Mindy Kaling

Background information

Fullname

Vera Mindy Chokalingam

Born

June 24,1979 (age 45)
Cambridge,Massachusetts,United States

Nationality

American

Occupation

Actress, voice actress, comedian, director, producer, author, writer

Years active

2002–present

Family information

Children

Katherine
Spencer
Anne

Parents

Avudaiappan Chokalingam (father)
Swati Chokalingam (mother)

Siblings

Vijay Chokalingam (brother)

Vera Mindy Chokalingam, known professionally asMindy Kaling, is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, director, producer, author, and writer. She is best known for her television role asKelly Kapoor in the American version of the mockumentaryThe Office, which she starred in from2005 to2013, and starred asDr. Mindy Lahiri in theFox sitcomThe Mindy Project, which she also created, directed, and produced from2012 to2017. She has also written a memoirIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and the voice ofVelma Dinkley in the Max seriesVelma.

ForDisney, she voicedTaffyta Muttonfudge inWreck-It Ralph andDisgust inDisney/Pixar'sInside Out. She also appeared in theThe Muppets episode "Single All the Way". In addition, she playedMrs. Who inA Wrinkle in Time and voicesVal Little inMonsters at Work onDisney+.