Jameela Jamil landed her role on 'The Good Place' with no acting experience—here's how (via CNBCMakeIt)
she was promoted and became the first woman ever to host The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1, a position she held until 2015.to the program — U.K. tabloids tended to focus on her appearance.
, Jamil spoke to the House of Commons about body positivity and the media's portrayal of young women and girls. It's a message she remains passionate about today.prompted her to rethink her career trajectory. "I'd been told I was too old, too fat and too ethnic to try and make it into America at 28," she says. Still, after learning that she was not sick, she quit her job and moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting full-time.
Jamil followed the woman's directions for 10 minutes before realizing she was headed the wrong way. She turned back and realized the address she had been looking for was hidden behind a bush. "I walk in, she's in the audition! She was an actress! She was there! She was walking into my slot!" When her agent called to tell her she'd gotten the role, Jamil says she sat down in the middle of the street in disbelief."I've had a great experience in Hollywood, to be honest," she says. "Sickeningly so, because I got so lucky with that audition and I got to have an amazing cast to work and I got to learn how to act from Ted Danson — and Mike Schur is the greatest boss of all time.
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