Mindy Kaling Biography
Mindy Kaling is an actor, screenwriter, and producer from the United States. She has garnered numerous honors for her work, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Tony Award, and six Primetime Emmy nominations.
How old is Mindy Kaling? – Age
She is 44 years old as of 24 June 2023. She was born in 1979 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Her real name is Vera Mindy Chokalingam.
Mindy Kaling Family – Education
She was born to architect father Avudaiappan Chokalingam and obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN mother Swati Chokalingam née Roy-Sircar. Vijay is her older brother. Kaling’s parents are from India and met in Nigeria while working at the same hospital. Her father, a Tamilian raised in Chennai, was in charge of the construction of a hospital wing. Her mother, a Mumbai-born Bengali, worked as an OB/GYN. Kaling’s family immigrated to the United States in 1979, the year she was born. Kaling’s mother passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2012. Kaling earned a bachelor’s degree in playwriting from Dartmouth College in 2001. She spent most of her undergraduate years as a classics major, studying Latin, which she had been studying since seventh grade.
Who is the father of Mindy Kaling’s baby? – Partner
The actress-writer has never publicly revealed the paternity of her children, Katherine, and Spencer, leading some fans to suspect that their father is her longtime friend and The Office co-star B.J. Novak.
Mindy Kaling Children
Kaling is the mother of two children, a girl born in December 2017 and a son due in September 2020. She has kept her children’s paternity a secret. She is a Hindu and has indicated a wish to raise her children in a Hindu household. B. J. Novak, whom Kaling met while writing for The Office, has a deep bond with her, with Novak describing Kaling “the most important person in my life” (on Fresh Air with Terry Gross). While writing and acting on the show, the two dated on and off. Kaling’s two children have Novak as their godfather.
Mindy Kaling Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $8.5 million.
Mindy Kaling Velma
She appeared as Velma Dinkley, a snarky teenage would-be detective who has a crush on murder suspect Fred Jones in the American adult animated mystery television series Velma. She has a lifetime interest for solving mysteries that she acquired from her mother, but since her mother’s disappearance years ago, Velma has become much more wary about mysteries and experiences awful guilt-based hallucinations whenever she attempts to solve one. She is based on Kaling and is portrayed as a bisexual South Asian American.
The series is presented as a “love quadrangle” between them, serving as an alternate-world origin narrative for Mystery Inc. It mostly follows Velma Dinkley as she attempts to uncover a mystery surrounding her mother’s disappearance as well as the killings of local adolescent girls.
Mindy Kaling The Morning Show
She appeared as Audra Khatri, a rival morning news anchor in the American drama television series The Morning Show. Alex Duty co-secures The Morning Show (TMS), a well known morning news program broadcast from Manhattan on the UBA organization, which has great viewership evaluations and is seen to have changed the substance of American TV.
In the primary season, after her live accomplice of 15 years, Mitch Kessler, is terminated in the midst of a sexual unfortunate behavior outrage, Alex battles to hold her occupation as a top commentator while matched with another accomplice, Bradley Jackson, a field columnist whose series of imprudent choices progressively compromises the organization.
In the subsequent season, the organization Chief endeavors to persuade Alex to get back to TMS as the Coronavirus pandemic overwhelms the US and the actual show. In the mean time, Bradley manages a personality emergency.
In the third season, the organization battles for watchers for its membership administration and ponders a take-over by tech titan Paul Imprints.
Mindy Kaling Monsters at Work
She appeared as Val Little in the American animated television series Monsters at Work. Val is Tylor’s Monsters University acquaintance who shared a class with him during their freshman year before dropping out. She is a passionate mechanic. She and Tylor become friends as the first season develops.
Monsters at Work opens the day following Henry J. Waternoose III’s arrest, with the Monsters, Inc. plant transitioning to laugh power. Tylor Tuskmon, a recent Scare Major graduate from Monsters University who has already received a letter of acceptance from Waternoose to work as a scarer at the factory, is thrilled to be working for the same firm as his idol Sulley. Tylor, on the other hand, is saddened to find that the corporation no longer need scarers, and he is reassigned to work as a technician on the Monsters Inc. MIFT stands for Maintenance and Improvement Team. Meanwhile, Mike and Sulley are dealing with the ups and downs of running a business.
Mindy Kaling Movies
♦ 2021 – Locked Down
♦ 2019 – Late Night
♦ 2018 – A Wrinkle in Time
♦ 2018 – Ocean’s 8
♦ 2015 – Inside Out
♦ 2015 – Riley’s First Date?
♦ 2015 – The Night Before
♦ 2014 – Mr. Peabody & Sherman
♦ 2013 – This Is the End
♦ 2012 – The Five-Year Engagement
♦ 2012 – Wreck-It Ralph
♦ 2011 – No Strings Attached
♦ 2010 – Despicable Me
♦ 2009 – Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
♦ 2007 – License to Wed
Mindy Kaling TV Shows
♦ 2023 – Velma
♦ 2021–present – The Sex Lives of College Girls
♦ 2021 – Monsters at Work
♦ 2020–2023 – Never Have I Ever
♦ 2019–2023 – The Morning Show
♦ 2019 – Four Weddings and a Funeral
♦ 2018 – Future-Worm!
♦ 2018 – Champions
♦ 2018 – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
♦ 2017 – Animals
♦ 2015 – The Muppets
♦ 2014 – Sesame Street
♦ 2012–2017 – The Mindy Project
♦ 2005–2013 – The Office
♦ 2005 – Curb Your Enthusiasm