Annapurna Sriram is a Nashville-raised actor, writer, and director. Annapurna went to Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts, where she studied for a year at London at Shakespeare's Globe Theater, and was chosen to perform as part of the Sam Wanamaker Festival. Prominent Stage credits include, the origination of "Reshma" in Jesse Eisenberg's "The Spoils," which was directed by Scott Elliot for The New Group and later reprised the role on the West End in London at Trafalgar Studios and Wallace Shawn's United States premiere of "Evening at the Talkhouse" along side Matthew Broderick. Her performance in the 2019 film Feral was her first lead role in a narrative feature film, and after its premiere at the Sarasota Film Festival, the film has been featured at the Sidewalk Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Bushwick Festival (where she won the Outstanding Performance Award), and The Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema World Film Festival. Her short film, Dom, won the Sidewalk Film Festival as "Best Narrative Short," and has been programmed at the Brooklyn Film Festival, LES Film Festival, Indie Memphis, New Fest, and the Cucalorus Film Festival.