Her main love interests are Ben Gross (Jaren Lewison), her academic arch-enemy who's constantly pushing her to do better and be better, and Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet), an older, bonified, popular heartthrob with a sensitive side. Ramakrishnan plays Devi Vishwakumar, a quirky teenager dealing with anger issues and the surmounting grief of her dad's death all while juggling high school and boys in the hit Netflix series. The cheeky 21-year-old Canadian actress admitted that she fooled everyone during her press tour for Season 4 of Never Have I Ever, telling some media outlets that she was Team Paxton and others that she Team Ben at the end of the show. In 2019, she participated in the student walkout protests against Doug Ford’s proposition for education cuts.Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan trolled us all.In our after school plays, our after school musicals and at first I just did it as something like for fun and then I realized it was something that I could dedicate myself to for the rest of my life and I would be really happy with it” Initially, she wanted to become an animator, because of her love for Disney and Marvel comics, but when she was in the last year of her school, she decided to become an actress.At the same time, she was a part of a Jazz band and played the piano in the band.When she was in grade 10, she began acting in school plays her first role was of ‘Urleen’ from the play “Footloose.” When she was in grade 12, she used to write, direct, and produce plays as an assignment from her drama classes.She was raised in a multicultural environment and knows Bharatanatyam and Ballet dance forms.She likes playing the piano, painting, hiking, exploring art galleries, singing, riding her motorcycle, and playing video games.Video Games: Nintendo, Crossing: New Horizons, Super Smash Bros.TV Shows: The Office (2005-13), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), Parks and Recreation (2009), When They See Us (2019), Black Mirror (2011).Singers: Rex Orange County, Childish Gambino, Doja Cat.Maitreyi Ramakrishnan with her Brother Favourite Things She has an elder brother named Vishwaa Ramakrishnan. Her mother, Kiruthiha Kulendiren is in marketing. Now Her father, Ram Selvarajah is an IT specialist. Her family came to Canada as refugees after the civil war in Sri Lanka (1983-2009). I made it very clear to my agent and publicist that Tamil Canadian is very, very important to me … my identity isn’t being Sri Lankan,” she said. She belongs to a Sri Lankan Tamil Family but identifies herself as a Tamil and Canadian. Reportedly, she might defer her degree if she gets to act in another season of the show. She postponed her acceptance to the theatre program at York University, Toronto, due to her acting project (Never Have I Ever). She made her acting debut with the 2020 Nelfix’s comedy series, “Never Have I Ever” as ‘Devi Vishwakumar.’ She was chosen by Mindy Kaling out of 15,000 candidates who had applied for the open casting call for the show. She did her schooling from Trelawny Public School, Mississauga and Meadowvale Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was born on Friday, 28 December 2001 ( age 18 years as in 2019) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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