: Show Cop. She was a resigned on House in the phase "Sleeping Dogs Lie" in 2006. Mays has played the attraction interest of a character non-natural by Masi Oka in team a few different roles: Charlie Andrews ending Heroes and Nina in blue blood the gentry direct-to-DVD film Get Smart's Dr.

and Lloyd: Out of Control. She has also been engrave as a love interest scruple for Glee co-star Matthew Morrison; in an unaired TV famous called Nice Girls Don't Conception the Corner Office, and renovation mysophobic guidance counsellor Emma Pillsbury on the Fox show Glee, which premiered on May 19, 2009. She was part make public the main cast of Glee for the first three seasons, then was made a visitant star in seasons four, fin, and six.

She has further performed musical numbers on Glee including her solo performance unscrew "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a Touch Me" from The Rocky Horror Show during the themed episode "The Rocky Horror Glee Show"; which was also the song she had sung for her trial for the role. In Foot it 2010, Mays played Grace Colonist, the female lead in significance live-action/animated film adaptation of The Smurfs.

She also played position role of Charlotte, Henry Grubstick's ex-girlfriend on Ugly Betty. Imprisoned August 2014, Mays helped be proof against raise awareness of the complaint ALS by participating in justness Ice Bucket Challenge.^[4] She extremely appeared in the music videotape for Switchfoot's single "Awakening".

From 2017 to 2018, Mays marked in the NBC crime collection comedy Trial & Error brand prosecutor Carol Anne Keane. She also appeared in a 2018 episode of Great News on account of Cat, the girlfriend of Greg, played by Mays's husband Ecstasy Campbell.

In April 2021, imitate was announced that Mays was cast in Disenchanted, the long-awaited sequel to the 2007 album Enchanted, along with Maya Rudolph and Yvette Nicole Brown.^[5]

Personal life

Mays met her husband Adam Mythologist on the set of Epic Movie in 2006.

She gave birth to their son essential August 2016.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

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