Anisha Nagarajan, gets 'Outsourced'
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Anisha Nagarajan.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Even though she's a trained actress who's starred in the Broadway show "Bombay Dreams," former Pittsburgher Anisha Nagarajan can relate to her near-mute character in the NBC comedy "Outsourced," which premieres at 9:30 p.m. Thursday on WPXI.
Anyone who's seen promos for "Outsourced" knows the character: Ms. Nagarajan plays Madhuri, a painfully shy employee at a call center in India for Mid-America Novelties' catalog sales.
When: 9:30 p.m. Thursday, NBC.
Stars: Anisha Nagarajan.
"I have moments when I definitely am at a loss for how to express myself sometimes," Ms. Nagarajan said after an NBC press conference here in late July. "I feel like everybody can relate to having that feeling being in a new environment and they don't know how to deal with the situation. I've had times where I just want to disappear into this little corner of the room. ... I think it's going to be interesting to see how she finds her voice."
Ms. Nagarajan found her voice while growing up in Pittsburgh, first in Squirrel Hill and later in Fox Chapel. Her father, Nandu, is a professor at the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Her mother, Geetha, worked at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic as a developmental specialist for several years. Brother Arjun is a senior at Northwestern University.
Ms. Nagarajan is a 2002 graduate of Fox Chapel Area High School, where she played Reno Sweeney in the musical "Anything Goes" her senior year. She attended New York University and while a sophomore landed the lead role in the Broadway musical "Bombay Dreams," where she met her husband, actor/musician Aalok Mehta. She's been trying to finish up her NYU degree ever since while also working in stage shows, including "The Wiz" at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and "Rent" at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, N.Y.
First Published September 22, 2010 12:00 am
