Anisha Nagarajan
- Actress
- Composer
- Music Department
Nagarajan's parents are immigrants from India. Her mother, Geetha
Nagarajan, is a former developmental specialist at Western Psychiatric
Institute & Clinic. Her father, Nandu Nagarajan, is a professor and
academic at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the
University of Pittsburgh. She has one brother, Arjun.
Anisha Nagarajan was raised in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before moving with her family to the suburb
of Fox Chapel.She spent a year at a boarding school in India when she
was 15 years old before graduating from Fox Chapel Area High School in
2002. She enrolled at New York University (NYU) after high school. She
was cast in the Broadway musical Bombay Dreams as Priya during her
sophomore year at NYU. She married her husband, actor Aalok Mehta, who
co-starred in the musical.
Nagarajan appeared in a number of regional theater productions
following Bombay Dreams, including the Hangar Theater production of
Rent in Ithaca, New York and the The Wiz at the La Jolla Playhouse in
San Diego, California. She is currently finishing her bachelor's degree
at New York University.
In 2010, Nagarajan was cast as Madhuri, a shy call center employee in
the NBC series, Outsourced. The role is her largest television credit
to date. She had previously appeared in a guest role on the ABC
television series, Ugly Betty.
Nagarajan, is a former developmental specialist at Western Psychiatric
Institute & Clinic. Her father, Nandu Nagarajan, is a professor and
academic at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the
University of Pittsburgh. She has one brother, Arjun.
Anisha Nagarajan was raised in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before moving with her family to the suburb
of Fox Chapel.She spent a year at a boarding school in India when she
was 15 years old before graduating from Fox Chapel Area High School in
2002. She enrolled at New York University (NYU) after high school. She
was cast in the Broadway musical Bombay Dreams as Priya during her
sophomore year at NYU. She married her husband, actor Aalok Mehta, who
co-starred in the musical.
Nagarajan appeared in a number of regional theater productions
following Bombay Dreams, including the Hangar Theater production of
Rent in Ithaca, New York and the The Wiz at the La Jolla Playhouse in
San Diego, California. She is currently finishing her bachelor's degree
at New York University.
In 2010, Nagarajan was cast as Madhuri, a shy call center employee in
the NBC series, Outsourced. The role is her largest television credit
to date. She had previously appeared in a guest role on the ABC
television series, Ugly Betty.