Mindy Kaling | |
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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 |
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 a Tony Award and six nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Kaling first gained recognition for playing Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), on which she also worked as a writer.[4] For her work on it, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. She gained wider attention for creating, producing and playing the title role in the Fox/Hulu sitcom The Mindy Project (2012–2017). She then created other television comedy series, including Never Have I Ever (2020–2023) and The Sex Lives of College Girls (since 2021).[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 ...