Jameela Jamil is known for her role as Tahani Al-Jamil on "The Good Place," her activism, her I Weigh body neutrality campaign, and most recently, for viral conspiracies about her health.

The actress was the first solo female BBC Radio 1 presenter and worked for Premier Model Management Limited before moving to LA and auditioning for "The Good Place" after a breast cancer scare.

Jamil is currently the subject of viral sleuthing about whether she's lied about various illnesses, accidents, and her work history – though her boyfriend, singer James Blake, came to her defense.

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Actress Jameela Jamil was a media darling in the immediate years following her breakout role on "The Good Place," as she campaigned for body neutrality and against eating disorder culture, starting the I Weigh campaign and landing the cover of British Vogue (the edition edited by Meghan Markle, no less).

But more recently she's been the target of viral hate and conspiracies. Once Jamil was announced as a lead judge on the upcoming ballroom and voguing competition series "Legendary," critics said the then-presumed straight actress with no ties to queer ball culture was a choice that reeked of LGBTQ appropriation.

Then, Jamil clarified in a poorly received statement on Twitter that she is queer. Shortly afterward, an unofficial investigation conducted by writer and producer Tracie Egan Morrissey into whether Jamil has Munchausen syndrome and has lied repeatedly about her work and medical history went viral.

Jamil and her boyfriend, the singer James Blake, have both defended her past claims, but inconsistencies still remain, according to Morrissey's Instagram highlight about Jamil. Here's how the actress went from her early media career in the UK to her current status at the center of a conspiracy theory.

Source: Insider.com

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