Maya Jama
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 14, 1994 (age 32)
- Birthplace
- Bristol, England, UK
Biography
Maya Jama is a British television presenter and radio DJ, born on 14 August 1994 in Bristol, England. She moved to London in 2012 to pursue a media career, first working as a presenter for JumpOff.TV and later for Sky UK's TRACE Sports. She joined MTV as a presenter in 2014 and went on to host programs including Cannonball, The Circle, and Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star. In radio, she hosted a drive-time show on Rinse FM from 2014 to 2017 and presented her own show on BBC Radio 1 from 2018 to 2020. Jama became the host of ITV2's Love Island from series 9 in 2023 and has since presented spin-offs including Love Island Games and Love Island: All Stars. She has also been a panel judge on ITV's The Masked Singer since 2025.
Known For
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Filmography
V Festival
TV · as Presenter · 3 eps
Love Island: Decade of Love
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Masked Singer: Unmasked
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Celebrity Traitors
TV · as Self - Contestant · 10 eps
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Movie · as Self
Love Island: All Stars
TV · as Self - Host · 112 eps
The Gentlemen
TV · as Aisha · 2 eps
Love Island Games
TV · as Self - Host · 19 eps
Walk the Line
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Hometown Showdown
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Big New Year's In
Movie · as Presenter
Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Masked Singer
TV · as Self - Panelist · 16 eps
Bradley Walsh's Late Night Guest List
Movie · as Self
Shopping with Keith Lemon
TV · 1 ep
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
TV · as Herself - Host · 8 eps
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
True Love or True Lies?
TV · as Herself (Presenter) · 10 eps
The Circle
TV · as Herself - Host · 19 eps
Revolution
TV · as Self - Presenter · 8 eps
The Big Narstie Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cannonball
TV · as Herself - Presenter · 10 eps
Love Island: Aftersun
TV · as Self - Host · 40 eps
Love Island
TV · as Self - Host · 287 eps
Chicken Shop Date
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A League of Their Own
TV · as Self - Panellist · 2 eps
Celebrity Juice
TV · as Self · 14 eps
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Big Fat Quiz
TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV · as Self - Star Guest Announcer · 1 ep
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Comic Relief
TV · 1 ep
The BRIT Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep