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Jayma Mays
Mays at the the premiere party for Glee, May 11, 2009
Born	Jayma Suzette Mays July 16, 1979 (1979-07-16) (age 30) Grundy, Virginia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Spouse(s)	Adam Campbell (2007 - present)

Jayma Suzette Mays (born July 16, 1979) is an American television and film actress and singer, most known for her role as the mysophobic guidance counselor, Emma Pillsbury, on the FOX TV show Glee.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2.1 Films 2.2 Television 3 References 4 External links

Life and career

Mays was born in Grundy, Virginia. After graduating from Grundy Senior High School, she attended Radford University where she graduated with a degree in Performing Arts.

In 2004, she made her first television appearance on Joey. The following year, she made her feature film debut with a supporting role in Red Eye. Mays' other credits include Six Feet Under, The Comeback, Entourage, Stacked, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Pushing Daisies, Ghost Whisperer and Ugly Betty. Jayma was in other movies, such as Bar Starz, Flags of Our Fathers and Blind Guy Driving. She also starred in the spoof film Epic Movie where she met her husband Adam Campbell. She also was a patient on House in the episode "Sleeping Dogs Lie" in 2006.

Mays has played the love interest of a character played by Masi Oka in two different roles: Charlie Andrews on Heroes, and Nina in the direct-to-DVD film Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control. She also played Elsita, who lives and works in a windmill as well as her mother Elsa in episode four of Pushing Daisies. Mays costarred in vol.2.5 of Derek Water's online series Drunk History as Benjamin Franklin's love interest.¹ She also starred as Amy in Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

Mays currently stars as Emma Pillsbury on the Fox show Glee, which premiered on September 9, 2009. In March 2010, Mays was cast as the female human lead in a live action/animation hybrid film version of The Smurfs.²

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Red Eye	Cynthia
2006	Blind Dating	Mandy
	Flags of Our Fathers	Nurse in Hawaii
2007	Smiley Face	Actress in Waiting Room
	Epic Movie	Lucy
	Bar Starz	Tiffany
2008	Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control	Nina
2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Amy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Joey	Molly	Episode: "Joey and the Party"
2005	The Comeback	Sales Girl	Episode: "Valerie Demands Dignity"
	Six Feet Under	Donna	Episode: "The Rainbow of Her Reasons"
	How I Met Your Mother	Coat Check Girl	Episode: "Okay Awesome"
	Stacked	Brenda	Episode: "Nobody Says I Love You"
2005- 2006	Entourage	Jennifer	Episodes: "Sorry, Ari", "Neighbors"
2006	If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now	Sandra	TV pilot
	30 Even Scarier Movie Moments	Herself	TV miniseries
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Daphne	Episode: "Pilot"
	House	Hannah	Episode: "Sleeping Dogs Lie"
	Heroes	Charlie Andrews	4 episodes
2007	Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office	Angela	TV pilot
	Back to You	Shelley	Episode: "Date Night"
	Ugly Betty	Charlie	8 episodes
	Ghost Whisperer	Jennifer Billings	Episode: "The Underneath"
2008	Pushing Daisies	Elsita / Elsa	Episode: "Pigeon"
2009-10	Glee	Emma Pillsbury	Series regular, 12 episodes
	Heroes	Charlie Andrews	5 episodes

References

External links

• Jayma Mays at the Internet Movie Database
• Jayma Mays at TV.com

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NAME	Mays, Jayma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mays, Jayma Suzette
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress
DATE OF BIRTH	1979-07-16
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grundy, Virginia, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH