Aparna Brielle

Aparna Brielle (born Aparna Parthasarathy on February 5, 1994 As a child, she attended Valley Catholic School (then known as St. Mary of the Valley) in Beaverton, Oregon.

At the age of nine, after just three years of training, Brielle was amongst the youngest Bharatanatyam dancers in the world to graduate in an Arangetram performance. She then attended Linfield College, where she majored in marketing.

Career In 2014, Brielle made her television debut on NBC's supernatural drama Grimm. In 2015, she appeared in TNT's The Librarians and in 2016, she appeared in Fox's short-lived Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life.

In 2017, Brielle was cast as Sarika, "a career-driven student who's constantly trying to do everything right and climb the ladder" in the NBC comedy A.P. Bio, which premiered in 2018.

Brielle also stars as Lorna Reddy in Dead Girls Detective Agency, one of several new digital shows produced by NBCUniversal and Snap Inc. as part of their Snap Originals series. The first season began airing October 22, 2018, with a new episode available for viewing every day. Dead Girls Detective Agency was renewed for a third and fourth season and began airing new episodes on August 11, 2019.

In early 2019, Brielle joined Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse, playing Jihad in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, which was released on October 15 of that same year. According to Smith, the "plucky Jihad" is part of a girl gang not unlike the characters played by Shannon Elizabeth, Ali Larter, Jennifer Schwalbach, and Eliza Dushku; however, the girls are not international jewel thieves, and their specific grouping was set up as a commentary on youth and diversity being a common focal-point in Hollywood's reboots and remakes.

In August 2021, Brielle joined the cast of Netflix's Boo, Bitch in the role of Riley, who is described as "a mean girl who disguises her meanness through calculated manipulation. Riley has made Erika’s life miserable ever since their freshman year." The mini-series aired on July 8, 2022.

Netflix announced that Brielle would join the cast of their Arnold Schwarzenegger-led spy series FUBAR in April 2022. Brielle plays Tina, "an NSA analyst on loan to the CIA. Despite her youth, she is very good at her job – extremely capable and intelligent, though a bit intimidated by her new colleagues."

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 Grimm Jenny Episode: "My Fair Wesen" 2015 The Librarians Flirty waitress Episode: "And The Fables Of Doom" 2016 Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Attractive woman Episode: "How to Survive Your Roommate's Girlfriend" 2018–2021 A.P. Bio Sarika Sarkar Main cast 2022 Boo, Bitch Riley Main cast 2023-2025 FUBAR Tina Main cast 2023 Mech Cadets Ava Patel Main cast; Voice role

Film Year Title Role Notes 2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Jihad

Web Year Title Role Notes 2013 Infinite Issues Lylyth Main Cast 2017 Girly Tales Driver #1 Episode: "People Yelling at People Yelling at People" 2018 Dead Girls Detective Agency Lorna Reddy Main Cast