DUBAI: British actress Jameela Jamil was spotted at day six of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on Saturday, days after she attended a restaurant launch in collaboration with Choose Love, a non-profit that supports refugees and displaced people internationally.
“Supporting the amazing work for refugees,” Jamil captioned an Instagram Story showing her posing at the event, which was held at Manzi's Soho, a new seafood eatery in London.
Jamil attended a restaurant launch in collaboration with Choose Love, a non-profit that supports refugees and displaced people internationally. (Getty Images)
Fast forward to Saturday and the actress attended Wimbledon in an eye-catching red outfit designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen. Jamil attended the event alongside her partner, musician James Blake.
She paused for a photo with “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, who sat just behind Jamil in the stands.
Jamil has had a number of reasons to celebrate this summer, including the news that she joined the voice cast of Pixar’s “Elio,” the 28th animated feature from Pixar Animation.
The British Pakistani podcaster and presenter — who shot to fame for her fan-favorite role as Tahani on “The Good Place” – will be joined by US actor Brad Garrett.
Disney released the trailer of the animation in June.
The movie, scheduled for release on March 1, 2024, revolves around Elio, an underdog with an active imagination who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the “Communiverse,” an interplanetary organization with representatives from various galaxies.
Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, Elio must form new bonds with alien lifeforms, survive a series of trials and discover who he is truly meant to be.
Young US star Yonas Kibreab will voice Elio, actress America Ferrera voices his mom, and Jamil and Garrett voice a pair of ambassadors whom Elio meets on his journey.
“GUYS! I am in a PIXAR MOVIE!!” British Pakistani Jamil told her 3.8 million followers on Instagram sharing the trailer.
“Every time I finish a job, I think to myself, well that’s probably it, nobody will ever hire me again. I had a good run,” she wrote. “Time to go back to school, and then something absolutely wild like this comes along. A beyond dream come true. I don’t know how long this luck of mine will last but I remain so grateful that I get to be a part of things like this. The cast are so talented, the art is so beautiful, and the story is divine.”
The movie is directed by Adrian Molina, the screenwriter and co-director of the Oscar-winning 2017 animated fantasy film “Coco,” and produced by Mary Alice Drumm who was the associate producer of “Coco.”
