Sahana Srinivasan
Born: 1996-09-04 in Houston, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Goosebumps: The Vanishing as Young Ramona
- Mango Chile Pie as Trisha
2024
- The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh as Bhanu Pradeep
2023
- Bike Thief as Thief
2022
- Minx as Sabrina
- Ruining the Vibe as Bride #1
- Lesbian Miserables as Maria
- Meantal Health Girls
2021
2019
- For All Mankind as Nuri Prabakar
2018
- grown-ish as Yazmine
- Brainchild
2017
- S.W.A.T. as Elyse
2016
- Insecure as Nadia Gopal
2015
- Fear the Walking Dead as Athena
2013
- Space Warriors as Chandra