Good Wife actor Priya Mani reveals the role that she’s typecast for

Priya Mani, known for her work in across languages and platforms, will be seen in the lead of the Tamil web series Good Wife that hits JioHotstar on July 4

Actor Priya Mani, who will next be seen in the Tamil web series Good Wife, is a household name across languages. She has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi, and is a prominent face in the OTT space too. In a conversation with OTTplay, the actor reveals that she tends to get typecast and that the work on OTT is often like a breath of fresh air.

Priya Mani headlines the new Tamil show, Good Wife

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Priya Mani: I might get an honorary CBI membership

In the Good Wife, Priya’s upcoming web series that is set to premiere on JioHotstar, she plays a lawyer. The six episode series releases on July 4. However, long before the Good Wife, Priya has had a long association with law-enforcement, at least onscreen.

“In films, I do get typecast for a particular role. I keep getting offers to play a cop or CBI officer. I have done so many such roles that I might as well get an honorary CBI membership (laughs). I am not saying it is wrong, and I am grateful that I am considered for these roles, but as an actor I want to do something different. So, when there are roles with pretty much the same approach, I don’t do it, because people have seen me doing it already,” she says.

In the Good Wife, Priya is a former lawyer turned homemaker, who returns to her black robe, when her husband gets caught in a scandal. The series is directed by actor Revathy and is an adaptation of the American legal drama The Good Wife.

Meanwhile, Priya Mani is also part of two much-anticipated projects; Vijay’s Jana Nayagan set to release in January 2026 and the third season of Prime Video’s The Family Man, which will be out later this year.