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{{short description|American actress, writer, and comedian}}
{{short description|American actress, comedian, and writer (born 1979)}}
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| name              = Mindy Kaling
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| image              = Mindy Kaling by Claire Leahy (cropped).jpg
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| alt                = Kaling smiling in 2020
| caption            = Kaling in 2020
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| birth_name        = Vera Mindy Chokalingam
| birth_name        = Vera Mindy Chokalingam
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| birth_place        = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| birth_place        = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S.
| education          = [[Buckingham Browne & Nichols School]]
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'''Vera Mindy Chokalingam'''<ref name=biography.com /> (born June 24, 1979),<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|title= Mindy Kaling: Television Actress, Writer (1979–)|publisher= [[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date= April 19, 2018|archive-date= June 25, 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20150625160148/http://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|url-status= dead}}Additional archive on June 25, 2015.</ref><ref name="Today">{{Cite web|title=Mindy Kaling celebrates birthday with new photo of daughter Katherine|url=https://www.today.com/parents/mindy-kaling-celebrates-birthday-photo-daughter-katherine-t185251|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=TODAY.com|date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507152520/https://www.today.com/parents/mindy-kaling-celebrates-birthday-photo-daughter-katherine-t185251|url-status=live}}</ref> known professionally as '''Mindy Kaling''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|l|ɪ|ŋ|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Mindy Kaling.wav}}), is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Lauren |title=Mindy Kaling Doesn't Want Your Pity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/mindy-kaling-nothing-like-i-imagined.html |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 6, 2020 |quote=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 ... |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216095257/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/mindy-kaling-nothing-like-i-imagined.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Known for her work on television, she has received a [[Tony Award]] and six nominations at the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]. Among other honors, she has also received the [[Producers Guild of America Award|Producers Guild of America]]'s [[34th Producers Guild of America Awards|Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award]] and was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts|National Medal of the Arts]], which is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. Kaling founded the production company Kaling International in 2012.<ref name="time">{{cite magazine |last1=Dockterman |first1=Eliana |title=TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Kaling International |url=https://time.com/collection-post/6159385/mindy-kaling-production-company-interview |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=September 8, 2023 |date=March 30, 2022 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001144221/https://time.com/collection-post/6159385/mindy-kaling-production-company-interview/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Vera Mindy Chokalingam'''<ref name=biography.com /> (born June 24, 1979),<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|title= Mindy Kaling: Television Actress, Writer (1979–)|publisher= [[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date= April 19, 2018|archive-date= June 25, 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20150625160148/http://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|url-status= dead}}Additional archive on June 25, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Kaling celebrates birthday with new photo of daughter Katherine|url=https://www.today.com/parents/mindy-kaling-celebrates-birthday-photo-daughter-katherine-t185251|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=TODAY.com}}</ref> known professionally as '''Mindy Kaling''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|l|ɪ|ŋ}}), is an American television actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Lauren |title=Mindy Kaling Doesn't Want Your Pity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/mindy-kaling-nothing-like-i-imagined.html |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 6, 2020 |quote=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 ...}}</ref> She first gained recognition starring as [[Kelly Kapoor]] in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' (2005–2013), for which she also served as a writer, executive producer, and director.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/magazine/a-long-day-at-the-office-with-mindy-kaling.html?hp|title=A Long Day at 'The Office' With Mindy Kaling|last=Sittenfeld|first=Curtis|date=September 25, 2011|work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref> For her work on the series, she was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series]].


Kaling gained wider attention for creating, producing and starring in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] comedy series ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' (2012–2017). She created the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Champions (American TV series)|Champions]]'' (2018), also appearing in five episodes, the [[Hulu]] miniseries ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries)|Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' (2019), the [[Netflix]] comedy-drama series ''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' (2020–present), the [[HBO Max]] comedy-drama series ''[[The Sex Lives of College Girls]]'' (2021–present), ''Snowball Fight'' (2022–2023), and the HBO Max animated series ''[[Velma (TV series)|Velma]]'' (2023).<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4778338/mindy-kaling-champions-nbc/|title=Mindy Kaling Has a New Show Coming to NBC|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> In 2023 she received the [[34th Producers Guild of America Awards|Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award]].
Kaling first gained recognition for playing [[Kelly Kapoor]] in the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' (2005–2013), on which she also worked as a writer.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112">{{cite news |last=Sittenfeld |first=Curtis |date=September 25, 2011 |title=A Long Day at 'The Office' With Mindy Kaling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/magazine/a-long-day-at-the-office-with-mindy-kaling.html?hp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502141839/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/magazine/a-long-day-at-the-office-with-mindy-kaling.html?hp |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |access-date=September 23, 2011 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]}}</ref> Credited with twenty-four episodes, Kaling was the most prolific writer among the staff.<ref>{{Cite web |title="The Office" (2005) - Full cast and crew |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/fullcredits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114133036/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/fullcredits |archive-date=2011-11-14 |access-date=2025-10-16 |website=IMDb}}</ref> 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 Broadcasting Company|Fox]]/Hulu sitcom ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' (2012–2017). She then created other television comedies, including ''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' (2020–2023), ''[[The Sex Lives of College Girls]]'' (2021–2025), and ''[[Running Point]]'' (2025–present).


Her film career includes voiceover work in ''[[Despicable Me (film)|Despicable Me]]'' (2010), ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' (2012), and ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' (2015). She had roles in comedy films, such as ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' (2005), ''[[No Strings Attached (2011 film)|No Strings Attached]]'' (2011), ''[[The Five-Year Engagement]]'' (2012), ''[[The Night Before (2015 film)|The Night Before]]'' (2015), ''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'' and ''[[Ocean's 8]]'' (both 2018), and ''[[Late Night (film)|Late Night]]'' (2019), the last of which she also wrote and produced. Her memoirs, ''[[Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)]]'' (2011) and ''[[Why Not Me? (book)|Why Not Me?]]'' (2015), reached [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/04/07/i-am-literally-living-the-dream-mindy-kaling-on-overcoming-prejudice-and-finding-success/?mcubz=1|title="I am literally living the dream": Mindy Kaling on overcoming prejudice and finding success|date=April 7, 2016|work=Women in the World in Association with The New York Times - WITW|access-date=September 27, 2017}}</ref> She also received a [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] as a producer for the musical ''[[A Strange Loop]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Julia |date=2022-06-12 |title=Tony Awards 2022 Live Updates: 'A Strange Loop' Wins Best Musical |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/12/theater/tony-awards |access-date=2022-06-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Her film career includes voice roles in ''[[Despicable Me (film)|Despicable Me]]'' (2010), ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' (2012), ''[[Mr. Peabody & Sherman]]'' (2014), and ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' (2015) as well as live action roles in ''[[No Strings Attached (2011 film)|No Strings Attached]]'' (2011), ''[[The Five-Year Engagement]]'' (2012), ''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'' (2018), ''[[Ocean's 8]]'' (2018), and ''[[Late Night (film)|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|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/04/07/i-am-literally-living-the-dream-mindy-kaling-on-overcoming-prejudice-and-finding-success/?mcubz=1|title="I am literally living the dream": Mindy Kaling on overcoming prejudice and finding success|date=April 7, 2016|work=Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW|access-date=September 27, 2017|archive-date=September 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927113757/http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/04/07/i-am-literally-living-the-dream-mindy-kaling-on-overcoming-prejudice-and-finding-success/?mcubz=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also received a [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] as a producer for the musical ''[[A Strange Loop]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Julia |date=June 12, 2022 |title=Tony Awards 2022 Live Updates: 'A Strange Loop' Wins Best Musical |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/12/theater/tony-awards |access-date=June 13, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613033252/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/12/theater/tony-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Vera Mindy Chokalingam was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], to father Avudaiappan Chokalingam, an [[architect]], and mother Swati Chokalingam née Roy-Sircar, an [[Obstetrics and gynaecology|obstetrician/gynecologist]] (OB/GYN).<ref name="Parade">{{cite web|url=https://parade.com/167806/shawnamalcom/thoroughly-modern-mindy-kalings-house-rules|title=Thoroughly Modern Mindy Kaling|date=September 28, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2017|first=Shawna|last=Malcolm|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417081001/http://parade.com/167806/shawnamalcom/thoroughly-modern-mindy-kalings-house-rules|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BostonGlobe-TMP-20122">{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/24/cambridge-native-mindy-kaling-was-inspired-mother-for-new-passion-project/L1g1S1TFZdYNETPGrsIddM/story.html|title=Mindy Kaling's mother inspired new TV 'Project'|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=September 25, 2012|work=[[Boston Globe]]|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140309053053/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/24/cambridge-native-mindy-kaling-was-inspired-mother-for-new-passion-project/L1g1S1TFZdYNETPGrsIddM/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She has an elder brother, Vijay.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Riley|first=Naomi Schaefer|date=2016-10-15|title=Mindy Kaling's family feud exposes America's cultural divide|url=https://nypost.com/2016/10/15/mindy-kalings-family-feud-exposes-americas-cultural-divide/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=New York Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Michael D.|title=Mindy Kaling's Brother: I Posed As Black to Get Into Med School|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/mindy-kalings-brother-i-posed-black-get-med-school-n337026|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.nbcnews.com|language=en}}</ref> Kaling's parents are from India<ref name="Jezebel-Q&A-20112">{{cite news|url=http://jezebel.com/5861783/interview-with-mindy-kaling|title=Mindy Kaling Visits Jezebel, Takes Your Questions|date=December 12, 2011|work=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]|last1=Coen|first1=Jessica|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> and met while working at the same hospital in [[Nigeria]]. Her father, a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] raised in [[Chennai]],<ref name="Kaling eth 1">{{cite web|url=https://jezebel.com/5861783/interview-with-mindy-kaling|title=Mindy Kaling Visits Jezebel, Takes Your Questions|first=Jessica|last=Coen|date=December 21, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Kaling eth 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/i-m-busy-having-fun-mindy-kaling/story-2AYGS6vEzwHKrQ582iWtIL.html|title=I'm busy having fun: Mindy Kaling|date=October 10, 2013}}</ref> was overseeing the building of a hospital wing. Her mother, a [[Bengalis|Bengali]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='Ocean's 8': Indian-American actress Mindy Kaling found learning Hindi most 'challenging'|url=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/entertainment-oceans-8-indian-american-actress-mindy-kaling-found-learning-hindi-most-challenging--142590|access-date=October 16, 2020|website=WION|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Kaling Ancestry|url=https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/58618961880813568?|access-date=October 16, 2020|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> from [[Mumbai]],<ref name="Kaling eth 1"/><ref name="Kaling eth 2"/> was working as an OB/GYN.<ref name="WTF-Maron-20122">{{cite web|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_261_-_mindy_kaling|title=Episode 261 - Mindy Kaling|date=March 12, 2012|publisher=WTFPod.com|format=Audio podcast|last1=Maron|first1=Marc|access-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref> The family immigrated to the United States in 1979, the same year Kaling was born.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112"/> Kaling's mother died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in 2012.<ref name="BostonGlobe-Mom-Obit-20122">{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=155735053|title=Swati Chokalingam M.D.: Obituary|date=February 2, 2012|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="FamilySearch-SSDI-20122">{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM8B-CQJ|title=Swati Chokalingam - United States Social Security Death Index|publisher=FamilySearch|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="People-MomLove-20132">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/mindy-kaling-my-late-mom-was-the-love-of-my-life/|title=Mindy Kaling: My Late Mom 'Was the Love of My Life'|last=Cosgrove Baylis|first=Shelia|date=November 12, 2013|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 26, 2014}}</ref>
Vera Mindy Chokalingam was born June 24, 1979,<ref name="Today"/> in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]],<ref name=biography.com /> to a [[Tamils|Tamil]] father, Avudaiappan Chokalingam and [[Bengalis|Bengali]] mother, Swati Roysircar.<ref>{{cite web | title=No Church for My Daughter: The Significance of Mindy Kaling's 'Kind of Hindu' Identity | date=October 12, 2020 | url=https://americankahani.com/entertainment/no-church-for-my-daughter-the-significance-of-mindy-kalings-kind-of-hindu-identity/ }}</ref> Her parents who were then living in Nigeria, immigrated to the United States in 1979 with her elder brother, Vijay Chokalingam.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Riley|first=Naomi Schaefer|date=October 15, 2016|title=Mindy Kaling's family feud exposes America's cultural divide|url=https://nypost.com/2016/10/15/mindy-kalings-family-feud-exposes-americas-cultural-divide/|access-date=February 14, 2022|website=New York Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Michael D.|title=Mindy Kaling's Brother: I Posed As Black to Get Into Med School|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/mindy-kalings-brother-i-posed-black-get-med-school-n337026|access-date=February 14, 2022|website=www.nbcnews.com|date=April 7, 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112"/>
Her father was an architect, and mother was an obstretrician/gynecologist at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston.<ref name="Parade">{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/167806/shawnamalcom/thoroughly-modern-mindy-kalings-house-rules|title=Thoroughly Modern Mindy Kaling|date=September 28, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2017|first=Shawna|last=Malcolm|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417081001/http://parade.com/167806/shawnamalcom/thoroughly-modern-mindy-kalings-house-rules|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BostonGlobe-TMP-20122">{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/24/cambridge-native-mindy-kaling-was-inspired-mother-for-new-passion-project/L1g1S1TFZdYNETPGrsIddM/story.html|title=Mindy Kaling's mother inspired new TV 'Project'|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=September 25, 2012|work=[[Boston Globe]]|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140309053053/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/24/cambridge-native-mindy-kaling-was-inspired-mother-for-new-passion-project/L1g1S1TFZdYNETPGrsIddM/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Her mother died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in 2012.<ref name="BostonGlobe-Mom-Obit-20122">{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=155735053|title=Swati Chokalingam M.D.: Obituary|date=February 2, 2012|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="People-MomLove-20132">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/mindy-kaling-my-late-mom-was-the-love-of-my-life/|title=Mindy Kaling: My Late Mom 'Was the Love of My Life'|last=Cosgrove Baylis|first=Shelia|date=November 12, 2013|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=February 26, 2014}}</ref>


Kaling has said she has never been called Vera, her first name,<ref name="ImproperBost-Office-20112"/> but has been referred to as Mindy since her mother was pregnant with her while her parents were living in [[Bengal]]. They were already planning to move to the United States and wanted, Kaling said, a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the TV&nbsp;show ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''. The name [[Ashta Lakshmi#Veera/Dhairya Lakshmi|Vera]] is, according to Kaling, the name of the "incarnation of a [[Hindu]] goddess."<ref name="ImproperBost-Office-20112"/> Kaling graduated from [[Buckingham Browne & Nichols School|Buckingham Browne & Nichols]], a private school in Cambridge, in 1997. The following year, she entered [[Dartmouth College]], where she was a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Dog Day Players and the [[a cappella]] group The Rockapellas, was the creator of the comic strip ''Badly Drawn Girl'' in ''[[The Dartmouth]]'' (the college's daily newspaper), and was a writer for the ''[[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern]]'' (the college's humor magazine).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
Kaling has said she has never been called Vera, her first name, but has been referred to as Mindy since her mother was pregnant with her while her parents were living in [[Nigeria]]. They were already planning to move to the United States and wanted, Kaling said, a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the show ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''.<ref name="ImproperBost-Office-20112"/>


Kaling graduated from Dartmouth College in 2001<ref name="Dartmouth-Graduation-20012">{{cite news|url=http://thedartmouth.com/2001/06/10/list-of-graduates|title=List of Graduates|date=June 10, 2001|work=[[The Dartmouth]]|quote=As "Vera Chokalingam"|last1=Dartmouth Staff|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=May 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529093906/http://thedartmouth.com/2001/06/10/list-of-graduates/|url-status=dead}}</ref> with a bachelor's degree in playwriting.<ref name="Dartmouth-Office-20062">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedartmouth.com/2006/05/23/kaling-01-embarks-on-acting-writing-career-for-the-office|title=Kaling '01 embarks on acting, writing career for 'The Office'|date=May 23, 2006|work=The Dartmouth|last1=Swiss|first1=Zach|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=January 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129103245/http://www.thedartmouth.com/2006/05/23/kaling-01-embarks-on-acting-writing-career-for-the-office/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was a [[classics]] major for much of college and studied Latin, a subject she had been learning since the seventh grade.<ref name="WTF-Maron-20122"/> Kaling lists the comedy series ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist|Dr. Katz]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'' and ''[[Cheers]]'' as early influences on her comedy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/10/magazine/mindy-kaling-late-night-diversity-comedy.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/10/magazine/mindy-kaling-late-night-diversity-comedy.html|title=Mindy Kaling on Not Being the Long-Suffering Indian Woman|last=Marchese|first=David|date=June 10, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 16, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Kaling graduated from [[Buckingham Browne & Nichols School]] in 1997. The following year, she entered [[Dartmouth College]], where she was a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Dog Day Players and [[a cappella]] group The Rockapellas, and wrote for the ''[[Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern]],'' the college's humor magazine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mindy-kaling-dartmouth-comic-strips_n_4598077|title=Here Are Mindy Kaling's Dartmouth Comic Strips|date=January 14, 2014|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=October 23, 2023|archive-date=November 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109002323/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mindy-kaling-dartmouth-comic-strips_n_4598077|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.dartmouth.edu/jacko/about-us/jack-o-lantern-history/|title=Jack-O-Lantern History|work=The DartmouthJack-O-Lantern|date=April 3, 2011 |access-date=October 23, 2023}}</ref> Kaling graduated from Dartmouth in 2001<ref name="Dartmouth-Graduation-20012">{{cite news|url=http://thedartmouth.com/2001/06/10/list-of-graduates|title=List of Graduates|date=June 10, 2001|work=[[The Dartmouth]]|quote=As "Vera Chokalingam"|last1=Dartmouth Staff|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=May 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529093906/http://thedartmouth.com/2001/06/10/list-of-graduates/|url-status=dead}}</ref> with a bachelor's degree in playwriting.<ref name="Dartmouth-Office-20062">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedartmouth.com/2006/05/23/kaling-01-embarks-on-acting-writing-career-for-the-office|title=Kaling '01 embarks on acting, writing career for 'The Office'|date=May 23, 2006|work=The Dartmouth|last1=Swiss|first1=Zach|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=January 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129103245/http://www.thedartmouth.com/2006/05/23/kaling-01-embarks-on-acting-writing-career-for-the-office/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She lists the comedy series ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist|Dr. Katz]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'' and ''[[Cheers]]'' as early influences on her comedy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/10/magazine/mindy-kaling-late-night-diversity-comedy.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/10/magazine/mindy-kaling-late-night-diversity-comedy.html|title=Mindy Kaling on Not Being the Long-Suffering Indian Woman|last=Marchese|first=David|date=June 10, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 16, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


== Career ==
==Career==
===2002–2004: Career beginnings===
===2002–2004: Career beginnings===
While a 19-year-old sophomore at Dartmouth, Kaling was an intern on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''.<ref name="YouTube-Conan-Intern-20122">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7f-R5ipL30 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/e7f-R5ipL30 |archive-date=2021-12-18 |url-status=live|title=Mindy Kaling Was A Conan Intern - CONAN on TBS|date=November 7, 2012|publisher=[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] [[YouTube]] channel|format=Video interview|last1=O'Brien|first1=Conan|access-date=January 28, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Kaling has said that she never saw a family like hers on TV, which gave her a dual perspective she uses in her writing.<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102572670|title=On TV, Immigrants' Kids Mine Cultural Convergence|author-link=Neda Ulaby|last=Ulaby|first=Neda|date=February 4, 2009|publisher=[[NPR]]|work=[[Morning Edition]]|access-date=February 25, 2013}}</ref>  She thinks the "everyone against me" mentality is what she learned as a child of immigrants.<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092" /> She named her ''Mindy Project'' character [[The Mindy Project|Mindy Lahiri]] after author [[Jhumpa Lahiri]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/01/authors-share-their-all-time-favorite-summer-reads/slide/mindy-kaling|title=Authors share their all-time favorite summer reads|date=June 28, 2013|access-date=February 20, 2015 |magazine= Time| first= Mindy| last= Kaling}}</ref>
While a 19-year-old sophomore at Dartmouth, Kaling was an intern on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''.<ref name="YouTube-Conan-Intern-20122">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7f-R5ipL30 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/e7f-R5ipL30 |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Mindy Kaling Was A Conan Intern – CONAN on TBS|date=November 7, 2012|publisher=[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] [[YouTube]] channel|format=Video interview|last1=O'Brien|first1=Conan|access-date=January 28, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has said that she never saw a family like hers on TV, which gave her a dual perspective she uses in her writing.<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102572670|title=On TV, Immigrants' Kids Mine Cultural Convergence|author-link=Neda Ulaby|last=Ulaby|first=Neda|date=February 4, 2009|publisher=[[NPR]]|work=[[Morning Edition]]|access-date=February 25, 2013}}</ref>  She thinks the "everyone against me" mentality is what she learned as a child of immigrants.<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092" /> She named her ''Mindy Project'' character [[The Mindy Project|Mindy Lahiri]] after author [[Jhumpa Lahiri]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/01/authors-share-their-all-time-favorite-summer-reads/slide/mindy-kaling/|title=Authors share their all-time favorite summer reads|date=June 28, 2013|access-date=February 20, 2015|magazine=Time|first=Mindy|last=Kaling|archive-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220192704/http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/01/authors-share-their-all-time-favorite-summer-reads/slide/mindy-kaling/|url-status=live}}</ref> After college, she moved to [[Brooklyn, New York]].<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> She said one of her worst job experiences was as a production assistant for three months on the ''Crossing Over With [[John Edward]]'' psychic show.<ref name="ImproperBost-Office-20112">{{cite web|url=http://theoffice-us.livejournal.com/1322768.html|title=Mindy Kaling interview in Improper Bostonian|last=Soroff|first=Jonathan|work=[[The Improper Bostonian]]|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref> She described it as "depressing."<ref name="AVClub-Office-20072">{{cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/mindy-kaling-14079|title=Mindy Kaling – Interview| date=April 4, 2007|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|last1=Phipps|first1=Keith|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> During this same time, she performed [[stand-up comedy]].<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092"/>
 
After college, Kaling moved to [[Brooklyn, New York]].<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> Kaling said one of her worst job experiences was as a production assistant for three months on the ''Crossing Over With [[John Edward]]'' psychic show.<ref name="ImproperBost-Office-20112">{{cite web|url=http://theoffice-us.livejournal.com/1322768.html|title=Mindy Kaling interview in Improper Bostonian|last=Soroff|first=Jonathan|work=[[The Improper Bostonian]]|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref> She described it as "depressing."<ref name="AVClub-Office-20072">{{cite news|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/mindy-kaling-14079|title=Mindy Kaling - Interview| date=April 4, 2007|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|last1=Phipps|first1=Keith|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> During this same time, Kaling performed [[stand-up comedy]].<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092"/>
 
Kaling devised her stage name after discovering while doing stand-up comedy that emcees would have trouble pronouncing her last name, Chokalingam, and sometimes made jokes about it.<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092" /> She toured solo as well as with [[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]] before he was on ''The Office.''<ref name="WTF-Maron-20122" />
 
In August 2002, Kaling portrayed [[Ben Affleck]] in an [[off Broadway|off-Broadway]] play called ''Matt & Ben'',<ref name="NYTimes-BaM-Review-20032">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9b07e2d81031f931a2575bc0a9659c8b63|title=Theater Review; Bad Will Hunting, Armed With Venom Darts|date=August 12, 2003|work=[[The New York Times]]| last1= Weber| first1= Bruce| access-date= January 28, 2015}}</ref> which she co-wrote with her best friend from college, [[Brenda Withers]]—who played [[Matt Damon]]. The play was named one of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year" and was "a surprise hit" at the 2002 [[New York International Fringe Festival]].<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> Initially, Withers and Kaling had, "for their own entertainment, mockingly pretended to be the best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; that pretending spawned ''Matt & Ben'', the goofy play that reimagined how Damon and Affleck came to write the movie ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" />
 
Kaling wrote a blog, ''Things I've Bought That I Love'',<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> which reemerged on her website on September 29, 2011.<ref name="OngoingConcerns-20122">{{cite web|url=http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/ongoing-concerns| title= Ongoing Concerns| date= January 27, 2012|publisher=The Concerns of Mindy Kaling| format= Blog| last1= Kaling| first1= Mindy| access-date=January 28, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306085304/http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/ongoing-concerns| archive-date= March 6, 2012}}</ref> The blog was written under the name Mindy Ephron, "a name Kaling chose because she was amused by the idea of her 20-something Indian-American self as a long-lost [[Nora Ephron|Ephron]] sister."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" />
 
===2004–2011: Breakthrough and ''The Office''===
In 2004, when ''The Office'' producer [[Greg Daniels]] was working to adapt ''The Office'' from the [[BBC]] TV series of the same name, he hired Kaling as a writer-performer after reading a [[spec script]] she wrote. He said, "She's very original ... If anything feels phony or lazy or passé, she'll pounce on it."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> When Kaling joined ''The Office'', she was 24 years old and was the only woman on a staff of eight.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> She took on the role of character [[Kelly Kapoor]], debuting in the series' second episode, "Diversity Day".<ref name="Dartmouth-Office-20062" /> Kaling's TV appearances include a 2005 episode of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', playing [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]]'s assistant. She is featured on the CD ''[[Comedy Death-Ray (album)|Comedy Death-Ray]]'' and guest-wrote parts of an episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in April 2006.<ref name="Dartmouth-Office-20062" /><ref name="AVClub-Office-20072" /> After her film debut in ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' with [[Steve Carell]], Kaling appeared in the film ''[[Unaccompanied Minors]]'' as a waitress.
 
[[File:MindyKaling08.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Kaling in 2008]]
 
In an interview with ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', she stated that Kelly is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is."<ref name="AVClub-Office-20072" /> Kaling directed ''The Office'' webisode ''The 3rd Floor''.<ref name="OfficeTally-Webisodes-20102">{{cite news| url= http://www.officetally.com/the-office-webisodes-the-3rd-floor|title=The Office Webisodes: The 3rd Floor|date=November 5, 2010| work= OfficeTally.com| access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> She directed the [[The Office (U.S. season 6)|Season 6]] episode "[[Body Language (The Office)|Body Language]]," which marked her television directorial debut. In 2007, she had a small part in ''[[License to Wed]]'' alongside fellow ''Office'' actors [[John Krasinski]], [[Angela Kinsey]], and [[Brian Baumgartner]]. Kaling starred in the 2009 film ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'' as a [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] [[National Air and Space Museum]] tour guide.
 
Her contract was set to expire at the end of Season 7. On September 15, 2011, she signed a new contract to stay with the show for Season 8 and was promoted to full executive producer.<ref name="TVLine-Office-20112">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/09/mindy-kaling-office-contract-promotion-exec-producer|title=Scoop: Mindy Kaling Gets Major Office Promotion&nbsp;— But There's a Twist!|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=September 15, 2011|work=[[TVLine]]}}</ref> Her [[Universal Television]] contract included a development deal for a new show (eventually titled ''The Mindy Project''), in which she appeared as an actress and contributed as a writer.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> Kaling left ''The Office'' after the [[The Office (American season 9)|ninth-season]] episode "[[New Guys]]". However, she returned to guest-star in the [[Finale (The Office)|final episode]] of the series. In 2011, Kaling published a memoir, ''[[Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)]]'', which appeared on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best-seller list]].<ref name="NYTimes-BookDeal-20102">{{cite news |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/after-office-hours-mindy-kaling-writes-a-book|title=After 'Office' Hours, Mindy Kaling Writes a Book|date=April 22, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> Her second book, ''[[Why Not Me? (book)|Why Not Me?]]'', covers the events that have happened in her life since 2011, and was published on September 15, 2015. ''Why Not Me?'' launched at No. 1 on the ''New York Times'' best-seller list.<ref name="Mindy Kaling - Mindy Kaling">{{Cite news| url= http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/about-mindy/| title= Mindy Kaling| access-date= April 1, 2017| language= en-US| archive-date= May 12, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170512204313/http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/about-mindy/| url-status= dead}}</ref> She published a third memoir, [[Nothing Like I Imagined|''Nothing Like I Imagined (Except For Sometimes)'']], with Amazon Original Stories in 2020.


Kaling and her fellow writers and producers of ''The Office'' were nominated five consecutive times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2010, she received a nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series with Daniels for the episode "Niagara."<ref name="Time100-20132">{{cite magazine|url=http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling|title=The 2013 Time 100 - Mindy Kaling: Comedian and creator, 33|last=Helms|first=Ed|date=April 13, 2013|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>  However, in a 2019 interview with ''Elle'' Magazine, Kaling spoke about the sexism faced by the Television Academy, because Kaling had to go through great lengths to prove her contribution as a producer after being informed by the television academy she was going to be cut from the producer list, because there were too many producers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-09 |title=Mindy Kaling Didn't Sign Up to Be a Role Model |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a29340748/mindy-kaling-interview-2019/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=ELLE |language=en-us}}</ref> To receive her rightful producing credit when the Office was nominated for an Emmy for an Outstanding Comedy Series, she stated, "They made me, not any of the other producers, fill out a whole form and write an essay about all my contributions as a writer and a producer," Kaling told ''Elle'' of how her name ultimately got put on the Emmys list. "I had to get letters from all the other male, white producers saying that I had contributed, when my actual record stood for itself."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Kaitlin |title=Mindy Kaling Calls Out The Emmys For Excluding Her In Favor Of The Office's White Male Staff |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/10/8549922/mindy-kaling-excluded-emmy-nomination-the-office |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=www.refinery29.com |language=en}}</ref> The Emmys rebutted Kaling’s statement in an interview with Refinery 29, but Kaling clarified in a series of tweets of choosing to make that statement during the ''Elle'' interview, as necessary, because it was part of her story, of the sexism faced during her tenure at The Office, before Kaling’s star power grew, honoring the challenges faced as she reflected on her career success to ''Elle''.
Kaling devised her stage name after discovering while doing stand-up comedy that emcees would have trouble pronouncing her last name, Chokalingam, and sometimes made jokes about it.<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092" /> She toured solo and with [[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]], who was later a fellow cast member of ''The Office.''<ref name="WTF-Maron-20122">{{cite web |last1=Maron |first1=Marc |date=March 12, 2012 |title=Episode 261 – Mindy Kaling |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_261_-_mindy_kaling |access-date=January 29, 2015 |publisher=WTFPod.com |format=Audio podcast}}</ref> In August 2002, she portrayed [[Ben Affleck]] in an [[off Broadway|off-Broadway]] play called ''Matt & Ben'',<ref name="NYTimes-BaM-Review-20032">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9b07e2d81031f931a2575bc0a9659c8b63|title=Theater Review; Bad Will Hunting, Armed With Venom Darts|date=August 12, 2003|work=[[The New York Times]]| last1= Weber| first1= Bruce| access-date= January 28, 2015}}</ref> which she co-wrote with her best friend from college, [[Brenda Withers]], who played [[Matt Damon]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named it one of their "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year", and it was "a surprise hit" at the 2002 [[New York International Fringe Festival]].<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" />


In 2011, she played the role of Shira, a doctor who is a roommate and colleague of the main character Emma (played by [[Natalie Portman]]) in ''[[No Strings Attached (2011 film)|No Strings Attached]]''. Kaling also made an appearance as Vanetha in ''[[The Five-Year Engagement]]'' in 2012.
Initially, Withers and Kaling had, "for their own entertainment, mockingly pretended to be the best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; that pretending spawned ''Matt & Ben'', the goofy play that reimagined how Damon and Affleck came to write the movie ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> Kaling wrote a blog, ''Things I've Bought That I Love'',<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> which reemerged on her website on September 29, 2011.<ref name="OngoingConcerns-20122">{{cite web|url=http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/ongoing-concerns| title= Ongoing Concerns| date= January 27, 2012|publisher=The Concerns of Mindy Kaling| format= Blog| last1= Kaling| first1= Mindy| access-date=January 28, 2015|url-status=usurped| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306085304/http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/ongoing-concerns| archive-date= March 6, 2012}}</ref> She wrote it under the name Mindy Ephron, "a name Kaling chose because she was amused by the idea of her 20-something Indian-American self as a long-lost [[Nora Ephron|Ephron]] sister."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" />


===2012–present: Producing and film work===
===2004–2011: ''The Office''===
[[File: Mindy Kaling May 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|Kaling at [[Montclair Film Festival]] in 2019]]
In 2004, when ''The Office'' producer [[Greg Daniels]] was working to adapt ''The Office'' from the [[BBC]] TV series of the same name, he hired Kaling as a writer-performer after reading a [[spec script]] she wrote. He said, "She's very original ... If anything feels phony or lazy or passé, she'll pounce on it."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> When Kaling joined ''The Office'', she was 24 years old and was the only woman on a staff of eight.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> She took on the role of [[Kelly Kapoor]], debuting in the series' second episode, "Diversity Day".<ref name="Dartmouth-Office-20062" /> Her TV appearances include a 2005 episode of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', playing [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]]'s assistant. She is featured on the CD ''[[Comedy Death-Ray (album)|Comedy Death-Ray]]'' and guest-wrote parts of an episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in April 2006.<ref name="Dartmouth-Office-20062" /><ref name="AVClub-Office-20072" /> After her film debut in ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' with [[Steve Carell]], Kaling appeared in the film ''[[Unaccompanied Minors]]'' as a waitress.
In 2012, Kaling pitched a [[Single-camera setup|single-camera comedy]]<ref name="ImproperBostonian-TMP-20132">{{cite news|url=http://www.improper.com/features/mindy-kaling |title=Mindy Kaling: The star of The Mindy Project tells us about stereotypes and being a smart girl in Hollywood. |date= 2013| work=[[The Improper Bostonian]]|last1=Soroff|first1=Jonathan|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> to [[Fox Broadcasting|Fox]] called ''[[The Mindy Project]]'', which Kaling wrote, produced and starred in.<ref name="AsiaPacificArts-TMP-20122">{{cite web|url=http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?fox_picks_up_mindy_kaling_pilot_17897.aspx|title=Fox picks up Mindy Kaling pilot|last=Ty|first=Kanara|date=February 1, 2012|work=Asia Pacific Arts|access-date=February 8, 2012|archive-date=August 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826045451/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?fox_picks_up_mindy_kaling_pilot_17897.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fox began airing the series in 2012. In 2013, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named her on their list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]].<ref name="time100"/> Kaling notes that she is sometimes described as a pioneer, as there are not yet very many Indian-American women on television.<ref name="NPR-MorningEdition-TMP-20142">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/10/16/356390794/comedian-mindy-kaling-on-refusing-to-be-an-outsider-and-sexism-on-set|title=Mindy Kaling On Refusing To Be An Outsider And Sexism On Set|date=October 16, 2014|work=[[Morning Edition]] |publisher= [[NPR]]|format=Audio interview|last1=Martin|first1=Rachel|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> Fox canceled the series in May 2015 but it was later picked up by [[Hulu]] for a 26-episode fourth season and a 16-episode fifth season. In March 2017, Kaling announced that the show's sixth season, which would air starting September 2017, would be the last.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2017/03/29/mindy-kalings-the-mindy-project-is-ending-after-six-seasons| title= Mindy Kaling's 'The Mindy Project' is ending after six seasons| first= Kevin| last= Slane| website= Boston.com| publisher= Boston Globe Media Partners| date= March 29, 2017| access-date= December 28, 2017}}</ref> The series concluded on November 14, 2017.


Kaling voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in Disney's animated comedy film ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' and Disgust in [[Pixar]]'s 2015 film ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''. In 2017, [[NBC]] ordered ''[[Champions (U.S. TV series)|Champions]],'' where Kaling is a co-creator, writer, and producer.<ref name="auto"/> She had a recurring guest role on the show, which premiered March 8, 2018, on [[NBC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/07/mindy-kaling-champions-preview/|title=Mindy Kaling explains why she wanted to tell a more male-centric story with 'Champions'|work=EW.com|access-date=March 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref> It was cancelled after one season.
[[File:MindyKaling08.jpg|thumb|upright|Kaling in 2008]]


In 2018, she played Mrs. Who in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'', the live-action Disney adaptation of [[A Wrinkle in Time|the novel]], and starred alongside [[Helena Bonham Carter]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Anne Hathaway]], [[Awkwafina]] and [[Rihanna]] in ''[[Ocean's 8]]'', the all-female version of ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= That all-female Ocean's Eleven cast list adds three big names|date=June 10, 2016|work=[[The Independent]]|location=UK|language=en-GB |access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref>  
In an interview with ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', she stated that Kelly is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is."<ref name="AVClub-Office-20072" /> Kaling directed ''The Office'' webisode ''The 3rd Floor''.<ref name="OfficeTally-Webisodes-20102">{{cite news| url= http://www.officetally.com/the-office-webisodes-the-3rd-floor|title=The Office Webisodes: The 3rd Floor|date=November 5, 2010| work= OfficeTally.com| access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> She directed the [[The Office (U.S. season 6)|Season 6]] episode "[[Body Language (The Office)|Body Language]]," which marked her television directorial debut. In 2007, she had a small part in ''[[License to Wed]]'' alongside fellow ''Office'' actors [[John Krasinski]], [[Angela Kinsey]], and [[Brian Baumgartner]]. She starred in the 2009 film ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'' as a [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] [[National Air and Space Museum]] tour guide.


In 2020, Kaling created the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' with [[Lang Fisher]], a comedy partially based on Kaling's childhood story growing up in the Boston area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Critics and audiences are loving Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show, 'Never Have I Ever' |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/05/06/never-have-i-ever-reviews |website=Boston}}</ref> It premiered on Netflix on April 27, 2020, and is about an Indian American high school student, played by [[Maitreyi Ramakrishnan]], dealing with the death of her father.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV News Roundup: Netflix Releases 'Never Have I Ever' Trailer (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-netflix-releases-trailer-mindy-kalings-never-have-i-ever-1234581321/ |website=Variety|date=April 15, 2020 }}</ref> The series received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Never Have I Ever: Season 1 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/never_have_i_ever/s01 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> The series has been described as a watershed moment for South Asian representation in Hollywood and has been praised for breaking Asian stereotypes.<ref>{{cite web |title=6 ways 'Never Have I Ever' busts Asian stereotypes |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/02/entertainment/never-have-i-ever-asian-stereotypes-busted/index.html |website=CNN Entertainment|date=May 2, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What South Asian Youth Are Saying About Devi from "Never Have I Ever" |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-south-asian-youth-saying-about-devi-from-never-have-i-ever |website=Teen Vouge|date=May 6, 2020 }}</ref>
On September 15, 2011, when her contract was set to expire at the end of Season 7, she signed a new contract to stay with the show for Season 8 and was promoted to full executive producer.<ref name="TVLine-Office-20112">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/09/mindy-kaling-office-contract-promotion-exec-producer|title=Scoop: Mindy Kaling Gets Major Office Promotion&nbsp;— But There's a Twist!|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=September 15, 2011|work=[[TVLine]]}}</ref> Her [[Universal Television]] contract included a development deal for a new show (eventually titled ''The Mindy Project''), in which she appeared as an actress and contributed as a writer.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> Kaling left ''The Office'' after the [[The Office (American season 9)|ninth-season]] episode "[[New Guys]]", but returned to guest-star in its [[Finale (The Office)|final episode]]. In 2011, Kaling published a memoir, ''[[Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)]]'', which appeared on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref name="NYTimes-BookDeal-20102">{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/after-office-hours-mindy-kaling-writes-a-book|title=After 'Office' Hours, Mindy Kaling Writes a Book|date=April 22, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910154101/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/after-office-hours-mindy-kaling-writes-a-book/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her second book, ''[[Why Not Me? (Kaling book)|Why Not Me?]]'', covers the events that have happened in her life since 2011, and was published on September 15, 2015.<ref name="Mindy Kaling – Mindy Kaling">{{Cite news| url= http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/about-mindy/| title= Mindy Kaling| access-date= April 1, 2017| language= en-US| archive-date= May 12, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170512204313/http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/about-mindy/| url-status= usurped}}</ref> She published a third memoir, [[Nothing Like I Imagined|''Nothing Like I Imagined (Except For Sometimes)'']], with Amazon Original Stories in 2020.


In February 2021, [[HBO Max]] announced they had ordered the adult-oriented ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' spin-off series ''[[Velma (TV series)|Velma]]'', with Kaling executive producing as well as voicing the [[Velma Dinkley|titular character]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=February 10, 2021|title='Clone High' Reboot, Mindy Kaling 'Scooby-Doo' Spinoff 'Velma' & Pete Davidson Mars Comedy Set At HBO Max As Streamer Ramps Up Adult Animation|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/clone-high-reboot-mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-spinoff-velma-pete-davidson-mars-comedy-hbo-max-adult-animation-1234690967/|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Squires|first=Bethy|date=June 11, 2021|title=Mindy Kaling's Velma Will Be Without Scooby-Doo|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/mindy-kalings-velma-will-be-without-scooby-doo.html|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mondello|first=Bob|date=July 15, 2021|title=The Only 'New' Thing About Cross-Cultural Casting Is Who's Getting The Roles|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016048049/cross-cultural-casting-anne-boleyn-hamilton-othello-green-knight-bridgerton|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> The series premiered on January 12, 2023, to mixed reviews from critics and overwhelmingly negative reactions from both general audiences and non-critics.<ref name="slate">{{Cite web |url=https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/velma-mindy-kaling-hbo-max-review.html |title=HBO's Wokeified ''Scooby-Doo'' Reboot Achieves the Impossible |last=Goffe |first=Nadira |date=January 18, 2023 |accessdate=January 19, 2023 |language=en-US |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news| issn = 0307-1235| last = Power| first = Ed| title = How Velma became the most hated TV show on TV| work = The Telegraph| accessdate = January 19, 2023| date = January 18, 2023| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/velma-how-mindy-kalings-scooby-doo-update-became-hated-show/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Li |first1=Shirley |title=The Line That Velma Crossed |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/01/hbo-max-velma-review-mindy-kaling-backlash/672796/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=January 24, 2023 |date=January 20, 2023}}</ref> ''Velma'' became one of the lowest-rated television shows on [[IMDb]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Velma Becomes IMDB's Worst-Rated Animated TV Series Ever |url=https://www.pride.com/gay-tv/velma-worst-show-imdb-rating |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=Pride.com |language=en|author=Henderson, Taylor|date=January 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Francis |first1=Katie |title=Scooby-Doo spin-off Velma sparks huge backlash following show's debut |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42618583/scooby-doo-velma-imdb-worst-rated-animation/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=January 24, 2023 |date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> receiving similar low scores from audiences on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and [[Google]].<ref name="slate"/><ref name="Telegraph"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Losciale |first1=Marisa |title=HBO's ''Velma'' Series Slammed by Fans Following Season Premiere |url=https://parade.com/tv/hbo-velma-series-premiere-slammed-by-fans |magazine=Parade |access-date=January 29, 2023 |date=January 15, 2023}}</ref>
Kaling and her fellow writers and producers of ''The Office'' were nominated five consecutive times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2010, she was nominated with Daniels for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the episode "Niagara."<ref name="Time100-20132">{{cite magazine|url=https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|title=The 2013 Time 100 – Mindy Kaling: Comedian and creator, 33|last=Helms|first=Ed|date=April 13, 2013|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=March 8, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222012227/https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with ''Elle'' Magazine, Kaling spoke about the sexism she faced with the Television Academy, having had to go to great lengths to prove her contribution as a producer when the academy informed her she would be cut from the producer list because there were too many producers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2019 |title=Mindy Kaling Didn't Sign Up to Be a Role Model |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a29340748/mindy-kaling-interview-2019/ |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=Elle |language=en-us}}</ref> She said that to receive her rightful producing credit when ''The Office'' was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, "They made me, not any of the other producers, fill out a whole form and write an essay about all my contributions as a writer and a producer… I had to get letters from all the other male, white producers saying that I had contributed, when my actual record stood for itself."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Kaitlin |title=Mindy Kaling Calls Out The Emmys For Excluding Her In Favor Of The Office's White Male Staff |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/10/8549922/mindy-kaling-excluded-emmy-nomination-the-office |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=Refinery29 |language=en}}</ref> In 2011, she played the role of Shira, a doctor who is a roommate and colleague of the main character Emma (played by [[Natalie Portman]]) in ''[[No Strings Attached (2011 film)|No Strings Attached]]''. Kaling also made an appearance as Vanetha in ''[[The Five-Year Engagement]]'' in 2012.


In 2023, she was appointed as a board member along with historian June Li and [[Young Yang Chung]] for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art Announces New Board Appointments: Actress Mindy Kaling and Art Historians June Li and Young Yang Chung |url=https://asia.si.edu/press-release/smithsonians-national-museum-of-asian-art-announces-new-board-appointments-3/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art |language=en-US}}</ref>
===2012–present: producing and film work===
[[File: Mindy Kaling May 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Kaling at [[Montclair Film Festival]] in 2019]]
In 2012, Kaling pitched a [[Single-camera setup|single-camera comedy]]<ref name="ImproperBostonian-TMP-20132">{{cite news|url=http://www.improper.com/features/mindy-kaling |title=Mindy Kaling: The star of The Mindy Project tells us about stereotypes and being a smart girl in Hollywood. |date= 2013| work=[[The Improper Bostonian]]|last1=Soroff|first1=Jonathan|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> to [[Fox Broadcasting|Fox]] called ''[[The Mindy Project]]'', which Kaling wrote, produced and starred in.<ref name="AsiaPacificArts-TMP-20122">{{cite web|url=http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?fox_picks_up_mindy_kaling_pilot_17897.aspx|title=Fox picks up Mindy Kaling pilot|last=Ty|first=Kanara|date=February 1, 2012|work=Asia Pacific Arts|access-date=February 8, 2012|archive-date=August 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826045451/http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?fox_picks_up_mindy_kaling_pilot_17897.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fox began airing the series in 2012. Also in 2012, Kaling founded the production company, Kaling International.<ref name="time"/>


===Upcoming projects===
In 2013, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]].<ref name="time100"/> Fox canceled her series ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' in May 2015, with it later being picked up by [[Hulu]] for a 26-episode fourth season and a 16-episode fifth season. In March 2017, Kaling announced that the show's sixth season, which would air starting September 2017, would be the last.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2017/03/29/mindy-kalings-the-mindy-project-is-ending-after-six-seasons| title= Mindy Kaling's 'The Mindy Project' is ending after six seasons| first= Kevin| last= Slane| website= Boston.com| publisher= Boston Globe Media Partners| date= March 29, 2017| access-date= December 28, 2017}}</ref> The series concluded on November 14, 2017.


Kaling is set to co-write the third installment in the [[Legally Blonde (franchise)|''Legally Blonde'']] series with Dan Goor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/20/entertainment/mindy-kaling-legally-blonde-3-intl-scli/index.html | title=Reese Witherspoon says Mindy Kaling co-writing 'Legally Blonde 3' was 'meant to be' |website=CNN Entertainment| date=May 20, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McRady|first=Rachel|date=July 21, 2021|title=Mindy Kaling Gives an Update on 'Legally Blonde 3' {{!}} Entertainment Tonight|url=https://www.etonline.com/mindy-kaling-gives-an-update-on-legally-blonde-3-169199|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=www.etonline.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The film is scheduled to be released in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McRady|first=Rachel|date=October 21, 2021|title='Legally Blonde 3' Release Date Confirmed Two Years After Project Was First Announced |url=https://www.etonline.com/legally-blonde-3-release-date-confirmed-two-years-after-project-was-first-announced-155125|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=www.etonline.com|language=en-US}}</ref> She is also committed to re-team with Dan Goor to write and star alongside [[Priyanka Chopra]] in a comedy about an Indian-American wedding under [[Universal Pictures|Universal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=April 13, 2019|title=Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra Teaming on Wedding Comedy for Universal|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-wedding-comedy-1203188802/|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Kayleigh|date=February 21, 2020|title=Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra, and the Current Rom-Com Renaissance|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a30228163/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-rom-com/|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Marie Claire|language=en-US}}</ref>
Kaling voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in Disney's animated comedy film ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' and Disgust in [[Pixar]]'s 2015 film ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''. In 2017, [[NBC]] created ''[[Champions (American TV series)|Champions]],'' where Kaling is a co-creator, writer, and producer.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Mindy Kaling Has a New Show Coming to NBC |url=https://time.com/4778338/mindy-kaling-champions-nbc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129071515/https://time.com/4778338/mindy-kaling-champions-nbc/ |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2018 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> She had a recurring guest role on the show, which premiered March 8, 2018, on [[NBC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/07/mindy-kaling-champions-preview/|title=Mindy Kaling explains why she wanted to tell a more male-centric story with 'Champions'|work=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref> It was cancelled after one season. In 2018, she played Mrs. Who in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'', the live-action Disney adaptation of [[A Wrinkle in Time|the novel]], and starred alongside [[Helena Bonham Carter]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Anne Hathaway]], [[Awkwafina]] and [[Rihanna]] in ''[[Ocean's 8]]'', the all-female version of ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= That all-female Ocean's Eleven cast list adds three big names|date=June 10, 2016|work=[[The Independent]]|location=UK|language=en-GB |access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> In 2020, Kaling created the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' with [[Lang Fisher]], a comedy partially based on Kaling's childhood story growing up in the Boston area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Critics and audiences are loving Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show, 'Never Have I Ever' |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/05/06/never-have-i-ever-reviews |website=Boston |date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606143429/https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/05/06/never-have-i-ever-reviews |url-status=live }}</ref> It premiered on Netflix on April 27, 2020, and is about an Indian American high school student, played by [[Maitreyi Ramakrishnan]], dealing with the death of her father.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV News Roundup: Netflix Releases 'Never Have I Ever' Trailer (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-netflix-releases-trailer-mindy-kalings-never-have-i-ever-1234581321/ |website=Variety |date=April 15, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416052852/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-netflix-releases-trailer-mindy-kalings-never-have-i-ever-1234581321/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The series received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Never Have I Ever: Season 1 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/never_have_i_ever/s01 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610051818/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/never_have_i_ever/s01 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[CNN]] and ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' have described the series as a watershed moment for South Asian representation in Hollywood, and praised Kaling for breaking South Asian stereotypes.<ref>{{cite web |title=6 ways 'Never Have I Ever' busts Asian stereotypes |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/02/entertainment/never-have-i-ever-asian-stereotypes-busted/index.html |website=CNN Entertainment |date=May 2, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609190235/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/02/entertainment/never-have-i-ever-asian-stereotypes-busted/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What South Asian Youth Are Saying About Devi from "Never Have I Ever" |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-south-asian-youth-saying-about-devi-from-never-have-i-ever |website=Teen Vouge |date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609190900/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-south-asian-youth-saying-about-devi-from-never-have-i-ever |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Personal life ==
In February 2021, [[Max (streaming service)|HBO Max]] announced they had ordered the adult-oriented ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' spin-off series ''[[Velma (TV series)|Velma]]'', with Kaling as executive producer as well as voicing the [[Velma Dinkley|titular character]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=February 10, 2021|title='Clone High' Reboot, Mindy Kaling 'Scooby-Doo' Spinoff 'Velma' & Pete Davidson Mars Comedy Set At HBO Max As Streamer Ramps Up Adult Animation|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/clone-high-reboot-mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-spinoff-velma-pete-davidson-mars-comedy-hbo-max-adult-animation-1234690967/|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210163049/https://deadline.com/2021/02/clone-high-reboot-mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-spinoff-velma-pete-davidson-mars-comedy-hbo-max-adult-animation-1234690967/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Squires|first=Bethy|date=June 11, 2021|title=Mindy Kaling's Velma Will Be Without Scooby-Doo|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/mindy-kalings-velma-will-be-without-scooby-doo.html|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mondello|first=Bob|date=July 15, 2021|title=The Only 'New' Thing About Cross-Cultural Casting Is Who's Getting The Roles|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016048049/cross-cultural-casting-anne-boleyn-hamilton-othello-green-knight-bridgerton|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=NPR|language=en}}</ref> The series premiered on January 12, 2023, to mixed to negative reviews from critics.<ref name="slate">{{Cite web |url=https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/velma-mindy-kaling-hbo-max-review.html |title=HBO's Wokeified ''Scooby-Doo'' Reboot Achieves the Impossible |last=Goffe |first=Nadira |date=January 18, 2023 |access-date=January 19, 2023 |language=en-US |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |archive-date=January 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119001037/https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/velma-mindy-kaling-hbo-max-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news| issn = 0307-1235| last = Power| first = Ed| title = How Velma became the most hated TV show on TV| work = The Telegraph| access-date = January 19, 2023| date = January 18, 2023| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/velma-how-mindy-kalings-scooby-doo-update-became-hated-show/| archive-date = January 18, 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230118175432/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/velma-how-mindy-kalings-scooby-doo-update-became-hated-show/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Li |first1=Shirley |title=The Line That Velma Crossed |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/01/hbo-max-velma-review-mindy-kaling-backlash/672796/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=January 24, 2023 |date=January 20, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123232455/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/01/hbo-max-velma-review-mindy-kaling-backlash/672796/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Velma''<nowiki/>'s fan reception was even more polarizing and got overwhelming negative reviews due to the humor and criticized its [[Metafiction|meta storytelling]], characterization, writing, and departures from the traditional ''Scooby-Doo'' format.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/velma-show-review-bombed-imdb-rotten-tomatoes/ | title=Scooby-Doo Spinoff Velma Show Review-Bombed on IMDb & Rotten Tomatoes | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=January 12, 2023 | access-date=May 22, 2024 | archive-date=March 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324012033/https://screenrant.com/velma-show-review-bombed-imdb-rotten-tomatoes/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Velma Becomes IMDb's Worst-Rated Animated TV Series Ever |url=https://www.pride.com/gay-tv/velma-worst-show-imdb-rating |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=Pride.com |language=en |author=Henderson, Taylor |date=January 20, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123045645/https://www.pride.com/gay-tv/velma-worst-show-imdb-rating |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Francis |first1=Katie |title=Scooby-Doo spin-off Velma sparks huge backlash following show's debut |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42618583/scooby-doo-velma-imdb-worst-rated-animation/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=January 24, 2023 |date=January 23, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123231850/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42618583/scooby-doo-velma-imdb-worst-rated-animation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="slate"/><ref name="Telegraph"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Losciale |first1=Marisa |title=HBO's ''Velma'' Series Slammed by Fans Following Season Premiere |url=https://parade.com/tv/hbo-velma-series-premiere-slammed-by-fans |magazine=Parade |access-date=January 29, 2023 |date=January 15, 2023 |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129024231/https://parade.com/tv/hbo-velma-series-premiere-slammed-by-fans |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Velma'' was later ranked by several publications as one of the worst television series of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Meghan|title=10 of the best and 10 of the worst TV shows that came out this year|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/best-and-worst-shows-of-2023-critic-ranking|access-date=January 1, 2024|website=[[Business Insider]]|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101211627/https://www.businessinsider.com/best-and-worst-shows-of-2023-critic-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 28, 2023|title=The 10 worst TV shows of 2023, ranked|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/the-ten-worst-tv-shows-of-2023-ranked/|access-date=January 1, 2024|website=Digital Trends|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101211627/https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/the-ten-worst-tv-shows-of-2023-ranked/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 5, 2023|title=2023 in Review: The 10 Worst Shows|url=https://tvline.com/lists/worst-tv-shows-2023-list/|access-date=January 1, 2024|website=TVLine|archive-date=December 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218235711/https://tvline.com/lists/worst-tv-shows-2023-list/|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, she was appointed as a board member along with historian June Li and [[Young Yang Chung]] for the Smithsonian's [[National Museum of Asian Art]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art Announces New Board Appointments: Actress Mindy Kaling and Art Historians June Li and Young Yang Chung |url=https://asia.si.edu/press-release/smithsonians-national-museum-of-asian-art-announces-new-board-appointments-3/ |access-date=February 17, 2023 |website=Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art |language=en-US}}</ref>
<!--Kaling is set to co-write the third installment in the [[Legally Blonde (franchise)|''Legally Blonde'']] series with [[Dan Goor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/20/entertainment/mindy-kaling-legally-blonde-3-intl-scli/index.html | title=Reese Witherspoon says Mindy Kaling co-writing 'Legally Blonde 3' was 'meant to be' |website=CNN Entertainment| date=May 20, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McRady|first=Rachel|date=July 21, 2021|title=Mindy Kaling Gives an Update on 'Legally Blonde 3' {{!}} Entertainment Tonight|url=https://www.etonline.com/mindy-kaling-gives-an-update-on-legally-blonde-3-169199|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Entertainment Tonight|language=en-US}}</ref> The film was scheduled to be released in May 2022,<ref>{{Cite web|last=McRady|first=Rachel|date=October 21, 2020|title='Legally Blonde 3' Release Date Confirmed Two Years After Project Was First Announced |url=https://www.etonline.com/legally-blonde-3-release-date-confirmed-two-years-after-project-was-first-announced-155125|access-date=August 2, 2023|website=Entertainment Tonight|language=en-US}}</ref> but has been indefinitely delayed due to scripting.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dockterman|first=Eliana|date=March 31, 2022|title=Mindy Kaling Reveals Why 'Legally Blonde 3' Is Taking So Long|url=https://time.com/6160907/legally-blonde-3-mindy-kaling-update/|access-date=August 2, 2023|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> She is also committed to re-team with Dan Goor to write and star alongside [[Priyanka Chopra]] in a comedy about an Indian-American wedding under [[Universal Pictures|Universal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=April 13, 2019|title=Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra Teaming on Wedding Comedy for Universal|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-wedding-comedy-1203188802/|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Variety|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722210102/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-wedding-comedy-1203188802/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Kayleigh|date=February 21, 2020|title=Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra, and the Current Rom-Com Renaissance|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a30228163/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-rom-com/|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Marie Claire|language=en-US}}</ref>-->


In December 2017, Kaling gave birth to a daughter.<ref name="welcomes daughter">{{cite web|last1=Redmond|first1=Caroline|last2=Juneau|first2=Jen|date=December 20, 2017|title=Mindy Kaling Welcomes Daughter Katherine Swati|url=https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-welcomes-daughter-katherine/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502121535/https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-welcomes-daughter-katherine/|archive-date=May 2, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|work=People}}</ref> She gave birth to a son<ref>{{Cite web|last= Shiraz|first=Zarafshan|date=December 5, 2020|title=Mindy Kaling's children have an Indian connection? Here's what the American actor reveals|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sex-and-relationships/mindy-kaling-s-children-have-an-indian-connection-here-s-what-the-american-actor-reveals/story-91SOr6NthTsPNdqZgeaoMN.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908023925/https://www.hindustantimes.com/sex-and-relationships/mindy-kaling-s-children-have-an-indian-connection-here-s-what-the-american-actor-reveals/story-91SOr6NthTsPNdqZgeaoMN.html|archive-date=September 8, 2022|access-date=September 8, 2022|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|quote=The comedian replied, "They do! Swati and Avu!" suggesting to her daughter Katherine 'Kit' Swati and three-month-old son Spencer’s middle names. }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last= Slater|first=Georgia|date=September 6, 2021|title=Mindy Kaling Shares First Photo of Son Spencer Avu, 12 Months, in Honor of His Birthday|url=https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-shares-first-photo-son-spencer/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908024427/https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-shares-first-photo-son-spencer/|archive-date=September 8, 2022|access-date=September 8, 2022|website=People}}</ref> in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rahman|first=Abid|date=October 8, 2020|title=Mindy Kaling Reveals She Gave Birth to Second Baby Last Month|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1176870/mindy-kaling-reveals-she-gave-birth-to-baby-no-2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009072122/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mindy-kaling-reveals-she-gave-birth-to-second-baby-last-month|archive-date=October 9, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mindy Kaling's Big Announcement: She Has A New Baby Boy Named Spencer!|website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32B5TEWuHc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/y32B5TEWuHc |archive-date=2021-12-18 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Kaling is not married, and neither of her children's fathers' identities have been publicly disclosed.
In 2024, she joined the short film ''[[Anuja (film)|Anuja]]'', as a producer.<ref name="anuja:hr">{{Cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mindy-kaling-anuja-short-oscars-live-action-film-india-1236071593/ |title= Mindy Kaling Boards Her "Favorite Film of the Year," Live-Action Short 'Anuja,' as Producer (Exclusive) |author= Lily Ford |website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date= 26 November 2024 |access-date= 9 January 2025 |language= en |archive-date= January 9, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250109133622/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mindy-kaling-anuja-short-oscars-live-action-film-india-1236071593/ |url-status= live }}</ref> The film was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]] at the [[97th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-23 |title=Anuja, backed by Guneet Monga and Priyanka Chopra, nominated for Oscars 2025 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/guneet-monga-and-priyanka-chopra-backed-film-anuja-makes-it-to-oscar-2025-oscar-nominations-101737639315088.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123143937/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/guneet-monga-and-priyanka-chopra-backed-film-anuja-makes-it-to-oscar-2025-oscar-nominations-101737639315088.html |archive-date=January 23, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-28 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us |url-status=live }}</ref>


Kaling has a close friendship with [[B. J. Novak]], whom she met through writing for ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', with Novak calling Kaling "the most important person in my life" (on ''[[Fresh Air]]'' with [[Terry Gross]]). The two dated on and off while writing and acting on the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/mindy-kaling-and-bj-novak-sitting-in-a-tree|title=33 Times Mindy Kaling And B.J. Novak's Best Friendship Killed You In The Heart|first=Summer Anne|last=Burton|website=BuzzFeed|access-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011041146/https://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/mindy-kaling-and-bj-novak-sitting-in-a-tree|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Novak is the godfather of Kaling's two children.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-reveals-bj-novak-godfather-to-her-daughter/|title=Mindy Kaling Reveals B.J. Novak Is Godfather to Her 16-Month-Old Daughter: He's 'Family Now'|date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32B5TEWuHc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/y32B5TEWuHc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Mindy Kaling's Big Announcement: She Has A New Baby Boy Named Spencer!|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Kaling co-created the [[Netflix]] sports comedy ''[[Running Point]]'', which premiered in 2025. The series stars [[Kate Hudson]] as the new owner of a Los Angeles-based basketball team, and was inspired by the story of [[Jeanie Buss]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rice |first1=Lynette |title='Running Point' Trailer: It's Game On For Kate Hudson As Head Of The Most Famous Pro Basketball Franchise In The Country – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/running-point-netflix-premiere-date-kate-hudson-comedy-jeanie-buss-1236262384/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=6 March 2025 |date=30 January 2025}}</ref>


In 2012, Kaling was included in the ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' 100 list of influential people.<ref>{{Citation |last=Helms|first=Ed|year=2013|title=The 2013 TIME 100|magazine=Time|publisher=Time Inc.|location=New York|url=http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|access-date=August 30, 2017}}</ref> In 2014, she was named one of ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]''{{'}}s Women of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Angelo|first=Megan|date=November 5, 2014|title=The Lady Boss: Mindy Kaling|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/mindy-kaling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502121637/https://www.glamour.com/story/mindy-kaling|archive-date=May 2, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=Glamour}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Kaling has three children: a daughter, Katherine Swati, born in December 2017, a son, Spencer, born in September 2020 and a daughter, Anne, born in February 2024.<ref>{{Cite Instagram |postid=C8m3wCwvdYz |user=mindykaling |title=In late February I gave birth to my daughter, Anne. She's the best birthday present I could've ever imagined. When things are hard, whenever I veer towards cynicism, my three kids are such a great reminder of the pure joy in my life. I'm so lucky I live in a place where I could do this by myself, on my own timeline. Thanks for all the birthday wishes! |first=Mindy |last=Kaling |author=Mindy Kaling |date=June 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229051004/https://www.instagram.com/p/C8m3wCwvdYz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |archive-date=December 29, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> She has kept the paternity of her children private.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/mindy-kaling-interview-2022/|title=The Metamorphosis of Mindy Kaling|magazine=Marie Claire|date=August 9, 2022|last=Prakash|first=Neha|access-date=May 8, 2023|archive-date=May 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508214402/https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/mindy-kaling-interview-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kaling has expressed her desire to give her children a Hindu upbringing.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/mindy-kaling-maitreyi-ramakrishnan-devi-she-was-perfect-choice-never-have-i-ever-1674318-2020-05-04 | title=Mindy Kaling on Maitreyi Ramakrishnan: She was the perfect choice for Never Have I Ever | date=May 4, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americankahani.com/entertainment/no-church-for-my-daughter-the-significance-of-mindy-kalings-kind-of-hindu-identity/|title=No Church for My Daughter: The Significance of Mindy Kaling's 'Kind of Hindu' Identity|first=Bhargavi|last=Kulkarni|date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>


On June 10, 2018, she received an [[honorary degree]] of [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] from [[Dartmouth College]] in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|date=June 10, 2018|title=Mindy Kaling (Doctor of Humane Letters) - Dartmouth News|url=https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2018/06/mindy-kaling-doctor-humane-letters|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502120522/https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2018/06/mindy-kaling-doctor-humane-letters|archive-date=May 2, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=Dartmouth News}}</ref>
Kaling has a close friendship with [[B. J. Novak]], whom she met through writing for ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', with Novak calling Kaling "the most important person in my life" (on ''[[Fresh Air]]'' with [[Terry Gross]]). They dated on and off while writing and acting on the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/mindy-kaling-and-bj-novak-sitting-in-a-tree|title=33 Times Mindy Kaling And B.J. Novak's Best Friendship Killed You In The Heart|first=Summer Anne|last=Burton|website=BuzzFeed|date=February 7, 2014 |access-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011041146/https://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/mindy-kaling-and-bj-novak-sitting-in-a-tree|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Novak is the godfather of Kaling's first two children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-reveals-bj-novak-godfather-to-her-daughter/|title=Mindy Kaling Reveals B.J. Novak Is Godfather to Her 16-Month-Old Daughter: He's 'Family Now'|newspaper=People|date=May 4, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502072429/https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-reveals-bj-novak-godfather-to-her-daughter/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32B5TEWuHc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/y32B5TEWuHc |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Mindy Kaling's Big Announcement: She Has A New Baby Boy Named Spencer!|website=[[YouTube]] |date=October 9, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>


Kaling is a 1% owner of Welsh football team [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] that plays in the [[EFL Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pritchard|first=Dafydd|date=December 17, 2017|title=Mindy Kaling: US Office star is among Swansea City owners|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42379755|url-status=live|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218103604/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42379755|archive-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>
In 2012, Kaling was included in the ''[[Time 100]]'' list of the world's most influential people.<ref>{{Citation|last=Helms|first=Ed|year=2013|title=The 2013 TIME 100|magazine=Time.|location=New York|url=https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|access-date=August 30, 2017|archive-date=August 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818035132/http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, she was named one of ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]''{{'}}s Women of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Angelo|first=Megan|date=November 5, 2014|title=The Lady Boss: Mindy Kaling|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/mindy-kaling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502121637/https://www.glamour.com/story/mindy-kaling|archive-date=May 2, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=Glamour}}</ref> On June 10, 2018, she received an [[honorary degree]] of [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] from [[Dartmouth College]] in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|date=June 10, 2018|title=Mindy Kaling (Doctor of Humane Letters) – Dartmouth News|url=https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2018/06/mindy-kaling-doctor-humane-letters|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502120522/https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2018/06/mindy-kaling-doctor-humane-letters|archive-date=May 2, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=Dartmouth News}}</ref> In October 2023, Kaling took to social media to stand alongside Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagmeister |first=Elizabeth |date=2023-10-09 |title=Gal Gadot, Madonna, Natalie Portman, The Rock And More Hollywood Stars Support Israel Amid Deadly Hamas Attacks |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/hollywood-stars-support-israel-palestine-conflict-1235749537/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2024, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' featured Kaling in its "L.A. Influential" series as a "creator who is leaving their mark" in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 2, 2024 |title=The Creators: A Hollywood trailblazer, a gaming visionary, a horror genius ... |url=https://www.latimes.com/la-influential/story/2024-06-02/the-creators |access-date=June 17, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204145726/https://www.latimes.com/la-influential/story/2024-06-02/the-creators |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Filmography ==
==Filmography==
===Film===
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|2011
|2011
|''[[No Strings Attached (2011 film)|No Strings Attached]]''
|''[[No Strings Attached (2011 film)|No Strings Attached]]''
|Shira
|Shira
| rowspan="3" |
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[The Five-Year Engagement]]''
|''[[The Five-Year Engagement]]''
|Vaneetha
|Vaneetha
|
|-
|-
|''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
|''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
|Taffyta Muttonfudge (voice)
|Taffyta Muttonfudge (voice)
|
|-
|-
|2013
|2013
|''[[This Is the End]]''
|''[[This Is the End]]''
|Herself
|Herself
|[[Cameo appearance|Cameo]]
|Cameo
|-
|-
|2014
|2014
|''[[Mr. Peabody & Sherman]]''
|''[[Mr. Peabody & Sherman]]''
|[[Helen of Troy]] (voice)
|[[Helen of Troy]] (voice)
|[[Deleted scene]]
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |2015
| rowspan="3" |2015
|''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''
|''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''
| rowspan="2" |Disgust (voice)
| rowspan="2" |Disgust (voice)
|
|-
|-
|''[[Riley's First Date?]]''
|''[[Riley's First Date?]]''
|[[Short film]]
|
|-
|-
|''[[The Night Before (2015 film)|The Night Before]]''
|''[[The Night Before (2015 film)|The Night Before]]''
|Sarah
|Sarah
| rowspan="3" |
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
| rowspan="2" |2018
|''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]''
|''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]''
|Mrs. Who
|Mrs. Who
|
|-
|-
|''[[Ocean's 8]]''
|''[[Ocean's 8]]''
|Amita
|Amita
|
|-
|-
|2019
|2019
|''[[Late Night (film)|Late Night]]''
|''[[Late Night (film)|Late Night]]''
|Molly Patel
|Molly Patel
|Also [[writer]] and producer
|
|-
|-
|2021
|2021
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! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|2005–2013
|''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]''
|[[Kelly Kapoor]]
|Also writer, executive producer, and director<br>174 episodes
|-
|-
|2005
|2005
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|Richard Lewis' Assistant
|Richard Lewis' Assistant
|Episode: "Lewis Needs a Kidney"
|Episode: "Lewis Needs a Kidney"
|-
|2005–2013
|''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]''
|[[Kelly Kapoor]]
|Main role
|-
|-
|2012–2017
|2012–2017
|''[[The Mindy Project]]''
|''[[The Mindy Project]]''
|Dr. Mindy Lahiri
|Dr. Mindy Lahiri
|Also creator, writer, and producer<br>117 episodes
|Main role
|-
|-
|2014
|2014
|''[[Sesame Street]]''
|''[[Sesame Street]]''
|Herself
| rowspan="2" |Herself
|Episode: "The Enthusiastic Penelope Penguin"
|Episode: "The Enthusiastic Penelope Penguin"
|-
|-
|2015
|2015
|''[[The Muppets (TV series)|The Muppets]]''
|''[[The Muppets (TV series)|The Muppets]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "Single All the Way"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/the-muppets/episode-guide/season-01/10-single-all-the-way|title=The Muppets: Single All the Way – Watch Season 1 Episode 10|website=ABC|access-date=January 6, 2016|archive-date=December 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212064705/http://abc.go.com/shows/the-muppets/episode-guide/season-01/10-single-all-the-way|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Episode: "Single All the Way"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/the-muppets/episode-guide/season-01/10-single-all-the-way|title=The Muppets: Single All the Way - Watch Season 1 Episode 10|website=ABC}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2017
|2017
|''[[Animals (U.S. TV series)|Animals]]''
|''[[Animals (American TV series)|Animals]]''
|Sandy (voice)
|Sandy (voice)
|Episode: "Squirrels"
|Episode: "Squirrels"
|-
|-
|2018
| rowspan="3" |2018
|''[[Future-Worm!]]''
|''[[Future-Worm!]]''
|Additional voices
|Additional voices
|Ep: Megan Muck Wars
|Episode: "Megan Muck Wars"
|-
|-
|2018
|''[[Champions (American TV series)|Champions]]''
|''[[Champions (U.S. TV series)|Champions]]''
|Priya Patel
|Priya Patel
|Also co-creator, writer, and producer<br>5 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc.com/champions?nbc=1|title=Champions - NBC.com}}</ref>
|Also co-creator, writer, and producer<br>5 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc.com/champions?nbc=1|title=Champions - NBC.com|access-date=October 19, 2017|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717051752/https://www.nbc.com/champions?nbc=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|2018
|''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''
|''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''
|Cindy
|Cindy
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|''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries)|Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''
|''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries)|Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|Co-creator, writer, and producer<br>10 episodes
|Creator
|-
|-
|2019–2021
|2019–2023
|''[[The Morning Show (American TV series)|The Morning Show]]''
|''[[The Morning Show (American TV series)|The Morning Show]]''
|Audra
|Audra Khatri
|4 episodes
|5 episodes
|-
|-
|2020–2023
|2020–2023
|''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]''
|''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]''
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|Co-creator, writer and executive producer<br>40 episodes
|Creator
|-
|-
|2021
| 2021–2024
|''[[Monsters at Work]]''
|''[[Monsters at Work]]''
|Val Little (voice)
|Val Little (voice)
|10 episodes
|20 episodes
|-
|-
|2021–present
| 2021–2025
|''[[The Sex Lives of College Girls]]''
|''[[The Sex Lives of College Girls]]''
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|Co-creator, writer and executive producer<br>20 episodes
|Creator
|-
|-
|2023
|2023–2024
|''[[Velma (TV series)|Velma]]''
|''[[Velma (TV series)|Velma]]''
|[[Velma Dinkley]]
|[[Velma Dinkley]] (voice)
|Main role and executive producer
|Main role, also executive producer
|-
|2025–present
|''[[Running Point]]''
|{{n/a}}
|Creator
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Series
! Series
! Year
! Season
! Season
! Episode
! Episode
! Title
! Title
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|-
| rowspan=21|''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' || rowspan="2" | 2005 || Season 1 || Episode 6 || "[[Hot Girl (The Office)|Hot Girl]]" ||
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| rowspan="21" |''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' || Season 1 || Episode 6 || "[[Hot Girl (The Office)|Hot Girl]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |Season 2 || Episode 1 || "[[The Dundies]]" ||
| rowspan="3" |Season 2 || Episode 1 || "[[The Dundies]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2006 || Episode 12 || "[[The Injury]]" ||
| rowspan=3|2006 || Episode 12 || "[[The Injury]]"
|-
|-
| Episode 18 || "[[Take Your Daughter to Work Day (The Office)|Take Your Daughter to Work Day]]" ||
| Episode 18 || "[[Take Your Daughter to Work Day (The Office)|Take Your Daughter to Work Day]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|Season 3 || Episode 6 || "[[Diwali (The Office)|Diwali]]" ||
| rowspan=2|Season 3 || Episode 6 || "[[Diwali (The Office)|Diwali]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2007 || Episode 15 || "[[Ben Franklin (The Office)|Ben Franklin]]" ||
| rowspan=2|2007 || Episode 15 || "[[Ben Franklin (The Office)|Ben Franklin]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|Season 4 || Episode 10 || "[[Branch Wars]]" ||
| rowspan=2|Season 4 || Episode 10 || "[[Branch Wars]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2008 || Episode 15 || "[[Night Out (The Office)|Night Out]]" ||
| rowspan=2|2008 || Episode 15 || "[[Night Out (The Office)|Night Out]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|Season 5 || Episode 9 || "[[Frame Toby]]" ||
| rowspan=4|Season 5 || Episode 9 || "[[Frame Toby]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=5|2009 || Episode 16 || "[[Lecture Circuit|Lecture Circuit: Part 1]]" ||
| rowspan=5|2009 || Episode 16 || "[[Lecture Circuit|Lecture Circuit: Part 1]]"
|-
|-
| Episode 17 || "[[Lecture Circuit|Lecture Circuit: Part 2]]" ||
| Episode 17 || "[[Lecture Circuit|Lecture Circuit: Part 2]]"
|-
|-
| Episode 19 || "[[Golden Ticket (The Office)|Golden Ticket]]" ||
| Episode 19 || "[[Golden Ticket (The Office)|Golden Ticket]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|Season 6 || Episode 4 & 5 || "[[Niagara (The Office)|Niagara]]" ||
| rowspan=4|Season 6 || Episode 4 & 5 || "[[Niagara (The Office)|Niagara]]"
|-
|-
| Episode 13 || "[[Secret Santa (The Office)|Secret Santa]]" ||
| Episode 13 || "[[Secret Santa (The Office)|Secret Santa]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|2010 || Episode 16 || "[[The Manager and the Salesman]]" ||
| rowspan=4|2010 || Episode 16 || "[[The Manager and the Salesman]]"
|-
|-
| Episode 22 || "[[Secretary's Day (The Office)|Secretary's Day]]" ||
| Episode 22 || "[[Secretary's Day (The Office)|Secretary's Day]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|Season 7 || Episode 5 || "[[The Sting (The Office)|The Sting]]" ||
| rowspan=3|Season 7 || Episode 5 || "[[The Sting (The Office)|The Sting]]"
|-
|-
| Episode 11 & 12 || "[[Classy Christmas]]" ||
| Episode 11 & 12 || "[[Classy Christmas]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|2011 || Episode 21 || "[[Michael's Last Dundies]]" ||
| rowspan=2|2011 || Episode 21 || "[[Michael's Last Dundies]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|Season 8 || Episode 10 || "[[Christmas Wishes (The Office)|Christmas Wishes]]" ||
| rowspan=2|Season 8 || Episode 10 || "[[Christmas Wishes (The Office)|Christmas Wishes]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=5|2012 || Episode 17|| "[[Test the Store]]" ||
| rowspan=5|2012 || Episode 17|| "[[Test the Store]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=25|''[[The Mindy Project]]'' || rowspan=8|Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Pilot" ||
| rowspan=25|''[[The Mindy Project]]'' || rowspan=8|Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Pilot"
|-
|-
| Episode 2 || "Hiring and Firing" ||
| Episode 2 || "Hiring and Firing"
|-
|-
| Episode 5 || "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist" ||
| Episode 5 || "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist"
|-
|-
| Episode 8 || "Two is One" ||
| Episode 8 || "Two is One"
|-
|-
| rowspan=6|2013 || Episode 12 || "Hooking Up Is Hard" ||
| rowspan=6|2013 || Episode 12 || "Hooking Up Is Hard"
|-
|-
| Episode 13 || "Harry & Sally" ||
| Episode 13 || "Harry & Sally"
|-
|-
| Episode 16 || "The One That Got Away" ||
| Episode 16 || "The One That Got Away"
|-
|-
| Episode 24 || "Take Me With You" ||
| Episode 24 || "Take Me With You"
|-
| rowspan=5|Season 2 || Episode 1 || "All My Problems Solved Forever..." ||
|-
|-
| Episode 8 || "You’ve Got Sext" ||
| rowspan=5|Season 2 || Episode 1 || "All My Problems Solved Forever..."
|-
|-
| rowspan=5|2014 || Episode 13 || "L.A." ||
| Episode 8 || "You've Got Sext"
|-
|-
| Episode 14 || "The Desert" ||
| rowspan=5|2014 || Episode 13 || "L.A."
|-
|-
| Episode 22 || "Danny and Mindy" ||
| Episode 14 || "The Desert"
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|Season 3 || Episode 1 || "We're a Couple Now, Haters!" ||
| Episode 22 || "Danny and Mindy"
|-
|-
| Episode 6 || "Caramel Princess Time" ||
| rowspan=4|Season 3 || Episode 1 || "We're a Couple Now, Haters!"
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|2015 || Episode 15 || "Danny Castellano Is My Nutritionist" ||
| Episode 6 || "Caramel Princess Time"
|-
|-
| Episode 21 || "Best Man" ||
| rowspan=4|2015 || Episode 15 || "Danny Castellano Is My Nutritionist"
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|Season 4 || Episode 1 || "While I Was Sleeping" ||
| Episode 21 || "Best Man"
|-
| Episode 13 || "When Mindy Met Danny" ||
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2016 || Episode 14 || "Will They or Won't They" ||
| rowspan=4|Season 4 || Episode 1 || "While I Was Sleeping"
|-
|-
| Episode 18 || "Bernardo & Anita" ||
| Episode 13 || "When Mindy Met Danny"
|-
|-
| Season 5 || Episode 1 || "Decision 2016" ||
| rowspan=3|2016 || Episode 14 || "Will They or Won't They"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2017 || rowspan=3|Season 6 || Episode 1 || "Is That All There Is?" ||
| Episode 18 || "Bernardo & Anita"
|-
|-
| Episode 9 || "Danny in Real Life" ||
| Season 5 || Episode 1 || "Decision 2016"
|-
|-
| Episode 10 || "It Had To Be You" ||
| rowspan=3|2017 || rowspan=3|Season 6 || Episode 1 || "Is That All There Is?"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[Champions (American TV series)|Champions]]'' || rowspan=3|2018 || rowspan=3|Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Pilot" ||
| Episode 9 || "Danny in Real Life"
|-
|-
| Episode 2 || "I Think I'm Gonna Tolerate It Here" ||
| Episode 10 || "It Had To Be You"
|-
|-
| Episode 4 || "My Fair Uncle" ||
| rowspan="3" |2018
| rowspan="3" |''[[Champions (American TV series)|Champions]]'' || rowspan="3" |Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Pilot"
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries)|Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' || rowspan=2|2019 || rowspan=2|Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Kash With a K" ||
| Episode 2 || "I Think I'm Gonna Tolerate It Here"
|-
|-
| Episode 2 || "Hounslow" ||
| Episode 4 || "My Fair Uncle"
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' || rowspan=2|2020 || rowspan=2|Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Pilot" ||
|-
|-
| Episode 4 || "... felt super Indian" ||
| rowspan="2" |2019
| rowspan="2" |''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral (miniseries)|Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' || rowspan="2" |Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Kash With a K"
|-
| Episode 2 || "Hounslow"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
| rowspan="3" |''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' || rowspan="2" |Season 1 || Episode 1 || "Pilot"
|-
| Episode 4 || "...felt super Indian"
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021
| rowspan="3" |2021
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|Episode 1
|Episode 1
|"...been a playa"
|"...been a playa"
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[The Sex Lives of College Girls|''The'' ''Sex Lives of College Girls'']]
| rowspan="2" |''[[The Sex Lives of College Girls]]''
| rowspan="2" |Season 1
| rowspan="2" |Season 1
|Episode 1
|Episode 1
|"Welcome to Essex"
|"Welcome to Essex"
|
|-
|-
|Episode 6
|Episode 6
|"Parents Weekend"
|"Parents Weekend"
|
|-
|2022
| rowspan="3" |''Never Have I Ever''
|Season 3
|Episode 1
|"...been slut-shamed
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
| rowspan="2" |Season 4
|Episode 1
|"...lost my virginity"
|-
|Episode 10
|"...said goodbye"
|}
|}


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! Episode
! Episode
! Title
! Title
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2009 || rowspan=3|''[[The Office: Subtle Sexuality]]''||||Episode 1||''Creative Differences''||rowspan=3|Mini-webseries
| rowspan=3|2009 || rowspan=3|''[[The Office: Subtle Sexuality]]''||||Episode 1||"Creative Differences"
|-
|-
| ||Episode 2||''The Replacement''
| ||Episode 2||"The Replacement"
|-
|-
| ||Episode 3||''The Music Video''
| ||Episode 3||"The Music Video"
|-
|-
| rowspan=4|2010 || ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' || Season 6 || Episode 23 || "[[Body Language (The Office)|Body Language]]" ||
| rowspan=4|2010 || ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' || Season 6 || Episode 23 || "[[Body Language (The Office)|Body Language]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|''[[List of The Office (American TV series) episodes#The 3rd Floor (2010)|The Office: The 3rd Floor]]''||||Episode 1||''Moving On''||rowspan=3|Mini-webseries
| rowspan=3|''[[List of The Office (American TV series) episodes#The 3rd Floor (2010)|The Office: The 3rd Floor]]''||||Episode 1||"Moving On"
|-
|-
| ||Episode 2||''Lights, Camera, Action!''
| ||Episode 2||"Lights, Camera, Action!"
|-
|-
| || Episode 3||''The Final Product''
| || Episode 3||"The Final Product"
|-
|-
| rowspan=3|2011 || ''The Office''|| Season 7 || Episode 21 || "[[Michael's Last Dundies]]" ||
| rowspan=3|2011 || ''The Office''|| Season 7 || Episode 21 || "[[Michael's Last Dundies]]"
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[List of The Office (American TV series) episodes#The Girl Next Door (2011)|The Office: The Girl Next Door]]''||||Episode 1||The Story of Subtle Sexuality||rowspan=2|Mini-webseries
|rowspan=2|''[[List of The Office (American TV series) episodes#The Girl Next Door (2011)|The Office: The Girl Next Door]]''||||Episode 1||"The Story of Subtle Sexuality"
|-
|-
|||Episode 2||The Girl Next Door
|||Episode 2||"The Girl Next Door"
|}
|}


== Awards and nominations ==
==Awards and nominations==
In 2013, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' identified Kaling as one of the "50 Coolest and Most Creative Entertainers" in Hollywood.<ref name="EW-Cover-20132">{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/07/31/mindy-kaling-new-hollywood/|title=This Week's Cover: The New Hollywood starring Mindy Kaling|date=July 31, 2013|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last1=EW Staff|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> In the same year, Kaling was recognized by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as [[Time 100|one of the 100 most influential people in the world]].<ref name="time100">{{cite magazine|url=https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|title=Time Magazine: 100 Most Influential People|date=April 18, 2013|magazine=[[Time Magazine]]|last=Helms|first=Ed|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>
Over her career she has received two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] and the [[Tony Award]], and six [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] nominations. She was recognized by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as [[Time 100|one of the 100 most influential people in the world]] in 2013. A decade later she received the [[Producers Guild of America Award|Producers Guild of America]]'s [[34th Producers Guild of America Awards|Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award]], and was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts|National Medal of the Arts]] from President [[Joe Biden]].<ref name="deadline.com">{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Mindy Kaling to Be Lauded With Norman Lear Award at PGA Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/mindy-kaling-pga-awards-norman-lear-award-1235174022/ |access-date=December 8, 2022 |website=Deadline}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
 
In 2013, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' identified Kaling as one of the "50 Coolest and Most Creative Entertainers" in Hollywood.<ref name="EW-Cover-20132">{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/07/31/mindy-kaling-new-hollywood/|title=This Week's Cover: The New Hollywood starring Mindy Kaling|date=July 31, 2013|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last1=EW Staff|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=March 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307133827/http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/07/31/mindy-kaling-new-hollywood/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, Kaling was recognized by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as [[Time 100|one of the 100 most influential people in the world]].<ref name="time100">{{cite magazine|url=https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|title=Time Magazine: 100 Most Influential People|date=April 18, 2013|magazine=[[Time Magazine]]|last=Helms|first=Ed|access-date=March 7, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222012227/https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2023, Kaling was awarded the 2021 [[National Medal of Arts]] from the US president [[Joe Biden]] in the [[White House]].<ref name="THEWEEK">{{cite web|url= https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2023/03/22/biden-presents-national-humanities-medals-to-actress-mindy-kaling.html|title= Biden presents National Humanities Medals to actress Mindy Kaling|website= [[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]|date= March 22, 2023|access-date= March 22, 2023|archive-date= March 22, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230322060255/https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2023/03/22/biden-presents-national-humanities-medals-to-actress-mindy-kaling.html|url-status= live}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!Year
! Year
!Ceremony
! Award
!Award
! Category
!Work
! Nominated work
!Result
! Result
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
| rowspan="2" |2005
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| style="background:#fdd;" |Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;" |Nominated
|-
|-
|[[Peoples Choice Awards]]
|[[People's Choice Awards]]
|Favorite New TV Comedy
|Favorite New TV Comedy
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="5" |2014
| rowspan="5" |2014
|[[Gracie Awards]]
|[[Gracie Awards]]
|Outstanding Female Actor - Comedy
|Outstanding Female Actor – Comedy
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|-
|-
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|[[Readers Choice Award]]s
|[[Readers Choice Award]]s
|Reader's Choice Award for Best Humor Book
|Reader's Choice Award for Best Humor Book
|''[[Why Not Me? (book)|Why Not Me?]]''
|''[[Why Not Me? (Kaling book)|Why Not Me?]]''
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
|-
|-
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|-
|-
| 2022
| 2022
|[[Tony Award]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/theater/tony-awards-2022-nominations-list/|title=Tony Awards 2022: See the full list of nominees|last=Towers|first=Andreas|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=May 9, 2022|access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref>
|[[Tony Award]]
|[[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
|[[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
|''[[A Strange Loop]]''
|''[[A Strange Loop]]''
| {{won}}
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/theater/tony-awards-2022-nominations-list/|title=Tony Awards 2022: See the full list of nominees|last=Towers|first=Andreas|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=May 9, 2022|access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref>
|}
|}


== Bibliography ==
==Bibliography==
* Kaling, Mindy, and Brenda Withers. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56892993 Matt & Ben: A New Play.]'' Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2004; {{ISBN|978-1-585-67571-5}}
* Kaling, Mindy, and Brenda Withers. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56892993 Matt & Ben: A New Play.]'' Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2004; {{ISBN|978-1-585-67571-5}}
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/fashion/20kaling.html Unbelievable Holiday Tales: Scripting a Fantasy of a Family]'', ''The New York Times,'' December 18, 2009.<ref name="NYTimes-FantasyFamily-20092">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/fashion/20kaling.html|title=Unbelievable Holiday Tales: Scripting a Fantasy of a Family|date=December 18, 2009|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Kaling|first1=Mindy|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/fashion/20kaling.html Unbelievable Holiday Tales: Scripting a Fantasy of a Family]'', ''The New York Times,'' December 18, 2009.<ref name="NYTimes-FantasyFamily-20092">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/fashion/20kaling.html|title=Unbelievable Holiday Tales: Scripting a Fantasy of a Family|date=December 18, 2009|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Kaling|first1=Mindy|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref>
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[[Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?|Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)]]'', New York: Crown Archetype, 2011; {{ISBN|978-0-307-88627-9}}; {{OCLC|698332696}}
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[[Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?|Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)]]'', New York: Crown Archetype, 2011; {{ISBN|978-0-307-88627-9}}; {{OCLC|698332696}}
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/806016207 Questions I Ask When I Want to Talk About Myself: 50 Topics to Share With Friends]'', Clarkson Potter, 2013; {{ISBN|978-0-449-81988-3}}
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/806016207 Questions I Ask When I Want to Talk About Myself: 50 Topics to Share With Friends]'', Clarkson Potter, 2013; {{ISBN|978-0-449-81988-3}}
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[[Why Not Me? (book)|Why Not Me?]]'', New York : Crown Archetype, 2015; {{ISBN|978-0-804-13814-7}}; {{OCLC|910914690}}
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[[Why Not Me? (Kaling book)|Why Not Me?]]'', New York : Crown Archetype, 2015; {{ISBN|978-0-804-13814-7}}; {{OCLC|910914690}}
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[[Nothing Like I Imagined|Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes)]]'', Amazon Original Stories, 2020
* Kaling, Mindy. ''[[Nothing Like I Imagined|Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes)]]'', Amazon Original Stories, 2020


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Mindy Kaling
Kaling in 2020
Born
Vera Mindy Chokalingam

(1979-06-24) June 24, 1979 (age 47)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2002–present
Children3

Vera Mindy Chokalingam[1] (born June 24, 1979),[1][2] known professionally as Mindy Kaling (/ˈkeɪlɪŋ/ (About this soundlisten)), 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. Among other honors, she has also received the Producers Guild of America's Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award and was awarded the National Medal of the Arts, which is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. Kaling founded the production company Kaling International in 2012.[4]

Kaling first gained recognition for playing Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), on which she also worked as a writer.[5] Credited with twenty-four episodes, Kaling was the most prolific writer among the staff.[6] 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 comedies, including Never Have I Ever (2020–2023), The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021–2025), and Running Point (2025–present).

Her film career includes voice roles in Despicable Me (2010), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014), 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.[7] She also received a Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop.[8]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Vera Mindy Chokalingam was born June 24, 1979,[2] in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[1] to a Tamil father, Avudaiappan Chokalingam and Bengali mother, Swati Roysircar.[9] Her parents who were then living in Nigeria, immigrated to the United States in 1979 with her elder brother, Vijay Chokalingam.[10][11][5] Her father was an architect, and mother was an obstretrician/gynecologist at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston.[12][13] Her mother died of pancreatic cancer in 2012.[14][15]

Kaling has said she has never been called Vera, her first name, but has been referred to as Mindy since her mother was pregnant with her while her parents were living in Nigeria. They were already planning to move to the United States and wanted, Kaling said, a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the show Mork & Mindy.[16]

Kaling graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in 1997. The following year, she entered Dartmouth College, where she was a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Dog Day Players and a cappella group The Rockapellas, and wrote for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, the college's humor magazine.[17][18] Kaling graduated from Dartmouth in 2001[19] with a bachelor's degree in playwriting.[20] She lists the comedy series Dr. Katz, Saturday Night Live, Frasier and Cheers as early influences on her comedy.[21]

Career[edit | edit source]

2002–2004: Career beginnings[edit | edit source]

While a 19-year-old sophomore at Dartmouth, Kaling was an intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[22] She has said that she never saw a family like hers on TV, which gave her a dual perspective she uses in her writing.[23] She thinks the "everyone against me" mentality is what she learned as a child of immigrants.[23] She named her Mindy Project character Mindy Lahiri after author Jhumpa Lahiri.[24] After college, she moved to Brooklyn, New York.[5] She said one of her worst job experiences was as a production assistant for three months on the Crossing Over With John Edward psychic show.[16] She described it as "depressing."[25] During this same time, she performed stand-up comedy.[23]

Kaling devised her stage name after discovering while doing stand-up comedy that emcees would have trouble pronouncing her last name, Chokalingam, and sometimes made jokes about it.[23] She toured solo and with Craig Robinson, who was later a fellow cast member of The Office.[26] In August 2002, she portrayed Ben Affleck in an off-Broadway play called Matt & Ben,[27] which she co-wrote with her best friend from college, Brenda Withers, who played Matt Damon. Time magazine named it one of their "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year", and it was "a surprise hit" at the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival.[5]

Initially, Withers and Kaling had, "for their own entertainment, mockingly pretended to be the best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; that pretending spawned Matt & Ben, the goofy play that reimagined how Damon and Affleck came to write the movie Good Will Hunting."[5] Kaling wrote a blog, Things I've Bought That I Love,[5] which reemerged on her website on September 29, 2011.[28] She wrote it under the name Mindy Ephron, "a name Kaling chose because she was amused by the idea of her 20-something Indian-American self as a long-lost Ephron sister."[5]

2004–2011: The Office[edit | edit source]

In 2004, when The Office producer Greg Daniels was working to adapt The Office from the BBC TV series of the same name, he hired Kaling as a writer-performer after reading a spec script she wrote. He said, "She's very original ... If anything feels phony or lazy or passé, she'll pounce on it."[5] When Kaling joined The Office, she was 24 years old and was the only woman on a staff of eight.[5] She took on the role of Kelly Kapoor, debuting in the series' second episode, "Diversity Day".[20] Her TV appearances include a 2005 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing Richard Lewis's assistant. She is featured on the CD Comedy Death-Ray and guest-wrote parts of an episode of Saturday Night Live in April 2006.[20][25] After her film debut in The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, Kaling appeared in the film Unaccompanied Minors as a waitress.

Kaling in 2008

In an interview with The A.V. Club, she stated that Kelly is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is."[25] Kaling directed The Office webisode The 3rd Floor.[29] She directed the Season 6 episode "Body Language," which marked her television directorial debut. In 2007, she had a small part in License to Wed alongside fellow Office actors John Krasinski, Angela Kinsey, and Brian Baumgartner. She starred in the 2009 film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum tour guide.

On September 15, 2011, when her contract was set to expire at the end of Season 7, she signed a new contract to stay with the show for Season 8 and was promoted to full executive producer.[30] Her Universal Television contract included a development deal for a new show (eventually titled The Mindy Project), in which she appeared as an actress and contributed as a writer.[5] Kaling left The Office after the ninth-season episode "New Guys", but returned to guest-star in its final episode. In 2011, Kaling published a memoir, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), which appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.[31] Her second book, Why Not Me?, covers the events that have happened in her life since 2011, and was published on September 15, 2015.[32] She published a third memoir, Nothing Like I Imagined (Except For Sometimes), with Amazon Original Stories in 2020.

Kaling and her fellow writers and producers of The Office were nominated five consecutive times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2010, she was nominated with Daniels for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the episode "Niagara."[33] In a 2019 interview with Elle Magazine, Kaling spoke about the sexism she faced with the Television Academy, having had to go to great lengths to prove her contribution as a producer when the academy informed her she would be cut from the producer list because there were too many producers.[34] She said that to receive her rightful producing credit when The Office was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, "They made me, not any of the other producers, fill out a whole form and write an essay about all my contributions as a writer and a producer… I had to get letters from all the other male, white producers saying that I had contributed, when my actual record stood for itself."[35] In 2011, she played the role of Shira, a doctor who is a roommate and colleague of the main character Emma (played by Natalie Portman) in No Strings Attached. Kaling also made an appearance as Vanetha in The Five-Year Engagement in 2012.

2012–present: producing and film work[edit | edit source]

Kaling at Montclair Film Festival in 2019

In 2012, Kaling pitched a single-camera comedy[36] to Fox called The Mindy Project, which Kaling wrote, produced and starred in.[37] Fox began airing the series in 2012. Also in 2012, Kaling founded the production company, Kaling International.[4]

In 2013, Time magazine named one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[38] Fox canceled her series The Mindy Project in May 2015, with it later being picked up by Hulu for a 26-episode fourth season and a 16-episode fifth season. In March 2017, Kaling announced that the show's sixth season, which would air starting September 2017, would be the last.[39] The series concluded on November 14, 2017.

Kaling voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in Disney's animated comedy film Wreck-It Ralph and Disgust in Pixar's 2015 film Inside Out. In 2017, NBC created Champions, where Kaling is a co-creator, writer, and producer.[40] She had a recurring guest role on the show, which premiered March 8, 2018, on NBC.[41] It was cancelled after one season. In 2018, she played Mrs. Who in A Wrinkle in Time, the live-action Disney adaptation of the novel, and starred alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Awkwafina and Rihanna in Ocean's 8, the all-female version of Ocean's Eleven.[42] In 2020, Kaling created the Netflix series Never Have I Ever with Lang Fisher, a comedy partially based on Kaling's childhood story growing up in the Boston area.[43] It premiered on Netflix on April 27, 2020, and is about an Indian American high school student, played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, dealing with the death of her father.[44] The series received positive reviews.[45] CNN and Teen Vogue have described the series as a watershed moment for South Asian representation in Hollywood, and praised Kaling for breaking South Asian stereotypes.[46][47]

In February 2021, HBO Max announced they had ordered the adult-oriented Scooby-Doo spin-off series Velma, with Kaling as executive producer as well as voicing the titular character.[48][49][50] The series premiered on January 12, 2023, to mixed to negative reviews from critics.[51][52][53] Velma's fan reception was even more polarizing and got overwhelming negative reviews due to the humor and criticized its meta storytelling, characterization, writing, and departures from the traditional Scooby-Doo format.[54][55][56][51][52][57] Velma was later ranked by several publications as one of the worst television series of 2023.[58][59][60] That year, she was appointed as a board member along with historian June Li and Young Yang Chung for the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art.[61]

In 2024, she joined the short film Anuja, as a producer.[62] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards.[63]

Kaling co-created the Netflix sports comedy Running Point, which premiered in 2025. The series stars Kate Hudson as the new owner of a Los Angeles-based basketball team, and was inspired by the story of Jeanie Buss.[64]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Kaling has three children: a daughter, Katherine Swati, born in December 2017, a son, Spencer, born in September 2020 and a daughter, Anne, born in February 2024.[65] She has kept the paternity of her children private.[66] Kaling has expressed her desire to give her children a Hindu upbringing.[67][68]

Kaling has a close friendship with B. J. Novak, whom she met through writing for The Office, with Novak calling Kaling "the most important person in my life" (on Fresh Air with Terry Gross). They dated on and off while writing and acting on the show.[69] Novak is the godfather of Kaling's first two children.[70][71]

In 2012, Kaling was included in the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.[72] In 2014, she was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year.[73] On June 10, 2018, she received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.[74] In October 2023, Kaling took to social media to stand alongside Israel.[75] In June 2024, the Los Angeles Times featured Kaling in its "L.A. Influential" series as a "creator who is leaving their mark" in Los Angeles.[76]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Film[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role(s) Notes
2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Amy
2006 Unaccompanied Minors Restaurant Hostess
2007 License to Wed Shelly
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian The Docent Cameo
2010 Despicable Me The Tourist Mom (voice) Cameo
2011 No Strings Attached Shira
2012 The Five-Year Engagement Vaneetha
Wreck-It Ralph Taffyta Muttonfudge (voice)
2013 This Is the End Herself Cameo
2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Helen of Troy (voice)
2015 Inside Out Disgust (voice)
Riley's First Date?
The Night Before Sarah
2018 A Wrinkle in Time Mrs. Who
Ocean's 8 Amita
2019 Late Night Molly Patel
2021 Locked Down Kate

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Curb Your Enthusiasm Richard Lewis' Assistant Episode: "Lewis Needs a Kidney"
2005–2013 The Office Kelly Kapoor Main role
2012–2017 The Mindy Project Dr. Mindy Lahiri Main role
2014 Sesame Street Herself Episode: "The Enthusiastic Penelope Penguin"
2015 The Muppets Episode: "Single All the Way"[77]
2017 Animals Sandy (voice) Episode: "Squirrels"
2018 Future-Worm! Additional voices Episode: "Megan Muck Wars"
Champions Priya Patel Also co-creator, writer, and producer
5 episodes[78]
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Cindy Episode: "The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again"
2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral N/A Creator
2019–2023 The Morning Show Audra Khatri 5 episodes
2020–2023 Never Have I Ever N/A Creator
2021–2024 Monsters at Work Val Little (voice) 20 episodes
2021–2025 The Sex Lives of College Girls N/A Creator
2023–2024 Velma Velma Dinkley (voice) Main role, also executive producer
2025–present Running Point N/A Creator

Writing credits[edit | edit source]

Year Series Season Episode Title
2005 The Office Season 1 Episode 6 "Hot Girl"
Season 2 Episode 1 "The Dundies"
2006 Episode 12 "The Injury"
Episode 18 "Take Your Daughter to Work Day"
Season 3 Episode 6 "Diwali"
2007 Episode 15 "Ben Franklin"
Season 4 Episode 10 "Branch Wars"
2008 Episode 15 "Night Out"
Season 5 Episode 9 "Frame Toby"
2009 Episode 16 "Lecture Circuit: Part 1"
Episode 17 "Lecture Circuit: Part 2"
Episode 19 "Golden Ticket"
Season 6 Episode 4 & 5 "Niagara"
Episode 13 "Secret Santa"
2010 Episode 16 "The Manager and the Salesman"
Episode 22 "Secretary's Day"
Season 7 Episode 5 "The Sting"
Episode 11 & 12 "Classy Christmas"
2011 Episode 21 "Michael's Last Dundies"
Season 8 Episode 10 "Christmas Wishes"
2012 Episode 17 "Test the Store"
The Mindy Project Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"
Episode 2 "Hiring and Firing"
Episode 5 "Danny Castellano Is My Gynecologist"
Episode 8 "Two is One"
2013 Episode 12 "Hooking Up Is Hard"
Episode 13 "Harry & Sally"
Episode 16 "The One That Got Away"
Episode 24 "Take Me With You"
Season 2 Episode 1 "All My Problems Solved Forever..."
Episode 8 "You've Got Sext"
2014 Episode 13 "L.A."
Episode 14 "The Desert"
Episode 22 "Danny and Mindy"
Season 3 Episode 1 "We're a Couple Now, Haters!"
Episode 6 "Caramel Princess Time"
2015 Episode 15 "Danny Castellano Is My Nutritionist"
Episode 21 "Best Man"
Season 4 Episode 1 "While I Was Sleeping"
Episode 13 "When Mindy Met Danny"
2016 Episode 14 "Will They or Won't They"
Episode 18 "Bernardo & Anita"
Season 5 Episode 1 "Decision 2016"
2017 Season 6 Episode 1 "Is That All There Is?"
Episode 9 "Danny in Real Life"
Episode 10 "It Had To Be You"
2018 Champions Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"
Episode 2 "I Think I'm Gonna Tolerate It Here"
Episode 4 "My Fair Uncle"
2019 Four Weddings and a Funeral Season 1 Episode 1 "Kash With a K"
Episode 2 "Hounslow"
2020 Never Have I Ever Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"
Episode 4 "...felt super Indian"
2021 Season 2 Episode 1 "...been a playa"
The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 1 Episode 1 "Welcome to Essex"
Episode 6 "Parents Weekend"
2022 Never Have I Ever Season 3 Episode 1 "...been slut-shamed
2023 Season 4 Episode 1 "...lost my virginity"
Episode 10 "...said goodbye"

Directing credits[edit | edit source]

Year Title Season Episode Title
2009 The Office: Subtle Sexuality Episode 1 "Creative Differences"
Episode 2 "The Replacement"
Episode 3 "The Music Video"
2010 The Office Season 6 Episode 23 "Body Language"
The Office: The 3rd Floor Episode 1 "Moving On"
Episode 2 "Lights, Camera, Action!"
Episode 3 "The Final Product"
2011 The Office Season 7 Episode 21 "Michael's Last Dundies"
The Office: The Girl Next Door Episode 1 "The Story of Subtle Sexuality"
Episode 2 "The Girl Next Door"

Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

Over her career she has received two Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Tony Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. She was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2013. A decade later she received the Producers Guild of America's Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award, and was awarded the National Medal of the Arts from President Joe Biden.[79]

In 2013, Entertainment Weekly identified Kaling as one of the "50 Coolest and Most Creative Entertainers" in Hollywood.[80] In the same year, Kaling was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[38] In March 2023, Kaling was awarded the 2021 National Medal of Arts from the US president Joe Biden in the White House.[81]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2005 Writers Guild of America Awards New Series The Office Nominated
Comedy Series Nominated
2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy Series Won
2007 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won
Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy Series Nominated
Asian Excellence Awards Supporting Television Actress Won
2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy Series Nominated
2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Prism Awards Performance in a Comedy Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy Series Nominated
2010 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, "Niagara" Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy Series Nominated
2011 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards New Series The Mindy Project Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite New TV Comedy Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Awards Most Exciting New Series Won
2013 Gracie Awards Outstanding Producer – Entertainment Won
NAACP Image Award Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
TCA Awards Outstanding New Program Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Breakout Show Nominated
Choice TV Actress: Comedy Nominated
2014 Gracie Awards Outstanding Female Actor – Comedy Won
NAACP Image Award Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in Comedy[82] Nominated
Individual Achievement in Comedy[82] Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actress: Comedy Nominated
2015 Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series Won
Readers Choice Awards Reader's Choice Award for Best Humor Book Why Not Me? Won
2018 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy A Wrinkle in Time Nominated
2019 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Movie Actress Late Night Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite Comedy Movie Star Nominated
2022 Tony Award Best Musical A Strange Loop Won[83]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Kaling, Mindy, and Brenda Withers. Matt & Ben: A New Play. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2004; ISBN 978-1-585-67571-5
  • Kaling, Mindy. Unbelievable Holiday Tales: Scripting a Fantasy of a Family, The New York Times, December 18, 2009.[84]
  • Kaling, Mindy. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), New York: Crown Archetype, 2011; ISBN 978-0-307-88627-9; OCLC 698332696
  • Kaling, Mindy. Questions I Ask When I Want to Talk About Myself: 50 Topics to Share With Friends, Clarkson Potter, 2013; ISBN 978-0-449-81988-3
  • Kaling, Mindy. Why Not Me?, New York : Crown Archetype, 2015; ISBN 978-0-804-13814-7; OCLC 910914690
  • Kaling, Mindy. Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes), Amazon Original Stories, 2020

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mindy Kaling: Television Actress, Writer (1979–)". Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks). Retrieved April 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)Additional archive on June 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mindy Kaling celebrates birthday with new photo of daughter Katherine". TODAY.com. June 26, 2020. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ Christensen, Lauren (October 6, 2020). "Mindy Kaling Doesn't Want Your Pity". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021. 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 ...
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dockterman, Eliana (March 30, 2022). "TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Kaling International". Time. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 Sittenfeld, Curtis (September 25, 2011). "A Long Day at 'The Office' With Mindy Kaling". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ ""The Office" (2005) - Full cast and crew". IMDb. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  7. ↑ ""I am literally living the dream": Mindy Kaling on overcoming prejudice and finding success". Women in the World in Association with The New York Times – WITW. April 7, 2016. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
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