She just taught me a lot that I’ll take throughout my life in my acting career, but also, just like in general. This is my first film experience and of course it’s a much larger audience, but I feel like I take a lot from what I learned in my high school productions as my drama teacher who I love and adore. Honestly it’s totally different in the sense that high school was theater and this is film. What has it been like for you to go from performing in a high school play last year at this time to now being the lead of a hugely popular Netflix show? On top of that, being involved in extracurriculars. Devi’s really smart in school, and I was as well. Definitely both of us are academically focused. That’s my catchphrase that I say with my friends a lot. Just like Devi, Ramakrishnan was academically focused and involved in extracurriculars, and like all teenagers, she has awkward memories from high school.īringing my own mannerisms into the show was more like Devi’s catchphrases, like “What’s poppin’?” is from me. That’s thanks to the writing behind Devi’s character as well as the humor and humanity Ramakrishnan brings to the role.įollowing her father’s sudden death and her subsequent paralysis, Devi is determined to come back sophomore year as popular (thanks to her 10-step popularity plan) and find boyfriends for herself and her best friends. Co-created by and loosely based off of actress Mindy Kaling’s own adolescence, Never Have I Ever has gotten credit for rising above the typical stereotypes given to Asian characters.
But Netflix (NFLX)’s new show Never Have I Ever, which follows Devi Vishwakumar, played by newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, focuses on her character’s very normal high school experiences, and is a perfect show to watch in quarantine. Normal is not a word you would use to describe our new COVID-19-infected reality. “I’m just at the right age where I can reflect and still remember.” Photo: Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar in Never Have I Ever. Here are seven shows like Never Have I Ever to watch.“I’m not far off from Devi’s age,” Maitreyi Ramakrishnan tells Observer of playing a teen in Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, her first major role.
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Now that Never Have I Ever has streamed its series finale, you’ll have to look elsewhere for funny, bittersweet tales of adolescence. But Devi doesn’t want to be considered a nerd, so she pursues her crush, hottie swimmer Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Darren Barnet). At school, she’s an honors student who vies with academic rival Ben (Jaren Lewison), and relies on best friends Eleanor (Ramona Young) and Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez). At home, her increased desire for independence clashes with the strict rules set down by mom Nalini (Poorna Jagannathan). On Netflix's Never Have I Ever, Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) recently concluded her high school journey in the final season of the comedy co-created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher.Īt the beginning of the show, Devi is a 15-year-old Indian-American sophomore grieving the death of her father. Growing up is hard to do, as teens in real life and on television know all too well.
(L to R) Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar and Darren Barnet as Paxton-Hall Yoshida in Never Have I Ever
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