Biography for
Jayma Mays More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

16 July 1979, Grundy, Virginia, USA

Birth Name

Jayma Suzette Mays

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Biography

Jayma was born Jamia Suzette Mays. She was raised in Grundy, Virginia, with her older brother and sister. Her father was a high school teacher at Grundy Senior High School for 7 years, before spending 25 years working in the coal-mining industry. He is now retired and lives with Jayma's mother in Bristol.

At school, Jayma enjoyed Math and singing. She graduated from high school in 1997. She then went on to get an Associate degree from Southwest Virginia Community College. She then did a year at Virginia Tech, transferring to Radford University. After earning her degree in Theatre in 2000, she moved to California.

She started out with an internship with actor Timothy Busfield, of the television series "thirtysomething" (1987). In 2004, she had her screen television debut on "Joey" (2004). Her first feature film came, a year later, in Red Eye (2005). Her breakthrough role came when she won the role of "Emma Pillsbury" on the hit show, "Glee" (2009).

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Spouse

Adam Campbell

(28 October 2007 - present)

Trade Mark

Red Hair

Large eyes

Glazy stare

Big Smile

Trivia

Has appeared on two major network television series, "Heroes" (2006/II) and "Ugly Betty" (2006), within the same the year with the same character name, "Charlie".

Jayma's all-time favorite television show is "The Golden Girls" (1985). She has the boxed set and watches it all the time.

After receiving her B.S. in Performing Arts from Radford University, she completed an apprenticeship with B-Street Theatre in Sacramento, California.

After moving to Los Angeles, California she joined the Knightsbridge Theatre Company where she performed in several stage plays working with them for nearly three years.