Mindy Kaling

Actress
Producer
Writer

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Vera Mindy Chokalingam is an Indian-American actress, comedienne, producer, writer and director from Cambridge, Massachusetts known for playing Kelly Kapoor from The Office, Disgust from Inside Out and creating The Mindy Project. She also acted in Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Ocean's 8 and Monsters at Work. She had two children.

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Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys
- 14 wins & 40 nominations total

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Adam Pally and Mindy Kaling in Mindy Kaling & Adam Pally (2022)

Mindy Kaling in The Mindy Project (2012)

Stephen Colbert and Mindy Kaling in Mindy Kaling/Seth Green (2019)

Emma Thompson, Doris McCarthy, Mindy Kaling, and Samantha Kelly in Late Night (2019)

Reid Scott and Mindy Kaling in Late Night (2019)

Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, and Mindy Kaling in Ocean's Team 3.0 (2018)

Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Paulson, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna, and Awkwafina in Ocean's Eight (2018)

Known for:

The Office

9.0

TV Series

Kelly Kapoor

Inside Out

8.1

Disgust(voice)

2015

Late Night

6.5

Molly Patel

2019

Wreck-It Ralph

7.7

Taffyta Muttonfudge(voice)

2012

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Actress

Velma
- Velma (voice)
- TV Series
- 2023
The Morning Show
- Audra
- TV Series
- 2019–2021
Monsters at Work
- Val (voice)
- TV Series
- 2021
The Office: Superfan Episodes
- Kelly Kapoor
- TV Series
- 2021
Locked Down
- Kate
- 2021
James and the Giant Peach with Taika and Friends
- Miss Spider
- TV Mini Series
- 2020
Late Night
- Molly Patel
- 2019
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Cindy
- TV Series
- 2018
Ocean's Eight
- Amita
- 2018
Champions
- Priya Patel
- TV Series
- 2018
A Wrinkle in Time
- Mrs. Who
- 2018
Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé: Family Feud
- Mindy
- Music Video
- 2017
The Mindy Project
- Mindy Lahiri
- TV Series
- 2012–2017
Animals.
- Sandy (voice)
- TV Series
- 2017
The Muppets.
- Mindy Kaling
- TV Series
- 2015

Producer

Never Have I Ever
- executive producer (showrunner)
- TV Series
- 2020–2022
Velma
- executive producer
- TV Series
- 2023
The Sex Lives of College Girls
- executive producer (showrunner)
- TV Series
- 2021–2022
Definition Please
- executive producer
- 2020
Four Weddings and a Funeral
- executive producer
- TV Mini Series
- 2019
Late Night
- producer
- 2019
Champions
- executive producer (showrunner)
- TV Series
- 2018
The Mindy Project
- executive producer
- TV Series
- 2012–2017
The Office
- executive producer
- consulting producer
- co-executive producer ...
- TV Series
- 2006–2012
Threat Level Midnight: The Movie
- co-executive producer
- TV Movie
- 2019
Mindy and Brenda
- co-executive producer
- TV Movie
- 2006

Writer

Never Have I Ever
- created by
- written by (creator)
- TV Series
- 2020–2022
The Sex Lives of College Girls
- created by
- written by (creator)
- TV Series
- 2021–2022
The Office: Superfan Episodes
- story editor
- written by
- staff writer
- TV Series
- 2021
Four Weddings and a Funeral
- created for television by
- written by
- written for television by
- TV Mini Series
- 2019
The Office
- Writer
- TV Series
- 2019
Late Night
- screenplay by
- 2019
Champions
- created by
- written by (creator)
- TV Series
- 2018
The Mindy Project
- created by
- written by (creator)
- TV Series
- 2012–2017
The Office
- written by
- staff writer
- TV Series
- 2005–2012
House Poor
- writer
- TV Series
- 2008
Saturday Night Live
- additional sketch
- TV Series
- 2006
Mindy and Brenda
- written by
- TV Movie
- 2006

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Personal details

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Official sites
- Facebook
- Instagram
Height
- 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
Born
- June 24, 1979
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Children
- Katherine Swati Kaling
Parents
Relatives
- Vijay Chokalingam(Sibling)
Other works
She starred in the web comedy series "Erik the Librarian" for 60Frames Entertainment.
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Trivia
Her mother, Swati Chokalingam (1945-2012) was an OB/GYN physician and once worked in the same Boston hospital with Ronald Krasinski, the internist father of her The Office (2005) (TV) co-star, John Krasinski.

Quotes
Well, all the guys want to have sex with me all the time. Every day I come to work it's nonstop sexual harassment. They had to have some people from General Electric come down and talk to us about it. There's a lawsuit that's about to happen. But other than that, it's been great. - on being one of only 2 female writers on a staff of 14 for The Office (2005)