She might be one of the most recognisable faces on British TV as the host of Love Island and a panellist on The Masked Singer, but Maya Jama is ready to take the leap from presenter to leading lady.
The 31-year-old tells the BBC she has "a second wind of ambition" to make it as an actor, after failing to break into the industry before she became an established presenter.
"I dreamt of being an actor when I was younger and would try and do all these auditions and would get loads of no's," she adds.
Jama is set to star in the second season of Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen, alongside Theo James and Kaya Scodelario but her role on the show remains under wraps.
She says she "wasn't as persistent as I should have been" when it came to trying out for different roles and easily "got disheartened", thinking "maybe this isn't for me".
