# @instylemagazine on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-08-27T16:58:52.000+00:00
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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.

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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, awesome gift. 

Who should play you in your biopic?
raedratch would be amazing if she was okay with race-blind casting. If we want to go race-accurate, there are several very beautiful young Indian American actresses on the scene that [make me] very happy anytime they don’t accept a role because it comes to me. But they can do my biopic—that’s my payback for not accepting some of your roles. 

What’s the most underrated movie, TV show, song, or album of all time?
‘Pirates of the Caribbean At World’s End’ gets a lot of heat. It’s a f*cking good movie. I’ve watched it like 27 times.

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Amita Rao amitawow | InStyle’s The #BreakthroughList2026 

Editor-in-Chief: sallyholmes
Writer: actuallyjonathanborge
Photographer: celestesloman
Stylist: badnewsbritt 
Hair: dawsonhiegert 
Makeup: bobscott200 
Creative Director: jennabrillhart
Executive Editor: danismcnally
Exec Dr. Talent/Partnerships: jasonsheeler
Photo Director: kellychiello
Fashion Director: kevinphuynh
Social Director: taylor_ford
Director/Senior Producer: nathan4me sydney.somerville sheaduplechain
Editors: livmendo & _audreyroloff_ rickymotions 
Amita Wears: driesvannot

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