diff --git a/go/vt/vtadmin/api.go b/go/vt/vtadmin/api.go
index 418ca38e94c..aac504940a9 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtadmin/api.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtadmin/api.go
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ func NewAPI(clusters []*cluster.Cluster, opts Options) *API {
 
 	experimentalRouter := router.PathPrefix("/experimental").Subrouter()
 	experimentalRouter.HandleFunc("/tablet/{tablet}/debug/vars", httpAPI.Adapt(experimental.TabletDebugVarsPassthrough)).Name("API.TabletDebugVarsPassthrough")
+	experimentalRouter.HandleFunc("/whoami", httpAPI.Adapt(experimental.WhoAmI))
 
 	if !opts.HTTPOpts.DisableDebug {
 		// Due to the way net/http/pprof insists on registering its handlers, we
diff --git a/go/vt/vtadmin/http/experimental/whoami.go b/go/vt/vtadmin/http/experimental/whoami.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..654edc781be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/vt/vtadmin/http/experimental/whoami.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package experimental
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	vtadminhttp "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtadmin/http"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtadmin/rbac"
+)
+
+// WhoAmI is an experimental route for extracting authenticated Actors from
+// the request, to see who is authenticated on the frontend.
+func WhoAmI(ctx context.Context, r vtadminhttp.Request, api *vtadminhttp.API) *vtadminhttp.JSONResponse {
+	data := map[string]interface{}{}
+	actor, ok := rbac.FromContext(ctx)
+	data["authenticated"] = ok
+	if ok {
+		data["actor"] = actor
+	}
+
+	return vtadminhttp.NewJSONResponse(data, nil)
+}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtadmin/rbac/authentication.go b/go/vt/vtadmin/rbac/authentication.go
index a43dcbb2e1f..142e5961e3a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtadmin/rbac/authentication.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtadmin/rbac/authentication.go
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ func AuthenticationUnaryInterceptor(authn Authenticator) grpc.UnaryServerInterce
 // Actor represents the subject in the "subject action resource" of an
 // authorization check. It has a name and many roles.
 type Actor struct {
-	Name  string
-	Roles []string
+	Name  string   `json:"name"`
+	Roles []string `json:"roles"`
 }
 
 type actorkey struct{}