Jahmela Yarbrough nasceu o 21 de fevereiro de 1983 em Winston-Salem, Carolina do Norte, EUA. É produtora e atriz, conhecida pelo seu trabalho em First (2022), First (2014) e 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.
