It has been over a year since we first sat down to chat—virtually, obvs—with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, just after the release of Netflix’s chart-topping original series (and Maitreyi’s first foray on the small screen), Never Have I Ever. This time when we both logged onto Zoom, we sat in exactly the same spots as before—she at her parents’ house in Canada, me at my dining table at home. It’s almost like nothing has changed, but, of course, it has, because along the way, Maitreyi has become another level of famous.
Since we last spoke, over 40 million households tuned in to watch season one of Never Have; Maitreyi was anointed one of ; and no less an eminence than Michelle Obama recruited the Tamil-Canadian actor to join her for an inspiring online event centred on how to empower adolescent girls through education.
