Sunita Mani

Mani was born to Usha and Venk Mani, from Tamil Nadu, India.

She graduated from Dickson County High School in Dickson, Tennessee in 2004.

After studying writing at Emerson College, where she gained experience in stand-up comedy, Mani joined the Upright Citizens Brigade for three years, where she learned more about improv.She began her acting career by appearing in the MTV web TV pilot Writer's Block, and in a few commercials including ones for Burger King and Levi's.

Her first film appearance was in The Unspeakable Act (2012), an American coming-of-age drama written and directed by Dan Sallitt which won the Sarasota Film Festival's Independent Visions Award. Mani gained public recognition for her dance performance in the music video for the song "Turn Down for What", released in December 2013. She appeared in the drama–thriller television series Mr. Robot as Trenton. In 2016, she appeared in Don't Think Twice, an episode of Broad City, and episodes of The Good Place. She was cast in the 2017 Netflix series GLOW.

Mani is a member of the alt-comedy group Cocoon Central Dance Team.