United Kingdom, March 5 -- Jameela Jamil had just $17 in her bank account when she was cast in 'The Good Place'.

The 39-year-old star - who played Tahani Al-Jamil in Mike Schur's beloved sitcom about the afterlife - has revealed how she "ran out of money" after leaving the BBC Radio 1 Cart Show in 2016, and deciding she "wanted to be a writer and a DJ".

She joined her then-musician-partner on tour, but soon found herself struggling.

Appearing on 'David Tennant Does a Podcast With...', she said: " I ran out of money and so I said, 'Please can I have a job, any job, I will do anything.'

"I was so desperate for money at that point. I had $17 left in my bank account. I was real keen.

"But instead I was handed a bunch of auditions."

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