Jamia Suzette Mays was born on 16th July 1979, in Bristol, Tennessee USA, and is an actress and singer, and is well known thanks to the various recurring roles she has landed in television series including “Heroes”, “Ugly Betty” and “The Millers”. Mays rose to prominence for her role of the guidance counsellor Emma Pillsbury in the television series “Glee”. From 2017, she has been creating one of the main roles in the sitcom “Trial & Error”. Jayma has been active in the entertainment industry since 2004.
How much is the net worth of Jayma Mays? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $3 million, as of the data presented in early 2018. Films and television are the main sources of Mays modest fortune.
Jayma Mays (Actress) Net Worth $3 million
To begin with, she is the daughter Paulette and James Mays, and girl grew up in Grundy, Virginia. As a child, she was interested in both music and mathematics. She matriculated from Grundy Senior High School in 1997 and then graduated with an associate degree from Southwest Virginia Community College. Later, she studied at Virginia Tech for a year before transferring to the University of Radford, from which she obtained a degree in arts in 2001.
Concerning her professional career, after graduation she moved to California and completed her training at the Sacramento Theatre. She joined the company Knightsbridge Theatre, in which she worked for three years, and then Mays made her television debut in 2004 in the series “Joey” which was followed by a supporting role in the thriller “Red Eye” (2005). The actress continued appearing in television series, including “Six Feet Under” (2005), “How I Met Your Mother” (2005), “Dr. House” (2006) and “Ghost Whisperer” (2007). In 2006, she played a supporting role in the fantasy television film “If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now” by young Zac Efron, and later landed several recurring roles that helped her to become known, including roles in the series “Entourage” (2006), “Heroes” (2006 – 2010) in which she plays Charlie Andrews, a waitress with eidetic memory that will capsize the heart of Hiro Nakamura, as well as the comedy series “Ugly Betty” (2007 – 2008) in which she played Charlie, Henry’s girlfriend, all adding to her net worth.
In film, she created minor roles in the romantic comedy “Blind Dating” (2006) and the drama “Flags of our Fathers”, then she was cast in a leading role in the film “Epic Movie” (2007). In 2009, the actress made herself known to the general public, as from then until 2015 she played the role of Emma Pillsbury, a guidance counsellor and one of the main characters in the musical television series “Glee”; the series won the prestigious Golden Globe statue for the Best Musical or Comic Television Series. She took the female lead in the film adaptation of “The Smurfs” (2011), which failed critical success, but triumphed at the box office, then in 2013 she returned for the second part, which earned her the Kids’ Choice Award for Best Actress. Meanwhile, she created recurring roles in the comic sitcoms “The League” (2012 – 2014) and “The Millers” (2013 – 2015), adding steadily to her net worth.
In the cinema, she landed a minor role in the comedy “Last Weekend” (2014) starring Patricia Clarkson and joined the main cast of the family comedy “Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant” (2015) alongside Mark Feuerstein. Between 2015 and 2017, she lent her voice to the character of Dulcinea in the animated series “The Adventures of Puss in Boots”, and most recently in 2017, she became the headliner for the comic sitcom “Trial & Error”, sharing the spotlight alongside Nicholas D’Agosto. Thanks to positive feedback, the series is being renewed for a second season by the NBC network. In early 2018, she was seen in the sitcom “Great News”.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she has been married to actor Adam Campbell since 2007, and they have a son together.
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