Meet Hollywood’s new Indian American star: Rushi Kota

Best known these days for appearing as Prashant in Mindy Kaling’s Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever” and as Dr. Vik Roy in “Grey’s Anatomy” Rushi Kota is Hollywood’s new Indian American heartthrob.  

He will next be seen in the thriller anthology indie film “Phobias” in the role of Billy McNerny and a sci-fi alien comedy “Useless Humans” as Louis.
Kota grew up in the residential streets of Queens NY, but was born in India to a single mother who brought him to America to achieve the American Dream. America was where he learned the value of perseverance and hard work. Kota has set out to break ethnic stereotypes in Hollywood and be more than just his skin color. Kota chose a traditional career path in Automotive Engineering at SUNY Farmingdale where he double majored in Industrial Management Technology and Business Administration. However, after graduating in the financial crisis of 2008, with unemployment rates at a record high, jobless and in debt; he took that as a sign to follow a different path. Two years of vigorously pursuing acting in New York, Rushi was then accepted into Harvard University’s MFA program for Acting, following that up with a residency at Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theater School in Russia. On television, Kota starred in the comedy series Funny or Die’s “ESL: English is the Second Language ”. Additional credits include guest starring in Ryan Murphy’s “9-1-1”, Freeform’s “Famous In Love ”, and recurring on CBS show “Extant” with Halle Berry.

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