Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Actress) Wiki, Age, Career and more.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was born in Canada and is of Indian descent. In addition to acting, she is also interested in writing and has expressed a desire to pursue a career in writing in the future. She was born in a Tamil Canadian family of Sri Lanka. She made her debut by playing the leading role as Devi Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series Never Have I Ever. After this, she came to limelight and her performance was appreciated worldwide. Ramakrishnan gave her voice to the role of Zipp Storm in the series My Little Pony: Make Your Mark and to the character of Priya Mangal in the Pixar animated fantasy comedy film Turning Red.

Personal Life

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was born on 28 December 2001 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She is 21 years old (as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. She completed her primary schooling from Trelawny Public School, Mississauga. After that, she took admission in Meadowvale Public School, Mississauga, Ontario to complete her further studies.

Biography

Career

Maitreyi began her professional acting career by making a debut as Devi Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy streaming television series Never Have I Ever. Out of 15,000 candidates that had applied for an open casting call for the show in 2019, she was chosen by Mindy Kaling. In the year 2019, she was listed among one of eighteen “Groundbreakers”, a list of girls who were breaking down barriers and changing the world by Today. In 2020, the series premiered on Netflix and her performance received positive reviews from the audience.

Ramakrishnan was included in Time’s top 100 Next list of influential, rising stars in 2021. In the same year, she repeated her role of Devi Vishwakumar, in the second season of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, which premiered in July that year. Maitreyi was chosen as a brand ambassador for clothing retailer American Eagle’s “Member’s Always: Future Together” campaign. In the same year, she gave her voice to the character of Priya Mangal in the Pixar animated fantasy comedy film Turning Red. Ramakrishnan also received the honorary Radius Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards, for her global influence on television of South Asian representation in Hollywood.

Ramakrishnan gave her voice to the role of Zipp Storm in the series My Little Pony: Make Your Mark in 2022. Later, she reprised her role in the Netflix computer-animated series, and the CGI-animated special My Little Pony: Winter Wishday. She is all set to make her film debut with the Netflix romantic comedy film The Netherfield Girls, a contemporary adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice.

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Net worth

The net worth of Maitreyi is estimated to be about 5 million approx (as of 2022). The primary source of her income comes from acting, modelling, web series, different events, commercial ads and brand promotions.

Some exciting facts

• Maitreyi was born in a Tamil Canadian family of Sri Lanka.
• Maitreyi Ramakrishnan made her acting debut in the Netflix series “Never Have I Ever,” which was created by Mindy Kaling.
• Her father is an IT specialist and her mother is in marketing company.
• She received critical acclaim for her performance in the show and was praised for her naturalistic acting style.

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• She has a close relationship with her co-stars on “Never Have I Ever” and often shares photos and updates about them on social media.
• On Instagram, she is followed by 4 million people.
• Her hobbies include playing piano, hiking, singing and riding her bike.

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