How Maya Jama went from Bristol native to Celebrity Traitors star

Share Save Add as preferred on Google Rosie Burgess Bristol BBC Maya Jama joined a star-studded line-up of celebrities, including Michael Sheen, in the BBC's The Celebrity Traitors Maya Jama has gone from Bristol schoolgirl to one of the UK's biggest television stars.

The 32-year-old Love Island host was watched by millions as she faced the last round table in the final of The Celebrity Traitors, which aired on BBC One and iPlayer .

But behind the glamorous television appearances and red carpet moments is a story that began in a council house with a young girl determined to make it on the small screen.

Maya was born and raised in Bristol, growing up in St Paul's with a family of Bristol Rovers supporters, putting on song and dance performances for them and charging 20p a time.