Aarti Mann

Aarti Majmudar (born March 3, 1978), better known by her stage name Aarti Mann, is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Priya Koothrappali in the CBS comedy series The Big Bang Theory. She stars as CIA lawyer Violet Ebner in the Netflix spy-adventure series The Recruit. She has appeared in numerous television programs including parts in the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes, the ABC political thriller Scandal, and the Netflix series Never Have I Ever. Early life and education Mann, which is an abbreviation of her married name, was born in Connecticut on March 3, 1978, in a Gujarati Hindu family from Junagadh, Gujarat. Her parents are originally from Gujarat, India. When Mann was still a toddler, she moved with her family, which consisted of her parents, her older sister Kruti and younger brother Nishad, to several places in Pennsylvania. When she was a young child she lived in Pittsburgh, Mt. Lebanon and Wexford before settling in Fox Chapel. Her mother, Vasanti Majumdar, a graduate of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), still lives in Fox Chapel and is a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology. Mann's father, who was also a physician, died while she was in high school. Despite Mann having never acted in plays during high school at Shady Side Academy in Fox Chapel, she graduated with a degree in film writing and directing from New York University where she practiced acting.