Jayma Mays

Jayma Mays: Biography in Details

Who is Jayma Mays?

Jayma Mays is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Emma Pillsbury on the Fox musical series Glee.

Jayma Mays: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

Jayma Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee. She is the daughter of Susan Paulette and James Edwin Mays. Her father was a high school teacher at Grundy Senior High School for 7 years.

She was raised in Grundy, Virginia, with her older brother and sister. Her ethnicity is Mixed(English, Scottish, Welsh, and German).

At the early age of 15, she was offered a job working on the local radio station reading the obituaries. At school, she also was interested in singing. She graduated from high school in 1997.

Jayma Mays 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 theater in 2000 she moved to California.

Jayma Mays: Career, Salary, and Net Worth 2024

Jayma Mays first 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).

In August 2014, Jayma Mays helped to raise awareness of the disease ALS by participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge.

Jayma Mays salary is still unknown but her net worth is estimated at around $3 million as of 2024.

Jayma Mays’s Rumors, Controversy

Currently, there are no desperate rumors regarding Jayma Mays personal and professional life.

It seems she is doing the best job without harming others and has been a straight person in her life, for which she has not been in any controversy yet.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Jayma Mays has a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 54 kg.

Her body size is 32-24-34 inches. Her hair color and eye color are Light brown.

Social Media

Jayma is active on Twitter and Instagram accounts but she does not use Facebook.

Jayma Mays has more than 33.9k followers on her Instagram account and 7.1k followers on her Twitter account.

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