Priya Pappu

Priya Pappu is an actor known for Side/Effects, Coed and The Complex. Priya was born & raised in Santa Clara, CA, the fifth child of immigrants from Finland and India. Priya's love of theater started at an early age, only matched by her success athletically. In 2009, Priya moved to Nashville, TN, to attend Lipscomb University on a cross-country and track scholarship, She graduated in 2013 with a degree in Business Marketing and a minor in journalism. After keeping her acting dream alive with regional commercial, industrial, and film/TV work since 2012, Priya left a job in tech in 2019 to pursue acting and writing full time. Since then, Priya has worked with brands like Rocket Mortgage, Dollar General, The Escape Game, PBS, and Pal's; and on TV in ESPN+'s Bettor Days and indie series' Coed and The Complex. She is thrilled to be filming Me Against The World as the character of Mala, whom she considers a kindred spirit. Priya continues to develop her on-screen personality with a self-produced YouTube channel, where she chats with viewers about beauty and life. She studies under William Arnold at the 4th Wall Acting Studio. Priya feels very fortunate to be pursuing a career that is the culmination of a lifetime of entertaining and dreaming.