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Jameela Jamil
| Name: | Jameela Jamil |
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| Occupation: | Actress, TV presenter, writer, body positivity activist |
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| Works: | Played Tahani Al-Jamil in The Good Place |
| Official Website(s): | @jameelajamilofficial on instagram Offical Website |
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| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Jameela Jamil is an English actress, best known to fandom as an actress on the NBC comedy The Good Place. Before her role as Tahani Al-Jamil, she had never acted and was best known for her work as a television presenter. Jamil is also well-known for her body positivity activism and frank discussion of her previous eating disorder.[1] Said activism often encourages engagement from her fan base, particularly with the I Weigh campaign that encouraged submissions from fans.
Relationship to Fandom
Jameela Jamil has previously sought out fanfiction about her character Tahani and has made multiple encouraging remarks about the non-canon femslash ship Teleanor. In an interview in Stylist, she even mentions common tropes she's seen in Tahani/Eleanor fic:
"I love the fact that [my character] and Eleanor [Bell] have this friendship and they kinda form a rivalry. If anything, it’s kind of a sexual tension that fans seem to have picked up on between me and Eleanor [...] I’ve been getting erotic fan fiction written about me, which is fascinating…
I just love that all of them start with the same thing, which is that we always high-five and then our fingers clasp together and then with her other hand she starts playing with my hair. That’s always how it begins."[2]
Fanworks
Jameela Jamil does not appear to be a popular subject for Real Person Fiction, with only a handful of fanworks tagged Jameela Jamil on both Wattpad and AO3.[3]
Fanart
- Art of Jamil for the I Weigh campaign, Archived version by traitspourtaits
- Tahani Al-Jamil / Jameela Jamil Art, Archived version by TheNecronon
- Jameela Jamil Hand Embroidered Portrait, Archived version by Briony (FanaticThreads)
- One of my favorite princess 💫, Archived version by arumst (also tagged as Tahani Al Jamil)
- I’m not a superhero, but I would like to try and help people., Archived version[1] by Frederike Dekkers
Gifset
- What advice would you give women struggling to find their self-worth?, Archived version by tgpgifs
- Jameela Jamil on Cancel Culture - The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Archived version by dwight-schrutes
- Jameela, Archived version dressed as Elvira by ijustthinkevilunoisneat
- W Magazine (2019), Archived version by sharonhawkins
- A lot of people see you as a face of what they would call the body positivity movement., Archived version by epiphanies
- Pomellato for Women, Archived version by janefondasource (with Jane Fonda)
Graphics
- Jameela Jamil, Archived version by suskindkore
- Underused FC Challenge, Archived version by thesquirrelart
- Avatars, Archived version by icemacklin
- request #223, Archived version by fassylovergallery
- link, Archived version by bambieyestuff
- Avatars Jameela Jamil (400x640), Archived version by creationofcinderella
External Links
Fannish Links
- Stories tagged jameelajamil on Wattpad
Actor Resources
- Jameela Jamil page on Wikipedia
- Jameela Jamil on IMDb
References
- ^ Jameela Jamil Opened Up About Her Struggle With An Eating Disorder As A Teen, Archived version Article from Buzzfeed News, October 2, 2018.
- ^ Jameela Jamil addresses “sexual tension” with Kristen Bell in The Good Place, Archived version
- ^ There are 3 works in the jameela jamil tag on Wattpad (as accessed on October 12, 2020).