The Love Island host has previously spoken about her ambitions to showcase her acting skills, and will reportedly play a gangster’s glam wife in the mob series
Love Island host Maya Jama has bagged a huge role in Guy Ritchie’s Netflix hit The Gentlemen. The crime drama series, which is a spin-off following the success of the director’s film of the same name, starring Theo James and Kaya Scodelario.
Maya reportedly plays the glam wife of a friend of lead character Eddie Horniman, alongside the likes of Vinnie Jones and Ray Winstone. She’s been filming at Gloucestershire’s Grade II listed building Badminton House, which is Eddie’s home.
The TV personality, 30, recently soft-launched her new gig with the streamer on social media. She teased her followers on Instagram when she posted a snap of a cast list with the Netflix logo on it.
She also shared a peak of a Netflix script, and posted a photo of her and Skins star Kaya, who plays mob boss Susie Glass in the show. Further adding to the speculation around what is next for Maya, she posted a photo of a Netflix mug, with fans then certain she was working on something big.
A source told The Sun: “Maya is over the moon to land a role in such a massive show with Guy Ritchie at the helm. The Gentlemen was one of 2024’s biggest series and it’s such a glossy, sexy show. It’s a perfect fit.”
The gangster series, written and executive produced by Ritchie, looks at the life of ex-Army officer Eddie (Theo James). The mob boss suddenly inherits his father’s sprawling country estate, Halstead Manor.
But he finds out the huge plot of land is actually home to a prosperous weed empire, and soon realises its owners have no intention of leaving. The first season of the black comedy aired in March 2024, with hopes of a second season uncertain for five months.
Thankfully, it was finally picked back up in August 2024. Filming has just begun on the follow-up, with a target date of 2026 for it to land on Netflix.
The move into acting has been a long time coming for Maya, who actually auditioned at the age of 14 for her co-star Kaya’s first big role in Skins, in which she played Effy. The Mirror has reached out to Maya’s reps for comment.
Maya has previously spoken about her ambition to showcase her acting skills. Back in January, she revealed she had been auditioning for her “dream role”.
She said at the time: “My dream role, I would want to be like a villain or something that’s completely not like me, so then it shows that I can actually act. And then people would be like, wow, two different people.”
Maya’s big break came in 2023, when she took over from Laura Whitmore as the host of ITV reality show Love Island. Following her new job, she co-hosted the 2024 BRIT Awards, cementing her as a household name in the UK.
She also found herself on The Masked Singer, where she was confirmed as a new panellist, before admitting she felt she needed to aim even higher. Speaking to The Sun about turning 30, she said: “I feel like I need to set new goals because all my childhood dreams have already come true.”
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