Mindy Kaling
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| Born | Vera Mindy Chokalingam June 24, 1979 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | BB&N |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College (AB) |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
| Organization | Kaling International |
| Children | 3 |
Vera Mindy Chokalingam[1] (born June 24, 1979),[1][2] known professionally as Mindy Kaling (/ˈkeɪlɪŋ/ ⓘ), is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.[3] Known for her work on television, she has received a Tony Award and six nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Kaling founded the production company Kaling International in 2012.[4]
Kaling first gained recognition for playing Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), on which she also worked as a writer.[5] For her work on it, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. She gained wider attention for creating, producing and playing the title role in the Fox/Hulu sitcom The Mindy Project (2012–2017). She then created other television comedy series, including Never Have I Ever (2020–2023), The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021-2025), and Running Point (since 2025).
Her film career includes voice roles in Despicable Me (2010), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), and Inside Out (2015) as well as live action roles in No Strings Attached (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Ocean's 8 (2018), and Late Night (2019), the last of which she also wrote and produced. She wrote two memoirs both reaching The New York Times Best Seller list.[6] She also received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop.[7]
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- ^ Christensen, Lauren (October 6, 2020). "Mindy Kaling Doesn't Want Your Pity". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
Kaling may be an A-list actor and television producer, but her genuineness and vulnerability make her struggle to balance being at the top of her career with being a single working mom ...
- ^ Dockterman, Eliana (March 30, 2022). "TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Kaling International". TIME. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ Sittenfeld, Curtis (September 25, 2011). "A Long Day at 'The Office' With Mindy Kaling". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ ""I am literally living the dream": Mindy Kaling on overcoming prejudice and finding success". Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW. April 7, 2016. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ Jacobs, Julia (June 12, 2022). "Tony Awards 2022 Live Updates: 'A Strange Loop' Wins Best Musical". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.