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 The Latest 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 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. cultureonourradar Best Of Future Women Culture “Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon By Sally Spicer Culture Janine never thought divorce would mean losing her family and friends By Sally Spicer Culture “Invisible victims”: Why Conor was forced to live in an unsafe home By Sally Spicer Culture Miranda*’s mothers group helped her escape abuse. Then the stalking began By Sally Spicer Culture “We can’t change this on our own” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture “Marching forward means ensuring all our voices are heard” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture Dr Ann O’Neill’s husband committed “the ultimate act of revenge” By Sally Spicer Culture The question victim-survivors like me are tired of being asked By Geraldine Bilston 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.
