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Jayma Mays Biography

Birth Name:
Jamia Suzette Mays
Birth Place:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Best known for her role as McKinley High School guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury on Glee
  • Made her TV debut in a September 2004 episode of the NBC sitcom Joey
  • Made her feature-film debut opposite Rachel McAdams in the 2005 thriller Red Eye
  • In 2007, she played Hiro's girlfriend, Charlie, on NBC's Heroes and Henry's girlfriend, also named Charlie, on ABC's Ugly Betty
  • Met her husband on the set of 2007's Epic Movie, which they both starred in
  • Is involved with Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for pediatric-cancer research

Awards

  • 2012Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2011Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2010Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2009Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: winner

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