The young actress had no television or film experience when creatorMindy Kalingdiscovered her.
“Because why would I want to settle for anything less?”
“I decided I wanted to be a Disney animator for Pixar.
That was the dream,” she shared while on the “Jay Shetty Podcast.”
“That was the dream for the longest time, up until my last year in high school.”
Ramakrishnan thought she had had her life all planned out.
When it became time to apply to colleges, Ramakrishnan felt lost.
She had no clue what she should major in but her mother came up with a brilliant idea.
“My mom recognized my passion for theater before I did,” she said.
The actress explained toThe Observerthat Mindy Kaling had tweeted an open casting call.
It’s so messed up," Ramakrishnan later shared on the “Jay Shetty Podcast.”
At the time, Ramakrishnan had absolutely zero acting experience and had never even held any sort of job.
“When I got the email saying ‘Can you come to L.A.?
‘, me, my best friend, and my whole family flipped out,” she toldNOW Toronto.
“So at first, it sort of felt like this small little thing.”
I really get to ensure that I’m taking care of myself."
She became determined to use her platform for something important.
“It is a privilege to have such a huge following,” she toldYahoo Canada.
“So with that privilege comes responsibility.”
The actress knew she needed to bring people together so you can create change.
“Flash forward to today and I did 50% of exactly that.”
She also shared that she’ll continue to seek out the fun in life while pursuing her true purpose.
However, her acting career is still only getting started.
As for future film roles, Ramakrishnan is looking forward to exploring all sorts of different genres.
She said during an interview withNPRthat she longs for the opportunity to act in a car chase.
The actress also shared, “My dream role is Rapunzel.”
“I don’t want to go behind the camera quite yet,” Ramakrishnan clarified toFlaunt.
“I still want to get my South Asian face in different roles and in different capacities.”
Ultimately, Ramakrishnan hopes to change another aspiring actress’ life forever, just like Kaling did for her.
“I’ll direct and findmybrown girl out of 15,000,” the actress said.
