Maya Jama lands huge new role in ‘sexy' smash hit Netflix series in career change leaving her ‘over the moon'
LOVE Island host Maya Jama has landed a role as a gangster's moll in Guy Ritchie's hit Netflix series The Gentlemen.
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Maya Jama has landed a role as a gangster's moll in Guy Ritchie's hit Netflix series The Gentlemen
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Maya on ITV dating show Love Island, which she hosts
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Maya had a small role in Katherine Ryan's comedy-drama The Duchess in 2020
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She plays the wife of an acquaintance of the programme's lead character Eddie Horniman, played by
A source said: 'Maya is over the moon to land a role in such a massive show with Guy Ritchie at the helm. The Gentlemen was one of 2024's biggest series and it's such a glossy, sexy show. It's a perfect fit.'
Earlier this year, Maya said she had been having screen tests for an unspecified role.
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She said: 'My dream role, I would want to be like a villain or something that's completely not like me, so then it shows that I can actually act.
'And then people would be like, wow, two different people.'
She has also hinted at the career change online, sharing a peek at a Netflix script and later posing with actress
The show, created, written and executive produced by
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But he gets a lot more than he bargained for after discovering the manor is home to a huge cannabis farm — which is part of a much bigger crime empire.
Around 3.5million watched the eight-part first series in its first seven days on streaming service Netflix, with a total of 77million views worldwide in six months.
Maya Jama with her boyfriend Ruben Dias who plays for Manchester City
Maya has always wanted to be an actor.
She first auditioned for a TV role when she was 14.
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She tried out for E4 teen drama Skins — the show that launched Kaya's career in the noughties.
She had a small role in
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Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass and Theo James as Eddie Halstead in The Gentlemen
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