Annapurna Sriram
Annapurna Sriram is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor from Nashville, Tennessee. She is known as the writer-director and star of the 2025 film Fucktoys, which premiered at South by Southwest where it won the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate and received positive reviews from critics. Sriram's performance in the 2019 film Feral received positive reviews from The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, andVariety.
Annapurna Sriram
- Name
- Annapurna Sriram
- Occupation
- Actor, filmmaker, writer
- Born
- 1950
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Annapurna Sriram is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor from Nashville, Tennessee. She is known as the writer-director and star of the 2025 film Fucktoys, which premiered at South by Southwest where it won the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate and received positive reviews from critics. Sriram's performance in the 2019 film Feral received positive reviews from The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, andVariety.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Annapurna Sriram • Occupation — Actor, filmmaker, writer • Notable Works — Fucktoys
Early life and education
Early life and education
Sriram was raised in Nashville, Tennessee, where she attended a performing arts high school. In her youth, she enjoyed borrowing cult films from the library (including John Waters' Polyester), was a self-described "theater kid", and a champion Irish dancer. While attending Rutgers' Mason Gross School of the Arts, she studied at the Globe Theater in London for a year, earning an acting BFA in 2011.
Career
Career
Sriram began her career in the film industry as an actor, appearing in shorts, feature films, and series. Her first lead role in a feature film was in the 2019 drama thriller Feral, directed by Andrew Wonder. Glenn Kenny of The New York Times praised her "bravura, multilayered lead performance" and John DeFore from The Hollywood Reporter described the role as a "complicated protagonist, played brilliantly." For her performance as Yazmine, she won the Outstanding Performance Award at the Bushwick Film Festival. Sriram has appeared in a number of popular television series including Billions, The Blacklist, and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Sriram has experience in live theater; her notable stage credits include originating the role of Reshma in Jesse Eisenberg's play The Spoils, directed by Scott Elliott for The New Group in 2015. She later reprised the role on the West End in London at Trafalgar Studios in 2016. Variety called Sriram "perfect in this role." She also appeared in Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House alongside Matthew Broderick and in Quiara Alegría Hudes' The Happiest Song Plays Last. Sriram's experiences as a biracial actor in Hollywood influenced her decision to create her own work. She has stated that as an "ethnically ambiguous" actor, she was frequently typecast into racial stereotypes and limiting roles which did not align with her creative ambitions. This led her to write material for herself. In 2025, Sriram made her feature directorial debut with Fucktoys, which she wrote, directed, starred in, and executive produced. The film took eight years to create. The film was inspired by a breakup in Sriram's late 20s that occurred after a psychic told her she needed to end the relationship or face negative consequences for her career and health. Fucktoys premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2025, where it won the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate. The film was shot on 16mm film and has been described as drawing inspiration from the works of John Waters, Gregg Araki, Jim Jarmusch, and Ken Russell. Sriram has described the film as "neo-camp" and "American New Wave revival", exploring themes of capitalism, class, and structures of oppression through a distinctly female perspective.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2012 — Jest Originals — Office Worker / Orgy Participant — 1 episode • 2015 — South of Hell — Diversi-Tay — 5 episodes • 2016 — Billions — Tara Mohr — 3 episodes • Billy & Billie — Terri — 1 episode • The Path — Meera — 3 episodes • The Blacklist — Odette — 5 episodes • 2017 — Modern Aliens: A Documentary Periodical — Sarah Sprolo — 2 episodes • 2020 — Coup — Lena Remnick — Mini series • 2021 — Bonding — Kassandra — 4 episodes • I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Joanie — 1 episode
Nominations
Nominations
• Second Runner Up for the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director at SIFF 2025 for Fucktoys • Grand Jury Award for a Narrative Feature at SXSW 2025 for Fucktoys • Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at OCFF 2025 for Fucktoys • Prize of the City of Torino for Best Feature Film at TFF 2025 for Fucktoys • New American Cinema Competition at SIFF 2025 for Fucktoys • American Independent Award for Best Feature Film at Denver Film 2025 for Fucktoys • New Visions Award for Best Motion Picture at Sitges 2025 for Fucktoys • June Award for Best Acting Ensemble at Indie Short Fest 2020 for Coup
Filmmaking credits
• Year — Title — Position • 2016 — The Lost Flowers — Writer • 2017 — Girl Friends — Associate producer • 2022 — Tenderly — Associate producer • 2023 — Goldilocks — Executive producer • 2025 — Fucktoys — Writer, director, executive producer, actor
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — Dip, Snip and Zip — Annabelle — Short, credited as Anna Sriram • 2005 — The Tulip Grower — Anna — Short, credited as Anna Sriram • 2009 — Blood Over Broadway — Charlene Little — Short, credited as Anna Sriram • 2016 — The Lost Flowers — Paula — Short • The Real Award — Jennifer — Short • Why I Eat Bread — Molecular Water Healer • America Adrift — Abby • 2017 — Girl Friends — Cooper — Short • In Case of Emergency — Jasmine • 2018 — Carnivore — Ahana — Short • 2019 — Dom — Dom — Short • Secret Men's Business — Hayley — Short • Feral — Yazmine • Terzetto — Ruby — Short • 2020 — Doppelbänger — Cecilia — Short • Give or Take — Lauren • A Case of Blue — Amelia • 2021 — The Lovers — Andy — Short • Welcome to God's Country — Taylor — Short • Work Wife — TV Movie • 2022 — Measure of Revenge — Zoe / Hamlette • Continue — Taryn • Mid-Century — Ofc. Raquel Dorado • Rabbit! — Short • Tenderly — Aubrey — Short • 2024 — The French Italian — Kelsey • Positive Reinforcement — Daisy — Short • 2025 — Fucktoys — AP • Still Hungry?
Awards
• Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate at SXSW 2025 for Fucktoys • Special Jury Mention for a Narrative Feature at OCFF 2025 for Fucktoys • Audience Choice Award for Best Debut Feature at BUFF 2025 for Fucktoys • Grand Jury Prize for New Directors Competition at NashFilm 2025 for Fucktoys • Grand Jury Prize at San Diego Asian Film Festival 2025 for Fucktoys • Jury Award for Best Ensemble at Out on Film 2020 for Give or Take • Best Actor/Outstanding Performance Award at BFF 2019 for Feral • Special Achievement Award for Acting in a Fiction Feature at Red Rock Film Festival 2019 for Feral
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