- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 14, 1994
- Place of Birth
- Bristol, England, UK
Maya Jama
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
tvThe Celebrity Traitors
2025 · Self - Contestant
movieLove Island: Decade of Love
2025 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Masked Singer: Unmasked
2025 · Self - Guest
movieComic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024 · Self
tvLove Island: All Stars
2024 · Self - Host
tvLove Island Games
2023 · Self - Host
Walk the Line
tvWalk the Line
2021 · Self - Presenter
tvHometown Showdown
2021 · Self
movieThe Big New Year's In
2020 · Presenter
tvMo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour
2020 · Self
tvThe Masked Singer
2020 · Self - Panelist
tvRuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · Self - Guest Judge
tvThe Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
2019 · Self
tvShopping with Keith Lemon
2019
tvGlow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
2019 · Herself - Host
tvThe Circle
2018 · Herself - Host
tvTrue Love or True Lies?
2018 · Herself (Presenter)
tvThe Big Narstie Show
2018 · Self
tvRevolution
2018 · Self - Presenter
tvCannonball
2017 · Herself - Presenter
tvLove Island: Aftersun
2017 · Self - Host
tvLove Island
2015 · Self - Host
tvChicken Shop Date
2014 · Self - Guest
tvThe Last Leg
2013 · Self
tvThe Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Self - Guest
tvA League of Their Own
2010 · Self - Panellist, Guest
tvCelebrity Juice
2008 · Self
tvWould I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
tv8 Out of 10 Cats
2005 · Self
tvBig Fat Quiz
2004 · Self - Contestant
tvAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · Self - Star Guest Announcer
tvThis Morning
1988 · Self
tvThe BRIT Awards
1977 · Self - Host
V Festival
tvV Festival
— · Presenter