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Jamia Suzette Mays[1], born July 16, 1979,[2] is a 34-year-old American actress. She is best known for her role of Emma Pillsbury on Glee.

Personal Life

Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee to Paulette and James Mays.[1] She has two older siblings.[1] She graduated from Grundy Senior High School in 1997, earned an associate degree at Southwest Virginia Community College in 1998, and attended Virginia Tech in Blacksburg for one year.[1] Mays graduated from Radford University in December 2000, and left for California.[1]

She married fellow Epic Movie co-star, Adam Campbell, in 2007.[1]

Career

Mays was on Joey, her television debut, in 2004 and in Red Eye, her film debut, in 2005. She went on to appear on How I Met Your Mother for two episodes between 2005 and 2013, on Heroes for five episodes between 2006 and 2009, and on Ugly Betty for eight episodes in between 2007 and 2008.

Mays was in The Smurfs in 2011 and its the sequel, The Smurfs 2 in 2013, she co-stared with former Glee co-star, Neil Patrick Harris.

She has a role on Glee since 2009, however Mays announced that the fifth season would be her last.[3] Mays revealed in "Metro" that her character departure wasn't her choice in October 2013.[4]

Mays was announced to be casted on The Millers in June 2013, and it premiered on September 27.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Joey Molly ("Joey and the Party")
2005 Stacked Brenda ("Nobody Says I Love You")
Red Eye Cynthia
Six Feet Under Donna ("The Rainbow of Her Reasons")
The Comeback Sales Girl ("Valerie Demands Dignity")
Entourage Jennifer 2005 - 2006 ("Neighbors", "Sorry, Ari")
How I Met Your Mother Coat Check Girl 2005 - 2013 ("Okay Awesome", "The Time Travelers")
2006 Flags of Our Fathers Nurse in Hawaii
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Daphne ("Pilot")
Blind Dating Mandy
House M.D. Hannah ("Sleeping Dogs Lie")
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now Sandra TV movie
Heroes Charlie Andrews 2006 - 2009 (5 episodes)
2007 Pushing Daisies Elsita/Elsa ("Pigeon")
Ghost Whisperer Jennifer Billings ("The Underneath")
Epic Movie Lucy
Smiley Face Actress in Waiting Room
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office Angela TV movie
Ugly Betty Charlie 2007 - 2008 (8 episodes)
2008 Back to You Shelley ("Date Night")
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control Nina video
Bar Starz Tiffany
Drunk History Annabelle ("Drunk History Vol. 2.5: Featuring Jack Black")
Night Hikers Skellen short
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Amy
Glee Emma Pillsbury 2009 - (78 episodes)
2011 The Smurfs Grace Winslow
Marcy Jayma ("Marcy Does a Picnic")
2012 The League Trixie Von Stein 2012 - 2013 (5 episodes)
2013 The Millers Debbie 2013 - 
NTSF:SD:SUV Clock ("The Great Train Stoppery")
The Smurfs 2 Grace
Last Weekend Blake Curtis
Bananas Narrator short
2014 Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant April post-production

Trivia

  • She only uses white towels.
  • She loves country music.
  • She is referred to by her co-stars as "Jayma-mazing ."
  • Her favorite color is yellow.
  • She loves Indian food.
  • She eats a peanut butter sandwich every day.
  • She has 2 cats called Heidi and Fräulein, which are both German names.
  • Because her husband is English, she sometimes slips into a British accent without realizing it.
  • Jayma and Jessalyn were both on Heroes.
  • She is best friends with Glee co-stars Jessalyn Gilsig and Matthew Morrison.
  • She sang Touch a Touch a Touch a Touch Me for her Glee audition.
  • Earlier in her television career she was a guest star on a season one episode of “How I Met Your Mother”, a show with Neil Patrick Harris apart of the cast. Year later, Harris appeared in a season one episode of “Glee”, a show with Jayma Mays apart of the cast. In 2011, they both stared in the screen adaption of “Smurfs”.
  • She worked with Matthew on the 2007 pilot Nice Girls Don't Get The Corner Office, he played Angela's friend and co-worker Brody.
  • Her height is 5'4."
  • She admits she loves Wemma.
  • She plays the piano.
  • Mays revealed that what she thought was a bad ear infection turned out to be an insect that was living in there, in July 2013.[6]

Quotes

I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.

—Jayma


I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

—Jayma


This morning I was laughing at my cat who was running up the stairs and slipped, and pretended like it didn't happen.

—Jayma


I feel really content in my 30s actually. I don't feel like the wisest person in the world but I definitely don't worry or stress like I used to.

—Jayma


My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that I'm completely used to it, and I've come to see it as a term of endearment.

—Jayma


I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

—Jayma


I feel its like futuristic, I think it might be solar powered or something.

—Jayma, talking about her dress on Craig Fergusun, 2013


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