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Sunita Mani
American actress, dancer and comedian (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sunita Mani (born December 13, 1986) is an American actress, dancer and comedian. She is best known for her television roles as Trenton in the USA Network drama Mr. Robot (2015–2017) and Arthie Premkumar in the Netflix comedy GLOW (2017–2019).[1] Mani played the lead roles in the 2020 films Save Yourselves! and Evil Eye.
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Early life
Mani was born to Usha and Venk Mani,[2][3] from Tamil Nadu, India.[4]
She graduated from Dickson County High School in Dickson,[5] Tennessee in 2004.[3]
After studying writing at Emerson College, graduating in 2008,[6] where she gained experience in stand-up comedy, Mani joined the Upright Citizens Brigade[5] for three years, where she learned more about improv.
Career
She began her acting career by appearing in the MTV web TV pilot Writer's Block, and in a few commercials including ones for Burger King and Levi's.[7] [8][9]
Her first film appearance was in The Unspeakable Act (2012), an American coming-of-age drama written and directed by Dan Sallitt which won the Sarasota Film Festival's Independent Visions Award. Mani gained public recognition for her dance performance in the music video for the song "Turn Down for What", released in December 2013. She appeared in the drama–thriller television series Mr. Robot as Trenton.[10] In 2016, she appeared in Don't Think Twice, an episode of Broad City, and episodes of The Good Place. She was cast in the 2017 Netflix series GLOW.[11]
Mani is a member of the alt-comedy group Cocoon Central Dance Team.[12]
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Film
Television
Short videos
Music videos
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