Jameela Jamil to Host 25th Annual Webby Awards
Awards show, celebrating the best of the internet, will be all-virtual this year and stream on May 18Lawrence Yee | April 15, 2021 @ 8:00 AM
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Actress and advocate Jameela will host the 25th Webby Awards, celebrating the best of the internet, in an all-virtual ceremony this year.
“I’m obviously no stranger to the Internet and social media,” said Jamil. “And that’s why I’m so excited to host this year’s show and celebrate those who dare to make the Internet a better, more positive place for us all.”
Jamil, best known for playing Tahani on the sitcom “The Good Place” and hosting HBO Max’s ballroom competition “Legendary,” is a prolific tweeter with over one million followers. In 2018 she launched a movement and activism platform called I Weigh. What started as an idea and an Instagram page became a platform and community of changemakers who come together to share ideas, experiences and