Avantika

Biography

Avantika Vandanapu (born 25 January 2005), sometimes credited mononymously as Avantika, is an American actress and dancer. She has worked in several Indian films in the Telugu and Tamil languages. In 2021, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Spin and in 2022, played the role of Janet Singh in the American comedy Senior Year. She was also the second winner of the Zee TV reality show Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America. In 2024, she played the role of Karen Shetty in Mean Girls, a film adaptation of the Broadway show adaption of the 2004 film Mean Girls. She also starred in the supernatural horror film “TAROT” playing Paige.

Known For

Tarot

as Paige

Senior Year

as Janet

Moxie

as Chem Class Girl

Mean Girls

as Karen Shetty

The Sex Lives of College Girls

as Priya

Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

Spin

as Rhea Kumar

Diary of a Future President

as Monyca

Honest Trailers

as Karen Shetty (archive footage)

Mickey and the Roadster Racers

as Sareena Tapoor (voice)