Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Maitreyi (pronounced my-trey-ee) is set to play Devi, an overachieving high school Indian American sophomore with a short fuse that often gets her into difficult situations. It will be the young actress’ Hollywood debut.[11]
Interest in acting
In high school, starting from grade 10, Maitreyi's drama teacher got her into acting after school: In their after school plays, their after school musicals and at first she just did it as something for fun and then she realized it was something that she could devote herself to for the rest of her life, and it could bring her a lot of happiness.[12]
Audition
First she had to forward a self tape from the Instagram post, then she sent in another tape when they called her back to send in some more footage of herself, then she went to Los Angeles two times to do some screen-testing. Maitreyi found the whole process very interesting and she was amazed to see how actors get roles and find themselves in the industry.[1]
Competion
"Well, when I did like audition and go through that whole process, I don’t think I realized how many people were auditioning.
And then when I did find out that there were 15,000 other people, I don’t think it really hit me because I didn’t just come out of straight high school and I think, right now, even still, it hasn’t hit me.
The whole process of everything, getting the role even hasn’t yet".
A whole new world
Going in to the world of professional acting was everything Maitreyi had imagined and more.
It’s so crazy to be in the industry and see like the tricks behind the screen, and how movie magic is created and it’s just so amazing how it’s constantly evolving into something even greater.
Meeting Mindy Kaling for the first time
It was amazing, ‘cause she is one of my role models. I love her work on ‘The Office,’ it’s my favorite TV show and she writes a lot of the episodes and some of like the most hilarious ones. So it was really surreal to see Kelly Kapoor in front of me and just like all of her talent.