Antonia Blyth Deputy Editor, AwardsLineBefore taking the lead in Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher’s Netflix comedy, Never Have I Ever, the now 18-year-old Maitreyi Ramakrishnan had done absolutely no television work at all, or even much acting of any kind.
And yet she’s taken viewers by storm with her portrayal of Devi, a confident-but-dorky, extrovert-but-cerebral teen dealing with her father’s death, a strained relationship with her mother, and a burning crush on the hottest boy in school.Ramakrishnan was rehearsing her high school theatre production of Chicago at home in Mississauga, Ontario, when she saw Kaling’s open call audition on Twitter, and decided to go for it.
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