Aathaven Tharmarajah
actor | singer | dancer
about Aathaven!
Aathaven Tharmarajah (he/him/his) is an actor and performing artist based in New York City. He is originally from the Bay Area in California, but he also lived in Toronto, Chennai, and Salt Lake City throughout his childhood! In every city that he lived in, he was always so grateful to find a community within the arts. His passion and tenacity to exceed in his choirs, dance classes, and theatre projects in middle & high school eventually led him to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre and a Minor in Political Science from the University of Utah.
Since graduating, Aathaven has led two North American tours (as Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde and as Laurie in Little Women the Musical). He was also seen in Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, as well as other professional regional theaters across the United States. Aathaven also recently filmed for an upcoming Disney+ series.
”see the world not as it is, but how it should be”
As a performer, Aathaven’s passion for storytelling comes from a joy and need to reach others’ hearts and provoke reflective thinking through honesty and vulnerability. I mean, what is more enthralling than sharing the human experience through stories?
Aathaven proudly claims his Tamil heritage and is also a passionate advocate for equity and diversity within the entertainment industry. He hopes to see more inclusion of people of color, queer and trans people, people with disabilities, and all other marginalized groups NOW AND ALWAYS.