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The Pitt star Supriya Ganesh comes out as queer, uses she/they pronouns
Supriya Ganesh on The Pitt.
The actor plays Dr. Samira Mohan, a third-year medical resident, on the hit HBO Max series.
Actor Supriya Ganesh, who plays Dr. Samira Mohan on the hit HBO Max series The Pitt, has discussed her coming-out journey and her adoption of she/they pronouns in a new interview.
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When asked about disclosing she/they pronouns on social media, Ganesh told Variety that this process is "absolutely a relationship with my own queerness as well as race."
Despite being born in the U.S., the actor was three years old when they moved to India along with her parents and family. The actor added, "Coming [back] to America, I was very shocked by how restrictive the gender roles are, because in India you have the existence of a third gender."
Though Ganesh acknowledged that they present femme, "There are a couple of times where I'm existing outside of that, and I don't always totally feel like I'm fitting into what I think is a very white-conceived perception of femininity."
The actor added, "I also want queer brown women to look at me and know that that's someone they can turn to and relate to."
Ganesh also explained that she was inspired by Lily Gladstone upon disclosing this part of their personal life. "Even though I feel like I identify a lot more with femininity, that doesn't mean I always fit into what is a very Western idea of it. So I think that was why I made that decision."
Queer fans of The Pitt who had already fallen in love with Dr. Samira Mohan now have even more reasons to love the actor who plays that character on the HBO Max series. Welcome to the family, Supriya Ganesh!
The Pitt season 1 is streaming on Max / HBO Max.
Moises Mendez II is a culture journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He covers internet culture and entertainment including television, movies, music, and more. For the last two years, he was a Culture Reporter at TIME Magazine. Before that, he was a freelance journalist and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, and more. Moises holds a master's degree in Arts and Culture journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Moises Mendez II is a culture journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He covers internet culture and entertainment including television, movies, music, and more. For the last two years, he was a Culture Reporter at TIME Magazine. Before that, he was a freelance journalist and his work has appeared in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, and more. Moises holds a master's degree in Arts and Culture journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
