Annapurna Sriram was born in Burlington VT, but raised in Nashville Tennessee. As a teenager, she was a championship Irish Step Dancer. Annapurna graduated from Rutgers University with a BFA in acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts. Annapurna lives in Brooklyn New York. Annapurna originated the role of Reshma in Jesse Eisenberg's The Spoils directed by Scott Elliot for The New Group and she was able to reprise the role on the West End in London at Trafalgar Studios.