Jahmela Yarbrough est née le 21 février 1983 en Caroline du Nord, États-Unis. Elle est productrice et actrice. Elle est connue pour First (2022), First (2014) et Killing Lazarus (2016).
She acted in August Wilson's play, "The Piano Lesson," in a Classic Contemporary American Plays production at The Broad Stage Theatre in Los Angeles, California with Morgan Haley Brown, Chris Butler, Alex Morris, Tonya Pinkins, Montae Russell, Julius Tennon, and Glynn Thurman in the cast. Michele Shay was director.