Sahana Srinivasan

Biography

Sahana Srinivasan is an Indian American actress, writer, and filmmaker born in 1996 in Houston and raised in Dallas, Texas from the age of two. She was brought up speaking Tamil and celebrating Hindu traditions, and she incorporates her background and heritage in her creative work. Sahana discovered her passion for performance art at a young age by creating and showing original skits/monologues, playing the piano, and dancing Bharathanatyam. At the age of 13, she attended film acting lessons at Cathryn Sullivan's acting for film, and later studied film production at the University of Texas at Austin. She also enjoys performing stand-up/sketch/improvisational comedy at local venues. Her comedic style can be described as a satirical or absurd portrayal of her personal experiences and cultural background. The Netflix original series "Brainchild" (2018) is Sahana's silver screen debut, in which she plays the host.

Most Known For

S.W.A.T.

as Elyse

High Potential

as Aditi Shah

Fear the Walking Dead

as Athena

For All Mankind

as Nuri Prabakar

grown-ish

as Yazmine

Insecure

as Nadia Gopal

Minx

as Sabrina

Goosebumps: The Vanishing

as Young Ramona

Rachael Ray

The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh

as Bhanu Pradeep

SUCKSESSION

Brainchild

Space Warriors

as Chandra

Lesbian Miserables

as Maria

Meantal Health Girls

Ruining the Vibe

as Bride #1

Mango Chile Pie

as Trisha

Bike Thief

as Thief

Shepherd Moon

as Friend on Street