Maya Jama
Acting
Born: 1994-08-14 in 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
The Gentlemen
Aisha
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Guest Judge
The Last Leg
Self
Celebrity Juice
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest
Would I Lie to You?
Self
A League of Their Own
Self - Panellist
Big Fat Quiz
Self - Contestant
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self - Star Guest Announcer
The Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant
Love Island: All Stars
Self - Host
The Masked Singer
Self - Panelist
The Circle
Herself - Host
Love Island
Self - Host
The BRIT Awards
Self - Host
Love Island: Aftersun
Self - Host
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
Herself - Host
The Big Narstie Show
Self
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Self
Love Island Games
Self - Host
Shopping with Keith Lemon
This Morning
Self
True Love or True Lies?
Herself (Presenter)
Hometown Showdown
Self
Cannonball
Herself - Presenter
Revolution
Self - Presenter
The Masked Singer: Unmasked
Self - Guest
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Self
Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour
Self
Love Island: Decade of Love
Self (archive footage)
The Big New Year's In
Presenter