The Latest On Our Radar: Jameela Jamil She’s the The Good Place's golden girl, but Jameela Jamil's zero BS approach to body-shaming and advocacy for women has won her even more fans. Let's get you acquainted with the woman everyone is talking about. By Natalie Cornish Published 17 April, 2020 The Latest On Our Radar: Jameela Jamil She’s the The Good Place's golden girl, but Jameela Jamil's zero BS approach to body-shaming and advocacy for women has won her even more fans. Let's get you acquainted with the woman everyone is talking about. By Natalie Cornish Published 17 April, 2020 Previous article There’s No Better Than Your Best Next article Creating A Bigger, Better Story For Australian Women If you were a teen in the UK in the early noughties, chances are you woke up to Jameela Jamil on a Sunday morning. She was our Faustina “Fuzzy” Agolley, presenting the much-loved Channel 4 TV show T4 and counting down the week’s most popular tracks for Radio 1’s Official Chart Show. Now, Jameela is riding high in Hollywood having landed a part in the Golden Globe nominated The Good Place two years ago. The backstory might surprise you: she left London for the west coast with no intention of becoming an actress. A breast cancer scare inspired the move; becoming a screenwriter was her goal, but her LA agent encouraged her to audition for the part of Tahani Al-Jamil in the NBC comedy. Rave reviews followed, along with a Golden Globe nomination for the show. On Our Radar is a cheat sheet covering the women, men and issues everyone is talking about. No need for a Wikipedia search anymore. Culture On our radar Best Of Future Women Culture 5 moments that prove women won the Winter Olympics By Jesse Kitzler Career She didn’t pivot. She survived. Then she built an empire. By Melanie Dimmitt The Latest 3 Australian Women On Marriage Equality By FW Leadership 5 career lessons from the Australian Open By Odessa Blain Family The weirdest part of my pregnancy has nothing to do with me By Sally Spicer Culture Nobody wants this type of transaction By Melanie Dimmitt Culture “I lost everything” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture He cut her off from the world By Melanie Dimmitt Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
