• Birth Name: Vera Mindy Chokalingam
  • Birth Place: Cambridge, MA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/24/1979, Cancer
  • Profession: Actor; writer
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Mindy Kaling Fast Facts:
  • Created, wrote and illustrated the comic strip Badly Drawn Girl for her college newspaper.
  • Performed in an improvisational comedy troupe called the Dog Day Players.
  • Created, co-wrote and starred in the off-Broadway show Matt & Ben, a satirical take on how Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wrote the Oscar-winning script for Good Will Hunting. Starred as Affleck, catching the eye of The Office producer Greg Daniels in the process.
  • Wrote scripts for The Office, including the episodes "The Dundies" and "Take Your Daughter to Work Day."
  • Wrote her first book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), set for release in November of 2011.
  • Mindy Kaling Relationships:
  • Avu Kaling - Father
  • Swati Kaling - Mother
  • Mindy Kaling Awards:
  • 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2009 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2010 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2010 Emmy: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Winner
  • 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Winner
  • 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2011 Emmy: Outstanding Comedy Series - Nominee
  • 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (2001)
  • Saturday Night Live "I love the new cast members. Vanessa Bayer is so funny, Nasim Pedrad and Abby Elliott are hilarious, in addition to all the old people that are great. I've been really into that show, this season especially. "
  • Breaking Bad "The writing is amazing on that show. The cast wins so many Emmys, but they haven't won for the script or the series. Vince Gilligan is my favorite writer in Hollywood, maybe besides Aaron Sorkin. "
  • Community "Awesome. Amazing writing. Their Christmas episode - I told Dan Harmon that they just made TV magical. It's a live action show that did this crazy animation. That's the kind of thing that kids will grow up and want to watch again, just like I want to watch Charlie Brown Christmas. They made a classic, magical episode. "
  • Modern Family "It's so funny. This is the era of the comedy in quotation marks, where a show is only a comedy because it's not dramatic, not because it's funny. Modern Family has the jokes, comic actors, set pieces - they seem to work really hard at making me funny and I really appreciate that. "
  • "I'm going to be really excited about that. I love NBA, I'm really excited for the Lakers and the Celtics to be rematched. I have a good feeling about it. "
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Saturday Night Live
"I love the new cast members. Vanessa Bayer is so funny, Nasim Pedrad and Abby Elliott are hilarious, in addition to all the old people that are great. I've been really into that show, this season especially. "

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