BROWN GIRL MAGIC

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is not a morning person. “I mean, what even is a daily routine anymore, right? If you asked me a month ago, I would have said, wake up, go to set, film for 14 hours, come back, and repeat.” The 19-year-old is chatting to me virtually from her home in Ontario, Canada. It is late at night for me and afternoon for her. When I ask what her day has been like, she sheepishly proclaims that she hasn’t gotten much done. “Now that the season’s done filming and I’m back home, my routine consists of checking my calendar the night before to see what I have to wake up for first. And that’s how long I get to sleep in for,” she quips.

With her lightning-fast wit and natural comedic timing, Ramakrishnan has, despite having had no prior professional acting experience at the time.