Maya Jama
Born: 1994-08-14 in Bristol, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Celebrity Traitors as Self - Contestant
- The Masked Singer: Unmasked as Self - Guest
- Love Island: Decade of Love as Self (archive footage)
2024
- Love Island: All Stars as Self - Host
- Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money as Self
2023
- Love Island Games as Self - Host
2021
- Hometown Showdown as Self
- Walk the Line as Self - Presenter
2020
- The Masked Singer as Self - Panelist
- Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour as Self
- The Big New Year's In as Presenter
2019
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
- Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star as Herself - Host
- Shopping with Keith Lemon
- The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan as Self
2018
- The Circle as Herself - Host
- The Big Narstie Show as Self
- True Love or True Lies? as Herself (Presenter)
- Revolution as Self - Presenter
2017
- Love Island: Aftersun as Self - Host
- Cannonball as Herself - Presenter
2015
- Love Island as Self - Host
2014
- Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
2013
- The Last Leg as Self
2011
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
2010
- A League of Their Own as Self - Panellist
2008
- Celebrity Juice as Self
2007
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
2005
- 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
2004
- Big Fat Quiz as Self - Contestant
2002
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Star Guest Announcer
1988
- This Morning as Self
1977
- The BRIT Awards as Self - Host