Patel is an alum of CBS’ Diversity Showcase.
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Indian American actress Punam Patel has landed a series regular role on ‘Toast’, ABC’s hybrid comedy pilot executive produced by Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes.
The project hails from Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland, Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg. Written by Foley and Grunberg and directed by Gail Mancuso, Toast revolves around engaged couple Max (Jono Kenyon) and Page (Jerrika Hinton), who, over their wedding rehearsal dinner, have their eclectic family and friends give toasts recalling anecdotes about the couple — but flashbacks reveal that the toasts don’t always get it right, as we watch the true story of their complicated, funny and relatable road to marriage, reported Deadline.
Patel will play Arden, a charmingly spoiled life of the party who is first up to give a toast at the rehearsal dinner and definitely says more than she should. Patel, who cut her teeth in Chicago’s Second City, is also an alum of CBS’ Diversity Showcase. Her credits include a series regular role in Kevin From Work and a guest starring role on NBC’s untitled Amy Poehler pilot.
She is repped by APA and Principato Young Entertainment.