Sunita Mani
Biography
Sunita Mani is an American actress, dancer and comedian who gained recognition for television roles such as Trenton in Mr. Robot and Arthie Premkumar in GLOW. Born in Dickson, Tennessee, she studied writing at Emerson College and did stand-up before spending three years with the Upright Citizens Brigade, where she focused on improv. Her early screen work included the MTV web pilot Writer's Block and commercials, and her first film appearance came in The Unspeakable Act (2013). She later appeared in Don't Think Twice (2016) and took leading roles in Save Yourselves! and Evil Eye, both from 2020. Other credits include Broad City, The Good Place, Spirited (2022) alongside Ryan Reynolds, and voice work as Ursula in Scavengers Reign. She also performs with the alt-comedy troupe Cocoon Central Dance Team. She plays Priya Patel in the 2026 Netflix series His & Hers.
39years old
Turns 40 on December 13in 61 days
- Born Dickson
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 13 years2013 to 2026
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Early training
Mani studied writing at Emerson College, graduating in 2008, and gained experience in stand-up comedy there before joining the Upright Citizens Brigade for three years to learn more about improv.
First role
Mani's first acting work included the MTV web TV pilot Writer's Block, along with a few commercials, among them spots for Burger King and Levi's.
Big break
Mani became widely known thanks to her dancing in the music video for the song "Turn Down for What", which came out in December 2013.
Sunita Mani movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Everything Everywhere All at Once2022 Action, Adventure, Comedyas TV Musical - Queen
IMDb rating 7.7661K votes
Most often with
Daniel Scheinert directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Tallie Medel's page
John Early's page
John Reynolds's page
Jo Firestone's page
All films by Daniel Scheinert
Box office
What Sunita Mani's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$214 million
7 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$139M65.2% of the total
- 2$52M24.3% of the total
- 3$16M7.7% of the total
- 4$4.4M2.1% of the total
- 5$1.4M0.7% of the total
- 6$186K0.1% of the total
- 7$37K0.0% of the total
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