Mindy Kaling
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  • Born:
    • Birthday: 1979-06-24
    • Born Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Also Known As:

    Минди Кейлинг, 민디 칼링, 敏迪・卡靈

Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer, born Vera Mindy Chokalingam on June 24, 1979, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Indian immigrant parents. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 2001 with a degree in playwriting, having been involved in improvisational comedy and an a cappella group. Kaling's breakthrough came when she joined the writing staff of the NBC sitcom The Office in 2005 at the age of 24, becoming the only woman of color on the writing team. She also starred on the show for eight seasons as the eccentric customer service representative Kelly Kapoor, wrote over a dozen episodes—including the Emmy-nominated "Niagara"—and eventually served as an executive producer, earning multiple Emmy nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series.Kaling then gained wider attention as the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of her own comedy series, The Mindy Project (2012–2017), where she played Dr. Mindy Lahiri, a successful OB/GYN with a love for romantic comedies. Following this, she has become a prolific show creator, writing and producing other successful television comedies such as the limited series adaptation of Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019), the coming-of-age Netflix series Never Have I Ever (2020–2023), and the HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–present).Her film career includes supporting roles in comedies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Ocean's 8 (2018), and the feature film Late Night (2019), which she also wrote and produced. She has also voiced characters in major animated films such as Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Inside Out (2015). Beyond her screen work, Kaling is a New York Times best-selling author, having penned the comedic essay collections Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (2011) and Why Not Me? (2015). Her wide-ranging work as a multi-hyphenate creator has cemented her status as a pioneering force in Hollywood, promoting diversity and a unique comedic voice. She won a Tony Award in 2022 as a producer for the Broadway musical A Strange Loop.

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