Speaking with the AV Club, she explained, My joke that I say is ‘I’m Team Devi,’ and people think I say that only because I don’t want to make a choice. TeamBen, actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan already knows her answer: she’s 100 TeamDevi. “That’s one of my favorite fan interactions because it’s so long overdue, really.”Īnd for whether she hopes Devi ends up with Paxton in Season 4, fans may be surprised by the answer. Talking to newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, the 18-year-old star of Never Have I Ever, it’s easy to understand how Devi came to life onscreen as a nerd with a rock-solid sense of self-worth. While Never Have I Ever fans are divided over TeamPaxton vs. “To hear so many fans talk about how they feel so represented by the show, that warms my heart,” she said. Ramakrishnan, who called her casting a “Cinderella story,” is also keenly aware of what her role means to South-East Asian girls. I thought I had no chance but I was like, ‘Eh what’d I gotta lose?'” “Never Have I Ever” is Ramakrishnan’s first screen role. I felt very much so like I was doing something for fun, a random video of me would be sent to these random people in LA and they would maybe get a laugh out of it and move on. “I would love to tell you that I felt I had a chance and that I felt confident,” she explained with a laugh. She was chosen by co-creator Mindy Kaling out of thousands of candidates after filming her audition tape at a local library using her mom’s camera. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on December 28, 2001, making this Canada native 19 years old and a Capricorn.
NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesĪmazingly, “Never Have I Ever” is Ramakrishnan’s first ever role. “Devi is way more intense when it comes to school.” Ramakrishnan was picked specifically by Mindy Kaling. “I think personality-wise, Devi and I are way more different,” she continued, describing herself as “more chill” because she cared less about her grades in high school.
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“I feel like I relate to her, in her journey being very universal, in the sense of her self-love journey, I can definitely relate to that as I feel many people can relate tot to that because I haven’t always loved myself,” the Canadian-born actor explained. Canadian actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan relishes portraying impetuous teenager Devi in the Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever.
“I feel like I relate to her, in her journey being very universal,” she told Page Six. Ramakrishnan said she can relate to Devi … to an extent. Ramakrishnan says she's proud of how she's matured while playing the character. “But I was very very shocked by all the dramatic turns her love life takes, whether it was with the new character, Des, or the breakup with Paxton. Canadian actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan appears as Devi in Season 3 of Never Have I Ever. “Season 3 ends in a way where we don’t know exactly what happens,” Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, who plays Devi, told Page Six. Unfortunately, Daxton isn’t meant to be (at least for now) and there’s even a new love interest named Des (played by Anirudh Pisharody). Season 2 of “Never Have I Ever” left viewers with the happy ending everyone had been pining for Devi and Paxton were officially boyfriend and girlfriend. Slimmed-down Mindy Kaling re-creates iconic ‘Legally Blonde’ scene in bold yellow bikini
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