Sunita Mani

Sunita Mani (born December 13, 1986) is an American actress, dancer and comedian. She is best known for her television roles as Trenton in the USA Network drama Mr. Robot (2015–2017) and Arthie Premkumar in the Netflix comedy GLOW (2017–2019). Mani played the lead roles in the 2020 films Save Yourselves! and Evil Eye.

Early life Mani was born to Usha and Venk Mani

She graduated from Dickson County High School in Dickson, Tennessee, in 2004.

After studying writing at Emerson College, graduating in 2008, where she gained experience in stand-up comedy, Mani joined the Upright Citizens Brigade

Her first film appearance was in The Unspeakable Act (2012), an American coming-of-age drama written and directed by Dan Sallitt which won the Sarasota Film Festival's Independent Visions Award. Mani gained public recognition for her dance performance in the music video for the song "Turn Down for What", released in December 2013. She appeared in the drama–thriller television series Mr. Robot as Trenton. In 2016, she appeared in Don't Think Twice, an episode of Broad City, and episodes of The Good Place. She was cast in the 2017 Netflix series GLOW and in Spirited, a satire on A Christmas Carol, alongside Ryan Reynolds. In 2023, she voiced Ursula, a protagonist of HBO Max's series Scavengers Reign (2023). In 2026, she appears as Priya Patel in the Netflix series His & Hers.

Mani is a member of the alt-comedy group Cocoon Central Dance Team.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Jessica 2013 Sardines out of a Can Extra2015 3rd Street Blackout Elora Stinking Heaven Sunita2016 Little Sister Performance Art Dancer Don't Think Twice Amy 2018 Madeline's Madeline Assistant Max2019 Lake Travis Wine Country Dolly Can You Keep a Secret? Lissy 2020 Save Yourselves! Su The Outside Story Slater Evil Eye Pallavi Kharti 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once TV Musical - Queen Spirited Ghost of Christmas Past2023 You Hurt My Feelings Dr. Allen Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Tricia The Wild Emilia 2024 A Nice Indian Boy Arundhathi Gavaskar 2025 Death of a Unicorn Dr. Bhatia The Roses Jane TBA Rest and Relaxation Amandeep Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012, 2018 The Chris Gethard Show Various 3 episodes 2015–2017 Mr. Robot Trenton 16 episodes2016 Person of Interest Sonum Episode: "The Day the World Went Away" Broad City Coworker 1 episode The Good Place Chad 2 episodes Search Party Pia 2 episodes Netflix Presents: The Characters Party attendee (uncredited) 1 episode 2017–2019 GLOW Arthie Premkumar 29 episodes 2017–2021 No Activity Fatima Khorasani 27 episodes 2018 Drop the Mic Herself Episode: "WWE Superstars vs. GLOW & Laila Ali vs. Chris Jericho" 2019 Helpsters Rhonda Runner Episode: "Amazing Alie/Robbie & Rhonda Runner"2020 Three Busy Debras Homra Simpson Episode: "Debspringa" At Home with Amy Sedaris Denise Hershey Musgrave Episode: "Signature Dishes" Social Distance Dr. Larson Episode: "Humane Animal Trap" Dream Corp LLC Margot Daly Recurring; 8 episodes 2020–2021 Mira, Royal Detective Neeti/Preeti (voice) 4 episodes2021 Cinema Toast (voice) Episode: "After the End" Scenes from a Marriage Danielle Episode: "Innocence and Panic" Summer Camp Island (voice) Episode: "Spirit Balls" Ultra City Smiths Detective Jaya Mukherjee (voice) 2 episodes 2022 Servant Veera 4 episodes2023 We Baby BearsLaila (voice)Episode: "Doll's House" BupkisMonicaEpisode: "ISO" Scavengers Reign Ursula (voice) 12 episodes2024 Royal CrackersJanice (voice)Episode: "Bidai" Fantasmas Nancy Episode: "Cookies and Spaghetti"2025 Goldie Petey's Mom (voice) Episode: "Tall Teeny/Pilroy" Haunted Hotel Heather (voice) 3 episodes Government Cheese EdithEpisode: "Two Doors" 2026 His & Hers Priya "Boston" Patel 6 episodes

Short videos

Music videos Year Title Artist 2010 "Commotion" The Hundred in the Hands 2014 "Turn Down for What" DJ Snake and Lil Jon