Maya Jama

Maya Jama
Born Maya Indea Jama
(1994-08-14) 14 August 1994
Bristol, England
Occupation Television presenter, radio presenter
Years active 2010–present
Partner(s) Stormzy

Maya Indea Jama (born 14 August 1994) is a British television and radio presenter.[1] A former broadcast journalist for MTV among other networks, she formerly co-presented Trending Live! on 4Music from 2015 until 2017 and also co-presented Cannonball on ITV in 2017. Jama now co-presents a BBC Radio 1 show and presents the show True Love or True Lies with Danny Dyer. She also presents The Circle on Channel 4 with Alice Levine.

Early life

Jama is of Somali and Swedish descent.[1] She was born and raised in Bristol, where she attended Cotham School.[2][3] She was named after Maya Angelou.[4]

Career

She began her career early, as a teenager. Jama presented the weekly music video countdown on JumpOff.TV in London. She then worked for Sky on TRACE Sports, and was later a weekday DJ on Rinse FM. In August 2014, Jama joined MTV as a presenter for The Wrap Up.[1] Additionally, she hosted Copa90's Maya's FIFA World Cup Cities,[5] a travelogue covering the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Jama likewise co-hosted the channel's nine-part World Cup Taxi series dedicated to the event.[6][7]

In September 2017 and February 2018, Jama was a guest panellist on ITV's Loose Women.[8] She also co-hosted the MOBO Awards on Channel 5 with Marvin Humes in November of the year.[9]

Jama co-presented the Saturday night game show Cannonball on ITV with Freddie Flintoff, Frankie Bridge, Radzi Chinyanganya and Ryan Hand in 2017.[10]

In spring 2018, she joined the airstaff of BBC Radio 1, presenting Radio 1's Greatest Hits on Saturdays and co-presenting every Friday with Scott Mills and Chris Stark.[11]

Besides broadcasting, Jama has also dabbled in fashion modeling and acting in comedic roles.[12]

Filmography

Radio

Year Title Role Station Slot Notes
2014-2017 #DriveWithMaya Presenter Rinse FM 4-7pm weekdays
2018 BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards 2018 Co-presenter BBC Radio 1 N/A 1 episode show
2018- Radio 1's Greatest Hits Presenter 10-11am Saturdays & Fridays
2018- Maya Jama 11am-1pm Saturdays & Fridays

Television

Year Title Role Notes Channel
2014 Maya's FIFA World Cup Cities Presenter Copa90
2015–17 Trending Live! Regular presenter 4Music
2016 The Hot Desk 1 episode ITV2
2017 Cannonball Co-presenter 1 series ITV
2017—18 Loose Women Guest panellist 2 episodes
2017 The Weakest Link[13] Contestant 1 episode BBC Two
MOBO Awards Co-host Awards ceremony Channel 5
2018 True Love or True Lies Presenter Reality game show MTV
The Circle Co-presenter Reality show Channel 4
Revolution[14] Upcoming series Sky One

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Meet The Wrap Up's New Presenter: Maya Jama". MTV. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Nothing to Prove". VICE. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Maya Jama on her Cotham School yearbook as teachers say she was destined for stardom". Bristol Post. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Moorhead, Joanna (16 September 2017). "Maya Jama: What made my dad a 'bad' man?". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Maya's FIFA World Cup™ Cities Archives • Copa90". Copa90.
  6. ↑ "Copa90 Readies FIFA World Cup Programming Slate". Video Ink. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hyundai offers trip to 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil". Promotional Marketing. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Loose Women - 22/08/2017". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Gamer, George (23 November 2017). "MOBO Awards 2017 reveal hosts and live performers". Musicweek. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cannonball". ITV. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Maya Jama's 2018 is looking pretty bright as she lands two jobs with Radio 1". Metro. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "AGIRL: Maya Indea Jama". Brotherhood. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Anne Robinson: Older people need to be 'clever AND thin' to be on TV". BBC. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Lost in TV - REVOLUTION". lostintv.com.
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