Maya Jama Parents: The “Love Island” host, Maya Jama moved to London to pursue her acting career. She is currently a social media personality and T.V Presenter and Radio DJ. Here’s what we know so far about her personal life.
Maya Jama Parents
Maya Jama whose real name is Maya Indea Jama was born on 14, August 1994 to mixed-ethnicity Somali and Swedish-descent parents. She is of Somali descent from her father’s side and Swedish from her mother’s side.
Her mother’s name is Sadie, she gave birth to Maya Jama when she was just 19 years old. Maya’s father’s name is Hussein, throughout her childhood periods, her father had been in prison for violence and crimes.
Maya Jama, 28, also has a sibling, brother Omar Jama, who made a significant role in the fashion catwalk.
Maya came to London with a dream of being an actress, she first struggled a lot in modeling and also tried acting, but she later realized that her better place is as a presenter. She began her presenting career at a young age and also worked for Sky U.K.
Maya Jama Mother
Maya Jama has been very close to her mother, Maya Angelou. The actress, and model, Maya Jama struggled throughout her life to know about her father, neither her mother nor her relatives told her anything about her father.
Maya and her mother have appeared on a talk show and also attended private celebrity events together.
Maya’s mother is also a popular celebrity like Maya and she is mistakenly referred to as her sister. Maya and her mother are lookalike. A person literally can’t judge that she is her mother.
Maya Jama Father
Maya’s childhood passed without her father’s support. Because her father was sentenced to prison when she was a child. Her mother raised her solely. When she gradually grew up with an understanding of her family. She decided to not meet her father in prison.
She opened up in an interview with The Guardian, “It was normal for me. My dad’s side of my family was super-supportive and they did everything in their power to make me and my brother not feel like we were missing out on anything”.
