The actress talks wrapping up her Mindy Kaling–anointed role and the supremacy of children’s pizzas.
, which first aired in 2020, foregrounded a layered Indian American girlhood in ways that hadn’t been done before, with Ramakrishnan leaning into Devi’s grief and horniness and teenage impetuousness with verve and wit. The series comes to an end this summer with a fourth and final season, in which Devi leaves high school and its colorful characters behind for the next chapter of her life, whatever that may look like.
The show, and your performance in particular, has done such a great job of capturing the consistency of grief. We see Devi’s grief evolve, but it never neatly resolves. What’s that been like for you as an actor? The journey of grief in the storyline, especially in season one—just that true finding and discovering yourself is a plot I love so much. It’s why, when we calla young adult show, it’s such a disservice. People can relate to it even if they don’t look like the lead. If you told me at 17, “Hey, you have to portray losing your dad and going through grief,” I probably would have thought that I couldn’t do it. Like, that’s veryacting, and at most I can make a fart joke. I underestimated myself.
I don’t put celebrities on a pedestal because we’re all humans, but I also don’t want to get excited and then meet someone and they’re awful. But I’m going to put all my money on the fact that Dolly Parton is an amazing person. Dolly can ride shotgun. And of course Mindy Kaling. Mindy’s just the homie. She just gives me all the emotional support. Megan Suri, because she’s a homie too and puts me on a lot of good music. Character actress Margo Martindale — she’s got vibes. And Michelle Yeoh.
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