Mindy Kaling

Acting

Mindy Kaling

Born June 24, 1979Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA75 credits

Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), known professionally as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She rose to prominence in 2005 for her work on the NBC sitcom The Office, where she portrayed Kelly Kapoor and served as a writer, executive producer, and occasional director throughout most of the series' run. Kaling created, wrote, produced, and starred in the Fox/Hulu sitcom The Mindy Project, which ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017. Kailing's film career includes voice work in the films Despicable Me (2010), Wreck It Ralph (2012), Inside Out (2015) and starring roles in the fantasy adventure A Wrinkle in Time and heist-comedy Ocean's 8, both 2018. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mindy Kaling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Not Suitable for Work

TV

2026

A Nice Indian Boy
7.2

A Nice Indian Boy

Movie

2025

With Love, Meghan
3.8

With Love, Meghan

TV

2025

Running Point
7.1

Running Point

TV

2025

The Heart of New England

The Heart of New England

Movie

2023

To Kill a Tiger
7.6

To Kill a Tiger

Movie

2023

Filmography

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2026Not Suitable for WorkExecutive ProducerTV
A Nice Indian Boy
2025A Nice Indian BoyExecutive ProducerMovie
With Love, Meghan
2025With Love, Meghanas SelfTV
Running Point
2025Running PointExecutive ProducerTV
The Heart of New England
2023The Heart of New Englandas Self - NarratorMovie
To Kill a Tiger
2023To Kill a TigerExecutive ProducerMovie
Velma
2023Velmaas Velma (voice)TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022The Jennifer Hudson Showas SelfTV
The Sex Lives of College Girls
2021The Sex Lives of College GirlsWriterTV
Monsters at Work
2021Monsters at Workas Val (voice)TV
Friends: The Reunion
2021Friends: The Reunionas SelfMovie
Locked Down
2021Locked Downas KateMovie
Never Have I Ever
2020Never Have I EverExecutive ProducerTV
Some Good News
2020Some Good Newsas SelfTV
The Morning Show
2019The Morning Showas AudraTV
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019A Little Late with Lilly Singhas SelfTV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019The Kelly Clarkson Showas SelfTV
Four Weddings and a Funeral
2019Four Weddings and a FuneralExecutive ProducerTV
Late Night
2019Late Nightas Molly PatelMovie
Busy Tonight
2018Busy Tonightas Self - GuestTV
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2018Reimagining The Met Galaas SelfMovie
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018Ocean's Team 3.0as SelfMovie
Ocean's Eight
2018Ocean's Eightas AmitaMovie
What the Fit
2018What the Fitas SelfTV
A Wrinkle in Time
2018A Wrinkle in Timeas Mrs. WhoMovie
Champions
2018Championsas Priya PatelTV
Family Feud
2018Family Feudas ForemotherMovie
100 Years
2017100 Yearsas Narrator (voice)Movie
The Night Before
2015The Night Beforeas SarahMovie
Mind Candy
2015Mind Candyas Disgust (voice)Movie
Riley's First Date?
2015Riley's First Date?as Disgust (voice)Movie
The Muppets
2015The Muppetsas SelfTV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Inside Out
2015Inside Outas Disgust (voice)Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015The Late Late Show with James Cordenas Self - GuestTV
It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise
2015It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloiseas SelfMovie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actorsas SelfTV
The Mindy Project: Cast and Creators Live at PALEYFEST 2014
2014The Mindy Project: Cast and Creators Live at PALEYFEST 2014as HerselfMovie
Trailblazer Honors
2014Trailblazer Honorsas Self - PresenterTV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014Late Night with Seth Meyersas SelfTV
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014Off Camera with Sam Jonesas SelfTV
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-LevittTV
This Is the End
2013This Is the Endas Mindy KalingMovie
The Office Retrospective
2013The Office Retrospectiveas SelfMovie
Wreck-It Ralph
2012Wreck-It Ralphas Taffyta Muttonfudge (voice)Movie
The Mindy Project
2012The Mindy Projectas Dr. Mindy LahiriTV
The Five-Year Engagement
2012The Five-Year Engagementas VaneethaMovie
Threat Level Midnight: The Movie
2011Threat Level Midnight: The MovieMovie
Nick Kroll: Thank You Very Cool
2011Nick Kroll: Thank You Very Coolas HerselfMovie
No Strings Attached
2011No Strings Attachedas ShiraMovie
Conan
2010Conanas SelfTV
Despicable Me
2010Despicable Meas Tourist Mom (voice)Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenas Self - GuestTV
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonianas DocentMovie
H
2008House PoorTV
License to Wed
2007License to Wedas ShellyMovie
Unaccompanied Minors
2006Unaccompanied Minorsas Restaurant HostessMovie
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005The 40 Year Old Virginas AmyMovie
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005It's Always Sunny in Philadelphiaas CindyTV
The Office
2005The Officeas Kelly KapoorTV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Fergusonas SelfTV
Matt & Ben
2004Matt & Benas BenMovie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Showas SelfTV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!as SelfTV
Sucré salé
2002Sucré saléas SelfTV
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000Curb Your Enthusiasmas Richard Lewis's assistantTV
The View
1997The Viewas SelfTV
The Daily Show
1996The Daily Showas SelfTV
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRAas SelfTV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brienas Self - GuestTV
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Liveas Self - Cameo (uncredited)TV
People's Choice Awards
1975People's Choice Awardsas Self - PresenterTV
The Oscars
1953The Oscarsas SelfTV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awardsas Self - PresenterTV
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—Good in BedMovie