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Mindy Kaling was born Vera Chokalingham in 1979. She graduated from Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1997. After…more

Born

6/24/1979, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name

Vera Chokalingam

Gender

Female

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Star (2)

Role
- The Office
  Kelly Kapoor
  - S 8: Ep 24 Free Family Portrait Studio
    5/10/12
  - S 8: Ep 21 Angry Andy
    4/19/12
  - S 8: Ep 20 Welcome Party
    4/12/12
  - S 8: Ep 19 Get the Girl
    3/15/12
  - S 8: Ep 18 Last Day in Florida
    3/8/12
  - + 134 More Credits
- The Office
  Kelly Kapoor/Hostage #5
  - S 7: Ep 17 Threat Level Midnight
    2/17/11
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Office
  Kelly Kapoor
  - S 2: Ep 22 Casino Night
    5/11/06
  - S 2: Ep 21 Conflict Resolution
    5/4/06
  - S 2: Ep 20 Drug Testing
    4/27/06
  - S 2: Ep 19 Michael's Birthday
    3/30/06
  - S 2: Ep 18 Take Your Daughter to Work Day
    3/16/06
  - + 19 More Credits
Guest Star (12)

Role
- Conan
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 28 Manuary 5th – The Day of the Dude
    1/5/12
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 79 Mindy Kaling/Nick Griffin
    12/16/11
  - S 7: Ep 152 Mindy Kaling/Matt Lucas
    5/2/11
  - S 7: Ep 16 Mindy Kaling/Steve Hartman
    9/20/10
  - S 6: Ep 184 Mindy Kaling/Myron Mixon
    6/30/10
  - S 6: Ep 129 Mindy Kaling/Dom Irrera
    4/6/10
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Self
  - S 17: Ep 13 Mindy Kaling
    10/31/11
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 43 February 2, 2011
    2/2/11
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 55 Eva Mendes/Flo Rida
    11/30/10
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 17: Ep 108 Show #3280
    3/17/10
  - S 15: Ep 157 Show #2964
    7/31/08
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 66 Steve Harvey/Mindy Kaling
    12/10/09
- The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 118 Rachel McAdams, Mindy Kaling, Diane Birch
    12/4/09
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 35: Ep 7 Joseph Gordon Levitt/Dave Matthews Band
    11/21/09
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 2360 Kristen Chenoweth, Mindy Kaling, the Slip
    2/5/07
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Richard Lewis's Receptionist
  - S 5: Ep 5 Lewis Needs A Kidney
    10/30/05
- The Office
  Kelly
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 196 Paulina Porizkova/MGMT
    7/23/10
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Conan
  Special Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 21 The El Chapo Cartel Saves Christmas
    12/13/10
Writer (2)

Role
- The Office
  Writer
  - S 8: Ep 10 Christmas Wishes
    12/8/11
  - S 7: Ep 21 Michael's Last Dundies
    4/21/11
  - S 7: Ep 12 Classy Christmas, Part 2
    12/9/10
  - S 7: Ep 11 Classy Christmas, Part 1
    12/9/10
  - S 7: Ep 5 The Sting
    10/21/10
  - + 17 More Credits
- Mindy & Brenda
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
Director (1)

Role
- The Office
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 21 Michael's Last Dundies
    4/21/11
  - S 6: Ep 23 Body Language
    4/29/10
  - S 6: Ep 8 Webisodes: Subtle Sexuality
    10/29/09
Co-Executive Producer (1)

Role
- The Office
  Co-Executive Producer
  - S 6: Ep 4 Niagara, Pt. 1
    10/8/09
Producer (1)

Role
- The Office
  Producer
  - S 3: Ep 1 Gay Witch Hunt
    9/21/06
Staff Writer (1)

Role
- The Office
  Staff Writer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Hot Girl
    4/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 Basketball
    4/19/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Alliance
    4/12/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 Health Care
    4/5/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 Diversity Day
    3/29/05
Story Editor (1)

Role
- The Office
  Story Editor
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Secret
    1/19/06
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Injury
    1/12/06
  - S 2: Ep 11 Booze Cruise
    1/5/06
  - S 2: Ep 10 Christmas Party
    12/6/05
  - S 2: Ep 9 Email Surveillance
    11/22/05
  - + 8 More Credits

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Looking Back on The Office Season 8: C'mon Guys, It Wasn't THAT Bad

By Price Peterson, May 17, 2012

As we look back on The Office's first full Scott season without Michael Scott, we'll admit it wasn't the best. But there WERE highlights. read more
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Fox 2012-2013 Video Preview: Watch Trailers for The Following, The Mindy Project, The Mob Doctor, and More

By Tim Surette, May 15, 2012

Creepy serial killers meet mafia doctors meet greedy kids meet vaginal doctors meet siblings! It's time to meet Fox's new shows, and we have video. read more

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- Mindy is 5 feet and 4 inches tall.
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- Awards and Nominations: • 2009 (nomination)- SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble for The Office. • 2008 (win)- SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble for The Office. • 2008 (nomination)- Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for The Office episode "Branch Wars". • 2008 (nomination)- WGA Award for Best Comedy Series for The Office. • 2007 (win)- SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for The Office. Shared with castmates. • 2007 (nomination)- Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for The Office. • 2007 (win)- WGA Award for Best Comedy Series for The Office. • 2006 (win)- Women in Film's WIN Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for The Office. Shared with her female castmates. • 2006 (nomination)- WGA Award for Best New Series for The Office. • 2006 (nomination)- WGA Award for Best Comedy Series for The Office.
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- Mindy is friends with How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor.
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- Mindy Kaling: (on when her character Kelly on the TV show The Office came into her own) I think in "Valentine's Day," in season two, when she had hooked up with Ryan, and you get to see her. When Jim asked her, "Hey, how are you?" and she goes on for a page and a half of dialogue about what happened to her the day before, I really felt like I had an idea of what Kelly was about.
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- Mindy Kaling: (on why she was better suited to play Ben Affleck that Matt Damon is the play Matt and Ben she wrote) My friend [and Matt And Ben costar] Brenda is about six inches taller than me, I'm 5'3". For some reason, it was that obvious reversal, it just seemed like it would be funnier if the shorter, more petite person would play the more macho character. I don't even know if it was conscious decision-making. I was just so drawn to that character from the very beginning. Before we even knew it was a play. I just wanted to play that guy. Maybe because it was just the opposite of the way my voice is, which sounds like an 11-year-old girl. It just seemed more of a fun stretch, for me to play the less fastidious, goofy guy.
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- Mindy Kaling: (on the first joke she wrote and liked) When I was a little kid, I wrote this play about all these characters living in a haunted house. There was a witch who lived there, and a mummy. When they were all hassling him, this guy who bought the house-I can't believe I remember this-he said to them, "Who's paying the mortgage on this haunted house?" I thought that was really funny when I was a little kid.
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