Maitreyi Ramakrishnan wasn't having the internet badmouthing Mean Girls' Avantika after rumors said she might play Disney's live-action Rapunzel.

Teen television shows come in many different flavors, from the comedic leanings of Netflix’s Sex Education to the superpower infused I Am Not Okay With This. No matter what the overall tone, one aspect shared by each story is the preoccupation with having sex. Long before the streaming giant joined the TV production fray, this rite of passage was a preoccupation for Angela Chase (Claire Danes), Buffy Summer (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Felicity Porter (Keri Russell), and many other famous TV teenagers. Adding something new to the portrayal of adolescent desire isn’t an easy task, but Never Have I …

From co-creators Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher (The Mindy Project), the Netflix original comedy series Never Have I Ever is a charming coming of age story about the complications that come with being a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl, and figuring out where you fit in when it comes to the drama of high school. Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, a newcomer to be sure to keep an eye on) is an academic overachiever who falls short when it comes to romance, but who has two best friends, Fabiola (Lee Rodriguez) and Eleanor (Ramona Young), by her side …

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