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Born | Vera Mindy Chokalingam June 24, 1979 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Education | Dartmouth College (AB) |
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Years active | 2002–present |
Children | 3 |
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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 numerous accolades including two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards nominations.
She first gained recognition starring as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office.[4] For her work on the series, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. She gained wider attention for creating, producing and starring as Dr. Mindy Lahiri in the Fox/Hulu sitcom The Mindy Project. She then created other shows such as the Champions, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Never Have I Ever and The Sex Lives of College Girls.[5]
Her film career includes voice roles in Despicable Me (2010), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), 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] In 2012, Kaling founded the production company Kaling International.[8]
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 ...