She Almost Didn't Pursue Acting
"I never didn't want to be an actress," Chandran told Shondaland, but despite those dreams, she almost chose a more "practical" career path. She attended the prestigious Oxford University and had a "five-year plan" to go into the public policy field.
Despite those concerns, she told the publication, she decided to take a risk and pursue acting — and it hasdefinitely paid off!
"I feel scared a little bit because getting to actually be a professional actor, I can only liken it to finding your true love, if you believe in such a notion," she said. "I imagine that when you find your true love, you reflect on [your previous] relationships and go, 'I never really loved [them].' That's kind of how I feel about acting, that I found that thing that I was always supposed to do. And now, if I were to go back to the corporate job, if I were to go to law school, whatever, before the acting career, I think I would have been happy in those parts. But now, I wouldn't. Because I know that this is where I feel complete."