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Meet Supriya Ganesh, who plays Dr Samira Mohan in The Pitt, HBO Max’s Emmy-winning series

STORYIshani Sarkar
Actor Supriya Ganesh plays Dr Samira Mohan in the multiple Emmy-winning HBO Max show The Pitt. Photos: AFP, Handout
Actor Supriya Ganesh plays Dr Samira Mohan in the multiple Emmy-winning HBO Max show The Pitt. Photos: AFP, Handout
Fame and celebrity

Season 2 of the medical drama series just launched after the successful first season won 5 Emmys – with Noah Wyle winning 2 of those

The Pitt is not for the faint of heart. The Emmy-winning series – starring Noah Wyle, who’s also an executive producer of the show – follows the ins and outs of the emergency room at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Centre, with 15 episodes covering a single gruelling 15-hour shift. The series is currently on its second season, which critics are already hailing as a success. It is the second most-watched TV show on HBO Max at the time of writing.
In addition to veteran stars like Wyle, who plays Dr Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, and Katherine LaNasa, who takes on the role of charge nurse Dana Evans, The Pitt has also produced a number of breakout stars, such as Patrick Ball, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Shabana Azeez, Shawn Hatosy and Supriya Ganesh.
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“I never thought I would get my break in something that would be so artistically and creatively fulfilling as The Pitt,” Ganesh, who plays Dr Samira Mohan in the show, told Variety.

So, who is Supriya Ganesh?

What are Supriya Ganesh’s pronouns?

Supriya Ganesh at an event presented by The Hollywood Reporter and The Macallan, on February 3. Photo: AFP
Supriya Ganesh at an event presented by The Hollywood Reporter and The Macallan, on February 3. Photo: AFP

The 28-year-old actor uses she/they pronouns. Speaking to Variety, they explained the choice as “a relationship with [their] own queerness as well as race”. They emphasised that although they often present as “pretty femme”, they don’t see themselves “fitting into what [they] think is a very white-conceived perception of femininity”. Naming Lily Gladstone as the inspiration behind them adopting she/they pronouns, Ganesh added, “It also feels like a little bit of a shout-out, being like, ‘Hey, I’m queer. See me.’”

What’s their background?

Supriya Ganesh at an event for The Pitt in January. Photo: @supriyaganesh_/Instagram
Supriya Ganesh at an event for The Pitt in January. Photo: @supriyaganesh_/Instagram

Ganesh was born on December 16, 1997, in Austin, Texas. Their parents are Indian, and the family moved to New Delhi when Ganesh was three, per The Nod Mag. They moved back to the States to attend Columbia University, where they were a neuroscience major with a minor in gender studies, per Harper’s Bazaar. They took the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test), scoring in the 99th percentile, and started working as an MCAT tutor. They continued tutoring while filming the first season of The Pitt.

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