Amita Rao amitawow | Following her success as Issa on the celebrated dark comedy adultsfx, and thanks to the encouragement of co-stars owenthiele and malikelassal, 27-year-old actress #AmitaRao indulged in a few first-time splurges. (“They’re both fashionistas,” she says of Thiele and Elassal, with whom she bought a Jean Paul Gaultier bustier and an Evan Kinori shirt, respectively. “I don’t buy stuff like that because I’m a cheapskate.”) With season 2 of the FX hit coming this month, plus roles in Hulu’s ‘Deli Boys’ and Graham Parkes’s ‘Wishful Thinking’, with Lewis Pullman and maya_hawke, the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts grad has plenty more reasons to reward herself. Swipe for more #BreakThroughList2026 >> Amita Rao amitawow | What moment made you realize you wanted to become a performer? I always loved performing, but when I realized I wanted to do comedy, I was like, “Oh, I can use my social alienation to make people laugh.” It just felt like a huge, awesom...