Mindy Kaling
Birth Name:
Vera Mindy Chokalingam
Birth Place:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actress, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack, Director
Fast Facts
- Donated to a different charity every hour on her birthday in 2011
- Won an Asian Excellence Award in 2007 for her work on "The Office․"
- Earned a degree in playwriting from Dartmouth College in 2001
- While studying at Dartmouth, she was involved in various creative outlets, including being a member of an improvisational troupe, an a cappella group, and drawing her own comic strip in the campus newspaper
- Frequently portrays self-absorbed, exaggerated characters
- Was named after a character in the TV show "Mork & Mindy․"
- Was the only female staff writer when "The Office" began
Awards
- 2006Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
- 2006WGA Award (TV) - New Series:Nominated
- 2006WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2007Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2007Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Winner
- 2007Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2007WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Winner
- 2008Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2008Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
- 2008Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2008Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2008WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2009Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2009Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
- 2009Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2009WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2010Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode of the Year:Nominated
- 2010Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2010Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2010WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2011Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2011Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2011WGA Award (TV) - Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2012Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2013Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2013BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film:Winner
- 2013BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film:Winner
- 2013Gracie - Outstanding Producer - Entertainment:Winner
- 2013Teen Choice Award - Choice TV Actress: Comedy:Nominated
- 2013WGA Award (TV) - New Series:Nominated
- 2014Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Lead Actress:Nominated
- 2014Gracie - Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2014Image Award - Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2014Teen Choice Award - Choice TV Actress: Comedy:Nominated
- 2014TCA Award - Individual Achievement in Comedy:Nominated
- 2015Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2015Image Award - Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2015Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical:Winner
- 2016BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film:Winner
- 2016BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award - Best Female Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 2016BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film:Winner
- 2016Vision Award - Best Performance - Comedy:Nominated
- 2018Vision Award - Best Performance - Comedy:Nominated
- 2018Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy:Nominated
- 2019HCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019People's Choice Award - Favorite Comedy Movie Star:Nominated
- 2019Teen Choice Award - Choice Summer Movie Actress:Nominated
- 2019WFCC Award - Best Screen Couple:Nominated
- 2021Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:Nominated