Mindy Kaling

Actress • Comedian • Writer • Producer

Birth Name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam

Birth Date: June 24, 1979

Age: 45 years old

Birth Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Awards

Mindy Kaling went from being an in-demand writer to one of the most unique comedic voices of her generation.

A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, she began performing comedy while in college at Dartmouth. During her time at Hanover, she secured an internship on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (NBC, 1993-2009). After college, she began performing stand-up and tried her hand at writing. She was hired as part of the original writing staff for "The Office" (NBC, 2005-13) and, as with many of the show's writers, was given a recurring character to play. Her on-screen part, Kelly Kapoor, would end up appearing in 161 of the show's 188 episodes. On the big screen she had small parts in the comedies "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005), "License to Wed" (2007), and "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" (2009).

After leaving "The Office," she created and starred in the sitcom "The Mindy Project" (Fox/Hulu, 2012-17). Playing lovelorn Dr. Mindy Lahiri, she struck a strong connection with female audiences. She also garnered additional recognition as a writer with her humorous memoir Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?. Firmly established as an actor, she joined Oprah Winfrey in "A Wrinkle in Time" (2018) and Sandra Bullock for "Oceans 8" (2018). As a producer, she created the short-lived sitcom "Champions" (NBC, 2018) and the TV adaptation of the British rom-com classic "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (Hulu, 2019- ).

Drawing in part on her own television experiences, Kaling wrote and starred in "Late Night" (Netflix, 2019) with Emma Thompson. The actor played a comedy writer on a late-night talk show where most of the writing staff are white males. She joined former "The Office" costar Steve Carell when she made a guest appearance on the Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon drama "The Morning Show" (Apple TV, 2019- ). Kaling then established deals to create and produce shows for the streaming services HBO Go and Netflix.

Mindy Kaling

Actress • Comedian • Writer • Producer

Birth Name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam

Birth Date: June 24, 1979

Age: 45 years old

Birth Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Awards

Credits

Legally Blonde 3

Oscars 2023: Highlights

Velma FREE

VelmaStream

VelmaStream

VelmaStream

The Jennifer Hudson Show

To Kill a TigerStream

The Sex Lives of College GirlsStream

The Sex Lives of College GirlsStream

The Sex Lives of College GirlsStream

ET Canada Weekend

CBS Mornings

Monsters at WorkStream

Lifetime Presents Variety's Power of Women: The ComediansStream

Locked DownStream

Locked Down

The Office: Superfan Episodes

The Office: Superfan Episodes

The Drew Barrymore ShowStream

GMA3: What You Need to Know

Never Have I EverStream

A Little Late With Lilly Singh

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Access Daily

Four Weddings and a FuneralStream

Four Weddings and a FuneralStream

Today With Hoda & Jenna

Trailblazer Honors 2019

Late Night

Late Night

Late Night

Today 3rd Hour

Busy Tonight

Kevin Hart: What the Fit

Kevin Hart: What the Fit

ChampionsStream

ChampionsStream

Ocean's 8Stream

A Wrinkle in Time

Live with Kelly and Ryan

Sunday Today With Willie Geist

The Night Before With Cast Gag Reel

The MuppetsStream

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

The Late Late Show With James Corden

Inside OutStream

The Night BeforeStream

Now That's Funny! On Set With TV's Hottest Comedies: A Paley Center for Media Special

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

The Mixtape by SoulPancake

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

The Mindy Project: Extras

This Is the EndStream

Love You, Mean It With Whitney Cummings

The Mindy ProjectStream

The Mindy ProjectStream

The Mindy ProjectStream

Katie

Live! With Kelly and Michael

CBS This Morning

The Five-Year EngagementStream

Wreck-It RalphStream

Dish NationStream

Nick Kroll: Thank You Very Cool

No Strings AttachedStream

ConanStream

The TalkStream

Lopez Tonight

The Project

Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream