--- title: Ambika Mod is on the TIME100 Next 2024 List description: Find out how Ambika Mod is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023618/ambika-mod/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-10-02T11:03:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-29T07:17:05.636Z article:section: World og:title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Ambika Mod og:description: Find out why Ambika Mod is on this year’s TIME100 Next list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023618/ambika-mod/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2b5192d4732a8c4/698a5b919862f58452896366/time100-next-2024-ambika-mod-crop.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: 2024 TIME100 Next: Ambika Mod og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Ambika Mod twitter:description: Find out why Ambika Mod is on this year’s TIME100 Next list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2b5192d4732a8c4/698a5b919862f58452896366/time100-next-2024-ambika-mod-crop.jpg?branch=production --- Oct 02, 2024 # Ambika Mod by Mindy Kaling  Ambika Mod Ambika ModHollie Fernando Like everyone else in the world, at the end of the day, I lay on my sofa, turn on the TV, and say: “Uch, there’s nothing to watch.” Which is insane because there’s clearly thousands of things to watch. But it feels like there’s nothing to make you sit up, lean forward, and say, “Wow, I’ve never seen that before.” But that’s exactly how I felt when I saw Ambika Mod in the Netflix miniseries [_One Day_](https://time.com/6691699/one-day-review-netflix/). Ambika’s character, Emma, is at the heart of this sweeping love story, which had the distinction of making millions of people weep uncontrollably, internationally, when it dropped. And even though I was one of those weeping people, I was also struck by how deeply funny Ambika was. Her Emma had so many unexpected qualities: she was cynical, goofy, vulnerable, and sexy. I was immediately googling Ambika to find out more. And I think that’s when I knew I was a fan for life, when I lay on my sofa in the dark, disappearing into an online spiral to find out what’s next for Ambika Mod. _Kaling is an actor and an Emmy-nominated producer and writer_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023618/ambika-mod/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023618/ambika-mod/"},"headline":"Ambika Mod","datePublished":"2024-10-02T11:03:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-29T07:17:05.636Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023618/ambika-mod/","keywords":["list","franchise","Magazine","TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2b5192d4732a8c4/698a5b919862f58452896366/time100-next-2024-ambika-mod-crop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[],"creator":"Time","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2b5192d4732a8c4/698a5b919862f58452896366/time100-next-2024-ambika-mod-crop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023618/ambika-mod/","name":"Ambika Mod"}}]}] ```