Get to know... Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju

The actor and doctor lives for dessert, hates loud alarms and is only just coming to terms with fame

Actor, doctor, @TrinTrin

• Currently I am:

  Very excited about everyone’s reactions to the new season of Made in Heaven and about everything that’s yet to come.

• High point in life:

  Becoming a doctor and the release of Made in Heaven, Season 2.

• Low point in life:

  Surgical recovery during my transition.

• Describe yourself in a hashtag:

  #WeAreHereAndQueer

• Next big splurge:

  I don’t splurge. I only invest. Right now, I’ve been thinking about investing in gold; maybe some jewellery.

• On my playlist:

  Cigarette After Sex’s Apocalypse.

• The last thing I ordered online:

  Cheesecake. I am Bengali and I can’t not have sugar in my life.

• A superpower I wish I had:

  A healthy sleep cycle. At medical school, it got permanently messed up. Even now, I pull too many all-nighters.

• Favourite Sunday memory:

  My mom making kosha mangsho and mishti pulao at home.

• My favourite bad habit:

  It used to be being on dating apps but not anymore.

• The best thing about fame:

  I’d only know when I have it. I don’t think I am famous.

• Biggest star-struck moment:

  I was starstruck when I started shooting Made in Heaven, but after the first week, I realised that everyone is just as flawed and human.

• Growing up, I idolised: Justin Bieber.

  I had seven posters of him. It’s hilarious that my parents didn’t figure out that I was queer sooner.

• A secret skill I have: I cook well.

  I love cooking Bengali dishes like bhapa illish and mishti doi. It reminds me of home.