Aarti Majmudar (born March 3, 1978), better known by her stage name
Aarti Mann, is an Indian-American actress. She has starred in several
television programs, including a part in the sci-fi drama Heroes. She
is best known for playing the role of Priya Koothrappali in The Big
Bang Theory.Mann, which is an abbreviation of her married name, was
born in Connecticut on March 3, 1978, and is of first generation
Indian American ancestry. Her mother was from Kumbakonam, a city in
Tamil Nadu.When Mann was still a toddler, she moved with her family,
which consisted of her parents, her older sister Kruti and younger
brother Nishad, to several places in Pennsylvania. When she was a
young child she lived in Pittsburgh, Mt. Lebanon and Wexford before
settling in Fox Chapel. Her mother, Vasanti Majmudar, a graduate of
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Passavant, still lives
in Fox Chapel and is a physician specializing in obstetrics and
gynaecology. Mann's father, who was also a physician, died while she
was in high school.Despite Mann having never acted in plays during
high school at Shady Side Academy in Point Breeze, she graduated with
a degree in film writing and directing from New York University where
she practised acting. Aarti Mann Top Movies & Young Movies