Jameela Jamil

Acting

Jameela Jamil

Born
(age 40)
Birthplace
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Credits
63 titles

Biography

Jameela Alia Jamil (born 25 February 1986) is a British actress, activist and presenter. She began her career on Channel 4, where she hosted a pop culture series in the T4 strand from 2009 until 2012. She then became The Official Chart's radio host and co-hosted The Official Chart Update alongside Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1. She was the first regular solo female presenter of the BBC Radio 1 chart show.

In 2016, Jamil moved to the United States. She played Tahani Al-Jamil in the NBC fantasy comedy series The Good Place. She also hosted the TBS late-night game show The Misery Index and was one of the judges of the voguing reality competition show Legendary. In 2022, Jamil worked on two superhero projects: the animated film DC League of Super-Pets and the live-action television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Since 2022, she has voiced Asencia in the Star Trek: Prodigy science fiction series.

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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 63

YearTitleRole
TBA Lola and Freddie Film
TBA Pyongyang Home Video Film Serena
TBA The Healer Film
2026 Miss Representation: Rise Up Film Self
2026 PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie Film Heidi Pothesis (voice)
2026 People We Meet on Vacation Film Swapna
2025 Dexter Procter TV Miss Melon (1 ep)
2025 A Merry Little Ex-Mas Film Tess Wiley
2025 Together for Palestine Film Self
2025 Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet TV Self (1 ep)
2025 Elio Film Ambassador Questa (voice)
2024 Grave Conversations TV Self (1 ep)
2023 Krapopolis TV Hestia (voice) (1 ep)
2023 Love at First Sight Film Narrator (voice)
2023 Clone High TV Mrs. C (voice) (1 ep)
2023 Poker Face TV Ava (1 ep)
2022 Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin TV Gisela (6 ep)
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Film Self
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show TV (1 ep)
2022 Embrace Kids Film Self
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law TV Mary MacPherran / Titania (9 ep)
2022 DC League of Super-Pets Film Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
2022 Marry Me Film Anikah
2021 Star Trek: Prodigy TV Asencia (voice), Asencia / Young Asencia (voice), Ascencia (voice) (15 ep)
2021 The Demi Lovato Show TV Self (1 ep)
2021 Rugrats TV Lady De-Clutter (voice) (1 ep)
2020 Animaniacs TV Sultana (voice) (1 ep)
2020 How to Build a Girl Film Cleopatra
2020 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous TV Roxie (voice) (14 ep)
2020 Crossing Swords TV Sloane (voice) (4 ep)
2020 Legendary TV Self - Judge (29 ep)
2020 One World: Together at Home Film Self
2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire TV Self - Contestant (1 ep)
2020 Defining Moments with OZY TV Self (7 ep)
2019 Harley Quinn TV Eris (voice) (1 ep)
2019 The Misery Index TV Self - Host (50 ep)
2019 The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place Film Self
2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh TV Self (1 ep)
2019 The Tamron Hall Show TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show TV Self (1 ep)
2019 Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate Film Self
2017 DuckTales TV W.A.N.D.A. (voice), Gandra Dee (voice) (1 ep)
2016 The Good Place TV Tahani Al-Jamil (50 ep)
2015 5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here? Film Self
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV Self (1 ep)
2014 Virtually Famous TV Self - Panelist (2 ep)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers TV Self (1 ep)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV Self - Guest (2 ep)
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo TV (1 ep)
2013 The Last Leg TV Self (1 ep)
2013 The Great Comic Relief Bake Off TV Self - Contestant (1 ep)
2012 Good Mythical Morning TV Self (1 ep)
2011 Impractical Jokers TV (1 ep)
2010 Conan TV Self (3 ep)
2008 Celebrity Juice TV Self (2 ep)
2006 Freshly Squeezed TV Host (1 ep)
2005 Playing It Straight TV Self - Presenter (8 ep)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
1997 The View TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
1996 The Daily Show TV Self (1 ep)
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