Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is a Canadian actress of Tamil descent who is famously known for her role as Devi in the Netflix American comedy-drama series Never Have I Ever that released in the year 2020. Maitreyi has also done various theater plays and wants to pursue a theater course from Toronto’s York University. Being her first professional acting project, she has managed to gather the attention of a lot of people who now look up to her as a new young actress making her mark. Maitreyi wants to contribute to the upliftment of the South Asian community in cinema and her performance in the show was described as a breakout performance by a media company named Variety.

Born Name

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Pronounced as my-tray-yee)

Nick Name

Maitreyi

Sun Sign

Capricorn

Born Place

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Residence

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Nationality

Education

She has completed her education from Meadowvale Secondary School.

Occupation

Actress

Family

• Father – Ram Selvarajah
• Mother – Kiruthiha Kulendiren
• Siblings – Vishwaa Ramakrishnan (Older Brother)

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 6 in or 167.5 cm

Weight

48 kg or 106 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

Asian

She is of Tamil descent.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Favorite Things

• Character – Hermione Granger
• Food – She calls herself a foodie
• Hobbies – Piano, Drawing, Singing, Riding her motorcycle, Video Games
• TV Shows – The Office
• Singers – Rex Orange County, Childish Gambino, Doja Cat

Source – YouTube

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Facts

1. Her family hails from Sri Lanka, but they moved out during the civil war and settled in Canada but Maitreyi calls herself Tamil-Canadian and not Sri Lankan due to the war.
2. There were a total of 15,000 girls who auditioned for the role of Devi along with Maitreyi.
3. She got to know about the open casting call of the series through her best friend and she recorded her first self-tape in the library before she was called to Las Vegas.
4. She was finally selected by Mindy Kaling, whom Maitreyi also calls her godmother.
5. Maitreyi had done various school plays before she got the part in the Netflix show Never Have I Ever.
6. She wanted to pursue a theatre course from Toronto’s York University.
7. Maitreyi actively advocated the need for the right to education and believes in representing the South Asian community at the international level.
8. She is also a part-time gamer.
9. She cannot speak Tamil fluently but can understand the language well.
10. Maitreyi was named as one of the Groundbreakers for breaking all barriers and changing the world.
11. For her performance in the show Never Have I Ever, she won the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards in the category ‘Comedy Show of 2020’.
12. During the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Maitreyi was nominated in the “Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series” category for her role in the show, Never Have I Ever.

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