Mindy Kaling Bio | Wiki
Mindy Kaling ( Full name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam), is an American producer, writer, comedian, actress, and director. She first gained fame after her starring role as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office from 2005 to 2013. Mindy also served as a writer, executive producer, and director of the film.
She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series as well as five times for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work on The Office. The actor gained even wider attention for creating, producing, and starring in the Fox comedy series titled The Mindy Project from 2012 to 2017. In 2018, Mindy created the NBC sitcom Champions and appeared in five episodes of the Hulu miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral in 2019.
Mind appears in the Netflix comedy-drama series titled Never Have I Ever which premiered in 2020. Since 2021, she has been appearing on the HBO Max comedy-drama series titled The Sex Lives of College Girls. Mindy’s film career includes voiceover work in Despicable Me in 2010, Wreck-It Ralph in 2012, and also 2015’s Inside Out.
The actress had roles in comedy films, such as 2005’s The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2011’s No Strings Attached, 2012’s The Five-Year Engagement, 2015’s The Night Before, A Wrinkle in Time, and Ocean’s 8 both 2018 as well as 2019’s Late Night. In the latter, Mindy served as the writer and producer.
Mindy Kaling Age
She was born on June 24, 1979, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. Mindy is 42 years old.
Mindy Kaling Height
She is a woman of average stature. Mindy stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in ( Approx 1.6m).
Mindy Kaling Parents
She was born to her parents in Cambridge, Massachusetts. her father Avudaiappan Chokalingam was an architect while her mother Swati Chokalingam (née Roysircar), was an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN). Her family immigrated to the United States in 1979, the same year Mindy was born. Her mother died of pancreatic cancer in 2012.
The actress has said that she has never been called Vera, her first name. However, she has been referred to as Mindy since her mother was pregnant with her and her parents lived in Bengal. Her parents were already planning to move to the United States and wanted a “cute American name” for their daughter. They liked the name Mindy from the TV show Mork & Mindy. According to Mindy, the name Vera is the “incarnation of a Hindu goddess.”
Mindy Kaling Education
She graduated from a private school in Cambridge called Buckingham Browne & Nichols in 1997. In 1998, Mindy entered Dartmouth College. She became a member of the improvisational comedy troupe called The Dog Day Players and the Cappella group The Rockapellas. She was the creator of the comic strip titled Badly Drawn Girl in The Dartmouth (the college’s daily newspaper).
Also, Mindy served as the writer for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern (the college’s humor magazine). She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in playwriting from Dartmouth College in 2001. Mindy was a classic major for much of college and studied Latin. She had been learning the subject since the seventh grade. She lists the comedy series Saturday Night Live, Dr. Katz, Frasier, and Cheers as her early influences on comedy
Mindy Kaling Husband | Married
She is a mother of two ( a daughter and a son). The actress has kept the information about her baby daddy even from her close friends. Her mother died in January 2012 on the same day The Mindy Project was picked up by Fox. The actress was included in the Time 100 list of influential people on June 10, 2018. Mindy was named one of Glamour’s Women of the Year in 2014.
She received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on June 10, 2018, from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Mindy is a 1% owner of the Welsh soccer team Swansea City which plays in the EFL Championship.
Mindy Kaling Boyfriend
She met Novak on the set of The Office, and they hit it off instantly. The two fell in love through writing for the show and then dated on and off for a couple of years. She told Vulture in 2012 that she and Novak are just best friends although most people speculated that they were dating.
Mindy told Good Housekeeping that she acknowledges that the relationship is more than a friendship as she sees Novak as part of her family. “If I was on the outside looking at it, I would think the same thing. But the truth is that B.J. is so much more like a family than a platonic friend. He’s the godfather to my daughter, he comes over like once a week. Sometimes he’ll come over just to hang out with her.”
Mindy Kaling Daughter | Baby | Child
The actress gave birth to a daughter in December 2017. In September 2020, Mindy welcomed her son into the world. She has chosen not to reveal the identity of her Kid’s biological father.
Mindy Kaling Brother
She grew up alongside her elder brother, Vijay. Her parents are from India and they met each other while working at the same hospital in Nigeria. Avudaiappan is a Tamilian raised in Chennai (Madras). He was overseeing the building of a wing of the hospital. Bengali comes from Mumbai and she was working as an OB/GYN.
Mindy Kaling In The Office
The American mockumentary sitcom television series titled The Office depicts the everyday work lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The series aired from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013 on NBC. It spanned a total of nine seasons. The producer r Greg Daniels worked to adapt The Office from the BBC TV series of the same name in 2004. Greg hired Mindy as a writer-performer after reading a spec script she wrote
Mindy Kaling Never Have I Ever | Netflix Show
She created the Netflix series titled Never Have I Ever with Lang Fisher in 2020. It is a comedy that is partially based on Mindy’s childhood story growing up in the Boston area. The show premiered on April 27, 2020, on Netflix. Never Have I Ever with Lang Fisher is about an Indian American high school student dealing with the death of her father.
The role was played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. It received positive reviews. Never Have I Ever with Lang Fisher have been described as a watershed moment for South Asian representation in Hollywood. Also, it has been praised for breaking Asian stereotypes.
Mindy Kaling Books
Her 2011’s memoirs titled Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and 2015’s Why Not Me? reached The New York Times Best Seller list.
Mindy Kaling Movies
– 2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin
– 2006 Unaccompanied Minors
– 2007 License to Wed
– 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
– 2010 Despicable Me
– 2011 No Strings Attached
– 2012 The Five-Year Engagement
– 2012 Wreck-It Ralph
– 2013 This Is the End
– 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
– 2015 Inside Out
– 2015 Riley’s First Date?
– 2018 A Wrinkle in Time
– 2018 Ocean’s 8
– 2019 Late Night
– 2021 Locked Down
Mindy Kaling Show
– 2005–2013 The Office Kelly Kapoor
– 2005 Curb Your Enthusiasm
– 2012–2017 The Mindy Project
– 2014 Sesame Street
– 2015 The Muppets
– 2017 Animals
– 2018 Future-Worm!
– 2018 Champions
– 2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral
– 2019–2021 The Morning Show
– 2020–present Never Have I Ever
– 2021 Monsters at Work
– 2021 The Sex Lives of College Girls
Mindy Kaling Net Worth
She is an American producer, writer, comedian, actress, and director. Mindy has accumulated an estimated net worth of $1,486,782
How Old Is Mindy Kaling
Mindy is 42 years old. She was born on June 24, 1979, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Who Is Mindy Kaling Married To
She met Novak on the set of The Office, and they hit it off instantly. The two fell in love through writing for the show and then dated on and off for a couple of years. She told Vulture in 2012 that she and Novak are just best friends although most people speculated that they were dating.
Is Mindy Kaling Married
No. She is a mother of two ( a daughter and a son). The actress has kept the information about her baby daddy even from her close friends