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Mindy Kaling
Highest Rated: 100% To Kill a Tiger (2022)
Lowest Rated: 7% License to Wed (2007)
Birthday: Jun 24, 1979
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Mindy Kaling went from being an in-demand writer to one of the most unique comedic voices of her generation. A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, she began performing comedy while in college at Dartmouth. During her time at Hanover, she secured an internship on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (NBC, 1993-2009). After college, she began performing stand-up and tried her hand at writing. She was hired as part of the original writing staff for "The Office" (NBC, 2005-13) and, as with many of the show's writers, was given a recurring character to play. Her on-screen part, Kelly Kapoor, would end up appearing in 161 of the show's 188 episodes. On the big screen she had small parts in the comedies "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005), "License to Wed" (2007), and "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" (2009). After leaving "The Office," she created and starred in the sitcom "The Mindy Project" (Fox/Hulu, 2012-17). Playing lovelorn Dr. Mindy Lahiri, she struck a strong connection with female audiences. She also garnered additional recognition as a writer with her humorous memoir Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?. Firmly established as an actor, she joined Oprah Winfrey in "A Wrinkle in Time" (2018) and Sandra Bullock for "Oceans 8" (2018). As a producer, she created the short-lived sitcom "Champions" (NBC, 2018) and the TV adaptation of the British rom-com classic "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (Hulu, 2019- ). Drawing in part on her own television experiences, Kaling wrote and starred in "Late Night" (Netflix, 2019) with Emma Thompson. The actor played a comedy writer on a late-night talk show where most of the writing staff are white males. She joined former "The Office" costar Steve Carell when she made a guest appearance on the Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon drama "The Morning Show" (Apple TV, 2019- ). Kaling then established deals to create and produce shows for the streaming services HBO Go and Netflix.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legally Blonde 3 | Screenwriter | - | 2025 |
100% |
|
To Kill a Tiger | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
41% |
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Locked Down | Kate (Character) | - | 2021 |
80% |
|
Late Night |
Molly Patel (Character), Screenwriter, Producer |
$15.5M | 2019 |
68% |
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Ocean's 8 | Amita (Character) | $139.4M | 2018 |
43% |
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A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Who (Character) | $100.5M | 2018 |
68% |
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The Night Before | Sarah (Character) | $43.0M | 2015 |
98% |
|
Inside Out | Disgust (Voice) | $2.0M | 2015 |
82% |
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This Is the End | Self | $101.5M | 2013 |
87% |
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Wreck-It Ralph | Taffyta Muttonfudge (Voice) | $189.4M | 2012 |
64% |
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The Five-Year Engagement | Vaneetha (Character) | $28.6M | 2012 |
47% |
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No Strings Attached | Shira (Character) | $70.6M | 2011 |
7% |
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License to Wed | Shelly (Character) | $43.8M | 2007 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2024 |
65% | 81% | Monsters at Work | Val Little (Voice) | 2024 |
38% | 11% | Velma |
Velma (Voice), Creator, Executive Producer |
2023-2024 |
81% | 89% | The Office |
Kelly Kapoor (Character), Unknown (Guest Star), Writer, Executive Producer, Director |
2005-2013 2024 |
93% | 86% | Never Have I Ever | Executive Producer | 2020-2023 |
No Score Yet | 24% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2022-2023 |
95% | 86% | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Executive Producer | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2015-2016 2018-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2013-2016 2022 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 2018-2022 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016-2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014-2016 2018 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2015-2016 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2020 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2019 |
43% | 81% | Four Weddings and a Funeral |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2015 2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2015 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Busy Tonight | Guest | 2018 |
63% | 67% | Champions | Executive Producer | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2018 |
86% | 83% | The Mindy Project |
Mindy (Character), Writer, Executive Producer |
2012-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2012 2014-2016 |
64% | 73% | The Muppets | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2012 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2014 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
92% | 91% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Richard Lewis's Assistant (Guest Star) | 2005 |