Mindy Kaling

Producer
Actress
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 in The Office, Disgust in Inside Out, and creating The Mindy Project. She also appeared in Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Ocean's 8, and Monsters at Work. She has two children.

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

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Known for

The Office

9.0

TV Series

Producer

Inside Out

8.1

Disgust(voice)

2015

Late Night

6.5

Producer

2019

Wreck-It Ralph

7.7

Taffyta Muttonfudge(voice)

2012

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Producer

Running Point
7.3
TV Series
- executive producer (showrunner)
- 2025
The Sex Lives of College Girls
7.7
TV Series
- executive producer (showrunner)
- 2021–2025
Velma
1.6
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2023–2024
Anuja
6.6
Short
- producer
- 2024
A Nice Indian Boy
7.5
- executive producer
- 2024
Never Have I Ever
7.8
TV Series
- executive producer (showrunner)
- 2020–2023
To Kill a Tiger
7.6
- executive producer
- 2022
Definition Please
5.4
- executive producer
- 2020
Four Weddings and a Funeral
7.2
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2019
Late Night
6.5
- producer
- 2019
Champions
6.1
TV Series
- executive producer (showrunner)
- 2018
The Mindy Project
7.5
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2012–2017
The Office
9.0
TV Series
- executive producer
- consulting producer
- co-executive producer ...
- 2006–2012
Threat Level Midnight: The Movie
9.6
TV Short
- co-executive producer
- 2011
Mindy and Brenda
4.6
TV Movie
- co-executive producer
- 2006

Actress

Velma
1.6
TV Series
- Velma (voice)
- 2023–2024
Monsters at Work
7.0
TV Series
- Val (voice)
- 2021–2024
The Morning Show
8.2
TV Series
- Audra
- 2019–2023
Locked Down
5.3
- Kate
- 2021
James and the Giant Peach with Taika and Friends
6.4
TV Mini Series
- Miss Spider
- 2020
Late Night
6.5
- Molly Patel
- 2019
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
8.8
TV Series
- Cindy
- 2018
Ocean's Eight
6.3
- Amita
- 2018
Champions
6.1
TV Series
- Priya
- 2018
A Wrinkle in Time
4.3
- Mrs. Who
- 2018
Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé: Family Feud
4.8
Music Video
- Mindy
- 2017
The Mindy Project
7.5
TV Series
- Mindy Lahiri
- 2012–2017
Animals.
7.3
TV Series
- Sandy (voice)
- 2017
The Muppets.
7.4
TV Series
- Mindy Kaling
- 2015
The Night Before
6.4
- Sarah
- 2015

Writer

Running Point
7.3
TV Series
- created by
- story by
- teleplay by (creator) ...
- 2025
The Sex Lives of College Girls
7.7
TV Series
- created by
- written by (creator)
- 2021–2025
Never Have I Ever
7.8
TV Series
- created by
- written by (creator)
- 2020–2023
Four Weddings and a Funeral
7.2
TV Mini Series
- created for television by
- written by
- written for television by
- 2019
The Office
5.7
TV Series
- Writer
- 2019
Late Night
6.5
- written by
- 2019
Champions
6.1
TV Series
- created by
- written by (creator)
- 2018
The Mindy Project
7.5
TV Series
- created by
- written by (creator)
- 2012–2017
The Office
9.0
TV Series
- written by
- story editor
- staff writer
- 2005–2012
House Poor
8.3
TV Series
- writer
- 2008
Saturday Night Live
8.0
TV Series
- additional sketch
- 2006
Mindy and Brenda
4.6
TV Movie
- written by
- 2006

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What Mindy Kaling Is Watching

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Write Something

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You Tread on My Dreams

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Personal details

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Official sites
- Facebook
- Instagram
Alternative name
- Kelly Kapoor
Height
- 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
Born
- June 24, 1979
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Children
Parents
Relatives
- Vijay Jojo 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) 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)