Age: 21
female
Avantika Vandanapu (born 25 January 2005), sometimes credited mononymously as Avantika, is an American actress and dancer. She has worked in several Indian films in the Telugu and Tamil languages. In 2021, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Spin and in 2022, played the role of Janet Singh in the American comedy Senior Year. She was also the second winner of the Zee TV reality show Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America. In 2024, she played the role of Karen Shetty in Mean Girls, a film adaptation of the Broadway show adaption of the 2004 film Mean Girls. She also starred in the supernatural horror film “TAROT” playing Paige.
One drunken kiss. One viral photo. One fake relationship that starts to feel dangerously real. When Whitney ends up kissing billionaire heir Alex at an elite party, she thinks it’s nothing more than a reckless mistake fueled by too much champagne and bad decisions. But when a photo of the kiss explodes online overnight, suddenly the entire internet believes they’re the newest obsession-worthy couple. For Alex, whose family controls a powerful real estate empire, scandal is not an option. His parents demand perfection, discipline, and a spotless public image. Whitney, meanwhile, could use the good publicity after earning a reputation for being a little too chaotic, a little too outspoken, and impossible to control. So they strike a deal: fake the relationship until the attention dies down. What starts as staged dates, forced smiles, and carefully planned appearances quickly spirals into something far more complicated. Whitney brings out the reckless, thrilling side of Alex he’s spent years hiding beneath expensive suits and family expectations, while Alex becomes the one person who sees past Whitney’s wild reputation to the girl underneath. But pretending gets harder when the chemistry between them is all too real. As pressure from Alex’s controlling parents threatens to pull them apart, Alex and Whitney must decide whether their relationship is still just for show—or if somewhere between the fake kisses and stolen moments, they’ve fallen into something neither of them knows how to walk away from.
