---
name: "Jayma Mays"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jayma-mays"
fi1m_id: "jayma-mays"
imdb_id: "nm1724323"
tmdb_id: 34195
wikidata_id: "Q231006"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 July 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T12:15:02.903621+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jayma Mays

## Identity

Jayma Mays

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jayma-mays
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jayma-mays
- **IMDb ID:** nm1724323
- **TMDB ID:** 34195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q231006
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayma_Mays, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231006, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1724323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34195

Actor. Born 16 July 1979 in Bristol, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 July 1979, Bristol, Tennessee, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Jayma Suzette Mays, Jamia Suzette Mays
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (2), 2010s 37 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $564m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayma_Mays, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231006, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1724323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34195

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Smurfs*](https://film.one/film/the-smurfs.md) (37)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jayma Mays is an American actress. Born Jamia Suzette Mays on 16 July 1979 in Bristol, Tennessee, she was raised in Grundy, Virginia. She earned an associate degree from Southwest Virginia Community College and a BA in theatre from Radford University.

Mays made her screen debut in 2004 on the series *Joey*. She is known for her role as Emma Pillsbury in the musical series *Glee* (2009–2015), as Charlie Andrews in *Heroes* (2006–2010), and for film roles including Cynthia in *Red Eye* (2005), Amy in *Paul Blart: Mall Cop* (2009) and Grace Winslow in *The Smurfs* (2011) and its 2013 sequel. She has also appeared in *The Millers* (2013–2014) and *Trial & Error* (2017–2018).

In 2025 she joined the cast of the Netflix series *Leanne* as Mary.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Smurfs* (2011), Fi1m 37, as Grace Winslow — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smurfs.md)
- *Glee* (2009), Fi1m 68, as Emma Pillsbury — [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, as Elsita / Elsa — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Leanne* (2025), series, as Mary
- *St. Denis Medical* (2024), series, as Kelly
- *Disenchanted* (2022), as Ruby
- *United States of Al* (2021), series, as Cindy
- *Bill & Ted Face the Music* (2020), as Joanna
- *Little Willy* (2020), as Mrs. Caruthers
- *American Made* (2017), as Dana Sibota
- *Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale* (2017), as Dulcinea (voice)
- *Great News* (2017), series, as Cat
- *Trial & Error* (2017), series, as Carol Anne Keane
- *Gigi Does It* (2015), series, Actor
- *Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp* (2015), series, as Jessica
- *Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant* (2015), as April Elizabeth Farnekowski
- *Resident Advisors* (2015), series, as Michaela Roberts
- *Resident Advisors* (2015), as Michaela Roberts
- *The Adventures of Puss in Boots* (2015), series, as Dulcinea (voice)
- *Last Weekend* (2014), as Blake Curtis
- *Getting On* (2013), series, as Suzi Sasso
- *The Millers* (2013), series, as Debbie Stoker
- *The Smurfs 2* (2013), as Grace Winslow
- *The Smurfs* (2011), as Grace Winslow — Fi1m 37, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smurfs.md)
- *NTSF:SD:SUV::* (2011), series, as Clock
- *The League* (2009), series, as Trixie Von Stein
- *Glee* (2009), series, as Emma Pillsbury — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Paul Blart: Mall Cop* (2009), as Amy
- *Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control* (2008), as Nina
- *Bar Starz* (2008), as Tiffany
- *Smiley Face* (2007), as Actress in Waiting Room
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, as Elsita / Elsa — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Back to You* (2007), series, as Shelley
- *Epic Movie* (2007), as Lucy
- *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), as Nurse in Hawaii
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Charlie
- *Heroes* (2006), series, as Charlie Andrews — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip* (2006), series, as Daphne
- *Blind Dating* (2006), as Mandy
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Jennifer Billings
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Coat Check Girl — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Red Eye* (2005), as Cynthia
- *Stacked* (2005), series, Actor
- *House* (2004), series, as Hannah — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Joey* (2004), series, as Molly
- *Entourage* (2004), series, as Jennifer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Donna — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)

## Gallery

- ![Actress Jayma Mays at premiere party of TV series Glee, Santa Monica, California. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/443112/gallery-076df162cf53.jpg) Actress Jayma Mays at premiere party of TV series Glee, Santa Monica, California. (2009) — Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Jayma_Mays_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jayma Mays](https://film.one/media/person/443112/gallery-26133bb9c16c.jpg) Jayma Mays — Mel from Huntington Beach, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Jayma_Mays_%28GLEE%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jayma Mays](https://film.one/media/person/443112/gallery-ba8069e78670.jpg) Jayma Mays — Image via TMDB

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