Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever) is going back to high school as part of the recurring cast of the second season of the Prime Video Legally Blonde prequel series Elle.
Elle follows Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we came to know and love in the first Legally Blonde film.
Ramakrishnan will play Sam, Elle’s foil – possessing all our hero’s ambition and none of her optimism. She’s the founder, editor-in-chief, and lord baron of the school newspaper, the commissioner of the grammar police, and the enemy of joy. If Cosmo is Elle’s bible, The AP Stylebook is Devon’s holy grail…
Season 1 of Elle, which will premiere on July 1st, also stars June Diane Raphael as Elle’s mother Eva, and Tom Everett Scott as her father Wyatt, alongside Gabrielle Policano, Jacob Moskovitz, Chandler Kinney, and Zac Looker. Recurring cast members include Jessica Belkin, Logan Shroyer, Amy Pietz, Matt Ober, Chloe Wepper, David Burtka, Brad Harder, Kayla Maisonet, and Lisa Yamada.
James Van Der Beek will recur on the series as Dean Wilson, the city’s new mayoral candidate and current school district superintendent, in one of his final roles before his death earlier this month.
Created by Laura Kittrell (High School, Insecure), Season 2 of Elle is co-showrun and executive produced by Kittrell and Caroline Dries. Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Marc Platt and Amanda Brown also serve as executive producers.
Ramakrishnan is repped by CAA, Premier Artists Management, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.
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