Arden Cho steps into the spotlight as 'Partner Track' star

As Arden Cho moved into the final stages of auditioning for the new Netflix series Partner Track, she had an especially good feeling about the job after a Zoom meeting with producers.

“I believe it was a more than an hour and a half producer session, which is quite on the long side. I remember when it ended, one of my best friends from Hawaii was visiting and waiting in the living room. She was like, ‘Oh, I can breathe now. I haven’t been breathing for the last hour and a half. I’m so nervous. How did it go?' I looked at her and I was like, ‘I think I have a job. I think I’ve got this.' Luckily, I was right."

In Partner Track, streaming now, Cho plays Ingrid Yun, an attorney whose goal is to make partner at the old boys club law firm she works for in New York. She excels at the job but must navigate microaggressions and favouritism shown toward her male, mostly white co-workers. The expectations of the job always come first for Ingrid, so her personal life takes a back seat. With family, friends and boyfriends she's often behind and apologizing.

The series is based on a novel by Helen Wan.

Cho, who is best-known for her roles on MTV’s Teen Wolf and Chicago Med, says the more she researched the character, the more she realized they had a lot in common.

“My agents and team are texting me, and everyone’s mad. I love how angry people get watching because I’m like, ‘Nice, we did it.' It's not a drama if we don't have the drama.”