Jameela Jamil - Ezra Bartlett Photoshoot

Jameela Jamil (born 25 February 1986) is an English television presenter and model. She has appeared on various Channel 4 programmes, and has been a presenter of T4 since 2009.

Jamil, nickname "Jam-Jam", was born in Hampstead Heath. At school, Jamil says she was "bookish and shy. Back then it was all about comfort. I literally didn't care what I wore". Her interests include art and biology.

At the age of 17, Jamil was struck by a car, breaking several bones damaging her spine. Jamil was confined to bed for a year; she weighed 126 pounds (57 kg) before the accident and gained 77 pounds (35 kg) while convalescing. She was told that she may never walk again, but after steroid treatment and physiotherapy she slowly recovered, using a Zimmer frame to start walking. She rapidly lost weight, returning to her original weight.

Jamil taught English to foreign students – including a nun and monk – at the Callan School of English, Oxford Street, London; she also worked as a model, a photographer, and as a fashion scout for Premier Model Management Limited.

Jamil is represented by Money Management as of 2010, a management group that has represented people such as Edith Bowman, Abigail Clancy, Donna Air and co-presenter Nick Grimshaw (with whom she presented Freshly Squeezed).