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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan ON: Imposter Syndrome & How to Navigate Self-Doubt In Any Stage of Your Journey

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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan chats with Jay Shetty about her acting journey. Breaking through the film industry requires a lot of hard work and a lot of people don’t actually take into consideration the amount of work she has put in to continuously play the title role. Add in a good amount of luck and her will to stand for herself and never shy away from asking questions.

Maitreyi is best known for portraying Devi Vishwakumar, a 15-year-old high school sophomore, in Netflix's hit series, Never Have I Ever. She created her audition tape at a local library, using her mother's camera, eventually being asked to send four more videos, before having a screen test in Los Angeles and being offered the role. Maitreyi is very vocal about diversity and standing up for yourself.   

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What We Discuss:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:45 Breaking through Hollywood with a South Asian heritage
  • 07:07 Raised to speak up your mind
  • 10:00 “I didn’t like myself.”
  • 14:51 Generational talk divides us
  • 16:53 Having a grandma as your best friend
  • 18:54 When you have family and friends that listen
  • 22:30 The strong passion for acting
  • 25:44 The day she filmed the audition tape
  • 29:48 Always give it your best shot
  • 30:43 The first day and the first scene shoot
  • 34:25 Dealing with impostor syndrome
  • 37:38 Everything happened in different ways for people
  • 41:05 “Respect existence, expect resistance.”
  • 43:42 Not enough representation of true diversity
  • 50:02 The story she stood up for someone
  • 53:14 Maitreyi on Final Five

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