Never Have I Ever

Never Have I Ever
Creator	Mindy Kaling Lang Fisher
Seasons	1 • 2 • 3 • 4
Episodes	40
Network	Netflix
Release date	April 27, 2020
Finale date	June 8, 2023

Never Have I Ever is a coming-of-age comedy series created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher premiered on April 27, 2020 on the streaming platform Netflix.

On July 1, 2020, Netflix announced that the series was renewed for a second season. On the series social media accounts a video was shared in which Maitreyi announced the news to the rest of the cast via Zoom. It premiered on July 15, 2021, on Netflix.

On August 19, 2021, it was announced that the series was renewed for a third season, which was released on August 12, 2022.

On March 8, 2022, Netflix announced that the series was renewed for a fourth and final season, which launched on June 8, 2023.

Synopsis

A coming-of-age comedy series about the life of a modern first-generation Indian-American teenage girl Devi Vishwakumar, inspired by Mindy Kaling's own childhood.

Cast

Starring

• Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar
• Poorna Jagannathan as Nalini Vishwakumar
• Richa Shukla as Kamala Nandiwadal
• John McEnroe as The Narrator
• Ramona Young as Eleanor Wong
• Lee Rodriguez as Fabiola Torres
• Darren Barnet as Paxton Hall-Yoshida
• Jaren Lewison as Ben Gross

Recurring

• Sendhil Ramamurthy as Mohan Vishwakumar
• Niecy Nash as Dr. Jamie Ryan
• Eddie Liu as Steve
• Christina Kartchner as Eve Hjelm
• Alexandra Billings as Jennifer Warner (Seasons 1–2)
• Benjamin Norris as Trent Harrison
• Dino Petrera as Jonah Sharpe
• Jae Suh Park as Joyce Wong (Season 3 & 4)
• Adam Shapiro as Mr. Lyle Shapiro
• Cocoa Brown as Principal Grubbs
• Martin Martinez as Oliver Martinez (Season 1)
• Jack Seavor McDonald as Eric Perkins
• Lily D. Moore as Rebecca Hall-Yoshida
• Rushi Kota as Prashant
• Hanna Stein as Shira Liedman (Seasons 1-3)
• Angela Kinsey as Vivian Gross (Season 1)
• Michael Badalucco as Howard Gross (Seasons 1 and 3)
• Donna Pieroni as Patty (Season 1 and 3)
• Dana G. Vaughns II as Marcus Jones
• Aitana Rinab as Zoe Maytag (Seasons 1-3)
• Adriyah Marie Young as Carley (Seasons 1-3)
• Tyler Alvarez as Malcom Stone (Season 2)
• Utkarsh Ambudkar as Mr. Manish Kulkarni
• P. J. Byrne as Evan Safstrom
• John Mawson as Dr. Elgin Peters (Season 2)
• Megan Suri as Aneesa Qureshi (Season 2-present)
• Common as Dr. Chris Jackson (Season 2)
• Tohoru Masamune as Kevin Hall-Yoshida (Seasons 2 and 3)
• Kelly Sullivan as June Hall-Yoshida (Seasons 2 and 3)
• Ranjita Chakravarty as Nirmala Vishwakumar (Season 2-present)
• Clyde Kusatsu as Ted Yoshida (Season 2)
• Helen Hong as Sharon Wong (Season 2)
• Sarayu Blue as Rhyah (Season 3)
• Anirudh Pisharody as Des (Season 3)
• Victoria Moroles as Margot Ramos (Season 3-present)
• Michael Cimino as Ethan Morales (Season 4)
• Jeff Garlin as Len (Season 4)
• Janina Gavankar as Akshara (Season 4)

Guest

• Markus Jorgensen as Boris Koslov
• Gilberto Ortiz as Alex Gomez
• Chelly as Parvesh
• Peter James Smith as Mr. Chan
• Kikéy Castillo as Christina Harrison
• Atticus Shaffer as a young man who participates in model UN (as "Russia")
• Iqbal Theba as Aravind
• Mark Collier as Andy
• Andy Samberg as Ben's narrator
• Pragathi Guruprasad as Preethi's sister
• Anjul Nigam as Raj
• Gigi Hadid as Paxton's Narrator
• Pooja Kumar as Noor Qureshi
• Andrew Tinpo Lee as Paul Wong
• Sunit Gupta as Karthik
• K.T. Thangavelu as Charu
• Deacon Philippe as Parker (Season 3)

Production

Development & Filming

On March 20, 2019, it was announced that Netflix gave the series a ten-episode order, inspired by the life of Mindy Kaling. Kaling and Lang Fisher co-created the series and also executive produce alongside Howard Klein, David Miner and Tristram Shapeero.

Filming for the series began on July 14, 2019, and concluded on October 31, 2019. Season 2 production began on November 10, 2020, at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, and concluded in March 2021.

Casting

After Mindy Kaling put out an open casting call and received over 15,000 answers, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was cast. On November 23, 2020, Megan Suri joined the second season. On December 2, 2020, it was announced that Rushi Kota was returning in a recurring role. On December 9, 2020, Tyler Alvarez joined the second season was cast in a recurring role. On December 18, 2020, Utkarsh Ambudkar and P.J. Byrne joined the second season in a recurring roles. On April 14, 2021, Common joined the second season cast in a recurring role. Chrissy Teigen had a guest voiceover role in one episode of this of Never Have I Ever. She decided to step away from the role in the wake of revelations that she once engaged in online bullying against model and reality TV personality Courtney Stodden.

On January 20, 2022, Anirudh Pisharody joined the third season cast in a recurring role.

Multimedia

Images

• Posters
• Promotional Images
• Videos

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Never Have I Ever Season 2 - Official Trailer - Netflix

Never Have I Ever Live Table Read

Never Have I Ever Official Trailer Netflix

Never Have I Ever Official Date Announce Netflix

Never Have I Ever Cast Play "I Dare You" - Teen Vogue

Notes

• Never Have I Ever is created by executive producer Mindy Kaling, with Lang Fisher serving as executive producer, showrunner, and writer.
  • 3 Arts' Howard Klein and David Miner are also executive producers.
• The series hails from Universal Television.
• The series has been one of the breakout word-of-mouth hits of the coronavirus-induced quarantine since its late April premiere.
• The open casting call for the role of Devi drew in 15,000 responses.
• The series has an impressive 96 and 90 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes among critics and viewers, respectively.
• Never Have I Ever have been nominated for Outstanding New Program at the Television Critics Association Awards 2020.
• On November 16, 2020 the series won the People's Choice Award for best comedy show. The award was accepted by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Mindy Kaling.
• On November 23, 2020 Netflix shared a video of the cast back in production and introducing the new cast member, Megan Suri.

External Links

• Follow Never Have I Ever (@neverhaveiever) on Instagram