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Psychics Real Biography
Mindy Kaling (born Vera Mindy Chokalingam on June 24, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who portrayed Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office and created and currently stars in the Fox sitcom The Mindy Project. She is also a co-executive producer, director and writer of several of the show's episodes; she also wrote, executive produced and directed various episodes of The Office.
Kaling was born Vera Mindy Chokalingam on June 24, 1979 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a Tamil father and a Bengali mother from India.Her father, Avu, is an architect, and her mother, Swati, was a gynecologist.
She has been referred to as Mindy ever since her mother was pregnant with her when her parents were living in Nigeria. They were already planning to move to the United States and wanted a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the TV show Mork & Mindy. The name Vera is the name of the "incarnation of a Hindu goddess".
Kaling graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts 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", creator of the comic strip "Badly Drawn Girl" in The Dartmouth (the college's daily newspaper), and a writer for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern (the college's humor magazine). Kaling graduated in 2001.
In 2003, she portrayed Ben Affleck in a play called Matt & Ben, which she also co-wrote with her best friend from college Brenda Withers. The play was named one of Time magazine's "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year". Kaling's TV appearances include a 2005 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing Richard Lewis's assistant.Kaling is also featured on the CD Comedy Death-Ray and wrote for one episode of Saturday Night Live in April 2006.
After her film debut in The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, Kaling also made an appearance in the film Unaccompanied Minors as a waitress. In 2007 she held a small part in License to Wed starring fellow The Office actors John Krasinski, Angela Kinsey, and Brian Baumgartner. Recently, Kaling was in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum tour guide and voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in Disney's animated comedy film, Wreck-It Ralph. 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 2012 romantic comedy film The Five-Year Engagement.
Prior to acting, one of her "worst job" experiences was as a production assistant on the Crossing Over With John Edward psychic show. Kaling used to maintain a blog called “Things I’ve Bought That I Love", which reemerged on her website on September 29, 2011. She is the author of the comic memoir Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). The book is a collection of essays about her early life and career, intertwined with short observational essays about her friends, family, and relationships. In 2012, Kaling pitched a comedy to Fox called The Mindy Project; which was written by her. The initial pilot featured her as the lead actress, while she also contributed as a producer. Fox began airing the series Tuesdays at 9:30 Eastern Time starting 2012.
Kaling first joined The Office as a writer at age 24 as the only woman on a staff of eight, and then took on the role of character Kelly Kapoor. She has written at least 22 episodes,including "Niagara", for which she was co-nominated for an Emmy with Greg Daniels. Kaling also wrote and directed the webisodes "Subtle Sexuality" in 2009. In a 2007 interview with The A.V. Club, Kaling stated that the Kelly character is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is".After the "Diwali" episode, Kaling appeared with Daniels on NPR's Fresh Air.
Most recently, Kaling directed The Office webisodes The 3rd Floor. She also directed the season 6 episode titled "Body Language", which marked her television directorial debut. Kaling's 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 status.Her NBC contract includes a development deal for a new show (eventually titled "The Mindy Project"), in which she appears as an actor and contributes as a writer.
Films
Year Title Role Notes
2005 The 40 Year Old Virgin Amy Film debut
2006 Unaccompanied Minors Restaurant Hostess
2007 License to Wed Shelly
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Docent
2010 Despicable Me Tourist Mom Voice only
2011 No Strings Attached Shira
2012 The Five-Year Engagement Vaneetha
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Taffyta Muttonfudge Voice only
2013 This Is the End Herself Post-production
TV Shows
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Curb Your Enthusiasm Richard Lewis's Assistant Episode: "Lewis Needs a Kidney"
2005–2012 The Office Kelly Kapoor Main Role (Seasons 1–8) / Special Guest Star (Season 9); 160 episodes
2008 Global Warming Madhar
2008 House Poor Mindy
2008 The Office: The Outburst Kelly Kapoor Webseries
2009 The Office: Blackmail
2009 The Office: Subtle Sexuality
2010 The Office: The 3rd Floor
2011 The Office: The Girl Next Door
2012–present The Mindy Project Mindy Lahiri Lead Role
Awards and nominations
Year Group Award Won Film/Television series
2005 Writers Guild of America Awards New Series No The Office
Comedy Series No
2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Yes
Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy Series Yes
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Yes
Writers Guild of America Awards Episodic Comedy - for episode Local Ad No
Comedy Series No
Asian Excellence Awards Supporting Television Actress Yes
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series No
Writers Guild of America Awards Comedy Series No
2009 Prism Awards Performance in a Comedy Series No
2010 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, "Niagara" No
2012 Writers Guild of America Awards New Series No The Mindy Project
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