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Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam, known professionally as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. 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 National Medal of the Arts in 2021 and the Producers Guild of America's Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award…
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2026· 24 entries
“Are they really looking to see what’s happening to Kelly next?”
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WWD: How to Style Animal Print Heels in Your 40s, 50s and 60s, According to Mindy Kaling, Regina King, Niecy Nash-Betts and Angela Bassett
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Yahoo en Español Vida y Estilo: El camino de Mindy Kaling hacia la fama en Hollywood es más inesperado de lo que crees
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Yahoo: Mindy Kaling’s Journey to Hollywood Fame Is More Unexpected Than You Think
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TVLine: Quote Of The Day By Mindy Kaling: 'Write Your Own Part. It Is The Only Way I've Gotten Anywhere. It Is Much Harder Work, But...'
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AOL.com: 'Not Suitable for Work' review – Is Mindy Kaling's new series a Gen Z 'Friends'?
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Yahoo en Español Vida y Estilo: Brenda Song ha elogiado a Mindy Kaling como un 'icono de estilo'
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Yahoo Life UK: Brenda Song takes fashion tips from 'style icon' Mindy Kaling
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Yahoo: Brenda Song on Fall Fashion, Boy Mom Style and Getting Outfit Inspo from ‘Style Icon’ Mindy Kaling (Exclusive)
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Mshale: Anders Holm Talks About New TV Series ‘Champions’ And Mindy Kaling | TODAY Vieri (9zYC5Iswza)
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Mshale: CALENDARIO SERIES JUNIO 2026: Dulces Magnolias, Superman, Mindy Kaling... ¡Lo Mejor Del Mes! 🗓️✨ Malika Andrews (2HvMuhgrIV)
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Castanet: Mindy Kaling responds to Victoria's Secret modelling rumours
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Yahoo News UK: The Cutest Photos of Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak’s Friendship Through the Years
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People.com: Mindy Kaling’s Between-Seasons Outfit Included the Anti-Skinny Jeans Style Minka Kelly Wears — Shop the Trend
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Yahoo: Mindy Kaling reacts to speculation that she models lingerie
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Entertainment Weekly: Mindy Kaling reacts to rumors she models lingerie
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okmagazine.com: Mindy Kaling Clarifies She's Not The Model In Victoria's Secret Ad
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Net Influencer: Disney, Jon Youshaei Announce First Wave of Speakers for ‘Created in LA,’ Including Mindy Kaling, Zach King
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Public attention spiked: 11,444 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3× the usual 3,782, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: 2004–2011: The Office "starred" is overstating things
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Public attention spiked: 17,726 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.7× the usual 3,782, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: Not Suitable for Work review – Mindy Kaling tries to make the new Friends … and utterly fails
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Public attention spiked: 12,328 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 3,782, with 0 article edits.
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Page Six: Mindy Kaling’s daughter’s sweet nickname for godfather B.J. Novak revealed
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2025· 2 entries
Page Six: Mindy Kaling enjoys cozy family movie night with B.J. Novak — and fans go nuts
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New York Post: Mindy Kaling addresses the negative ‘reaction’ Meghan Markle got for correcting her on Netflix cooking show
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2024· 1 entry
Joined the short film Anuja, as a producer
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2023· 1 entry
To mixed to negative reviews from critics
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2021· 1 entry
And the Producers Guild of America's Norman Lear Achievement in Television Award in 2023
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2020· 2 entries
And is about an Indian American high school student, played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, dealing with the death of her father
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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
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2019· 2 entries
“I could really relate to [Never Have I Ever], more than anything else that I’ve ever written. I was personally proud of it, but didn’t know how it would be received. And to this day, I think it’s my biggest success in terms of how many people it reached and how popular it was on Netflix. I learned a lesson from it, which is not to be cynical about the public.”
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“I think there’s been a tendency for people to conflate my characters with my personality. … I wrote 24 episodes of The Office. That’s more than any other person on The Office, but no one can really picture me sitting and doing the hard work of writing the episodes.”
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2018· 1 entry
Received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire
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2017· 3 entries
Kaling has three children: a daughter born in December 2017, a son born in September 2020, and a daughter born in February 2024.
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“s sixth season, which would air starting September 2017, would be the last. The series concluded on November 14, 2017. Kaling voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in Disney”
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NBC created Champions, where Kaling is a co-creator, writer, and producer
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2014· 1 entry
Was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year
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2013· 2 entries
Entertainment Weekly identified Kaling as one of the "50 Coolest and Most Creative Entertainers" in Hollywood
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Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world
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2012· 4 entries
In 2012, Kaling was included in the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
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Kaling was included in the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people
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Kaling founded the production company, Kaling International
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Kaling pitched a single-camera comedy to Fox called The Mindy Project, which Kaling wrote, produced and starred in
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2011· 4 entries
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
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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
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Kaling published a memoir, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me
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“ve Bought That I Love, which reemerged on her website on September 29, 2011. She wrote it under the name Mindy Ephron,”
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2010· 1 entry
Was nominated with Daniels for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the episode "Niagara
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2007· 1 entry
Had a small part in License to Wed alongside fellow Office actors John Krasinski, Angela Kinsey, and Brian Baumgartner
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2004· 1 entry
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
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2001· 1 entry
Studied at Dartmouth College, bachelor's degree (1997–2001).
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1997· 1 entry
Studied at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (1997).
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1979· 2 entries
Born 1979-06-24.
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With her elder brother, Vijay Chokalingam
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