[1] Jasmine Dotiwala grew up in Southall, West London,[2] where she attended Featherstone High School.

[3][4] Dotiwala was first employed by production company Planet 24, which worked on the morning show The Big Breakfast, until she successfully auditioned for co-host of the Channel 4 programme The Word in 1994.

[9] In 2009, she returned to Channel 4,[10] where she worked on music programmes such as twentieth anniversary special for The Word.

[1] She was a judge for the 2018 iteration of BBC's Woman's Hour Power List, which recognises women working in the music industry.

[11][12] In April 2018, Dotiwala was requested to give evidence at the House of Commons to MP's for the Youth Violence Commission.