Mindy Kaling

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Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling, 2008
Born	Vera Mindy Chokalingam June 24, 1979 (1979-06-24) (age 30) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, Writer, Comedian
Years active	2004–present

Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress and writer who stars as Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the Emmy Award-winning show's episodes.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Self 3.2 Producer 3.3 Writer 3.4 Soundtrack 4 Episodes of The Office written by Kaling 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Kaling was born Vera Mindy Chokalingam ^[1][2] in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Tamil Hindu parents from India.^[3] She graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge in 1997. The following year, she began attending Dartmouth College, where she was a member of the improvisational comedy troupe "The Dog Day Players" and the a cappella group "The Rockapellas", the creator of the comic strip "Badly Drawn Girl" in The Dartmouth (the college's mainstream newspaper), as well as writing for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern (the college's humor magazine) . She graduated in 2001.^[4] In 2003, she portrayed Ben Affleck in a play entitled "Matt & Ben", which she also co-wrote. The play was named one of Time magazine's "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year".

[edit] Career

In early 2004, she was hired as a writer and performer for the American version of The Office. She has written several episodes for the series. Originally, executive producer Greg Daniels wasn't sure where to use her onscreen in the series, until the point in the episode "Diversity Day" where Steve Carell's insensitive character Michael Scott needed to be slapped by a minority character. In a 2007 interview with The A.V. Club, Kaling stated that the Kelly character is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is."^[5] After the "Diwali" episode, Kaling appeared with Daniels on NPR's Fresh Air.^[6] Kaling played Richard Lewis's assistant in a 2005 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and in April 2006 she was a guest writer for one episode of Saturday Night Live.

Kaling's first film role was in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which starred Steve Carell. She then made an appearance in Unaccompanied Minors as the waitress.

In 2007 she held a small part in License To Wed starring fellow The Office actors such as John Krasinski, Angela Kinsey, and Brian Baumgartner.

Also in 2007, her standup comedy was featured on the CD Comedy Death-Ray. Kaling writes about shopping in a blog called "Things I Bought That I Love".

In April 2009, Kaling was featured in Entertainment Weekly's list of the 10 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood. In May 2009, NBC signed Kaling to a two-year, seven-figure contract in which she will develop and star in a new comedy while continuing to write, produce, and act in The Office.^[7]

In 2009, Kaling criticized the location of a Las Vegas frozen custard stand on Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show. After she called the area around the Luv-it frozen custard stand "the most dangerous and sketchy neighborhood I’ve ever been to in my entire life," downtown Las Vegas home owners and denizens took offense and started a Facebook campaign protesting Kaling.^[8]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Self

Films
Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
2005	The 40 Year Old Virgin	Amy
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Richard Lewis' Assistant	(1 episode)
2006	Unaccompanied Minors	Restaurant Hostess
2007	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Herself	(1 episode)
	License to Wed	Shelly
	2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards	Herself	(TV)
	Take Home Handyman	Herself	(1 episode)
2008	House Poor	Mindy	(TV series)
	Late Show with David Letterman	Herself	(1 episode)
	The Office: The Outburst	Kelly Kapoor	(1 of 4 episodes)
2009	The Office: Blackmail	Kelly Kapoor	(unknown episodes)
	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Herself	1 episode
	Late Night with Craig Ferguson	Herself	(3 episodes)
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Docent
	The Office	Kelly Kapoor	(97 episodes) (2005-present)
	Saturday Night Live	Herself	(1 episode)
2010	Despicable Me	(voice) Tourist Mom	(post-production)
	Unaffiliated	TBA	(rumored)

[edit] Producer

Films
Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
2006	Mindy and Brenda		(TV)
2009	The Office	(co-executive from 2008-2009)	(executive producer for 1 episode in 2009)

[edit] Writer

Films
Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
2006	Mindy and Brenda	None	(TV series)
	Saturday Night Live	None	(1 episode)
2008	House Poor	None	(TV series)
2009	The Office	Kelly Kapoor	(18 episodes)

[edit] Soundtrack

Films
Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
2009	The Office	Kelly Kapoor	(4 episodes)

[edit] Episodes of The Office written by Kaling

#	Year	Season	Episode	Summary
1	2005	1	"Hot Girl"	Corporate informs Michael that an incentive program has been set up where the top Dunder Mifflin sales representative will be rewarded with a prize of up to $1000. As Michael decides on choosing that prize, a pretty young purse saleswoman sets up shop in the conference room, which catches every male's eye.
2	2005	2	"The Dundies"	Michael holds his annual office award ceremony, The Dundies, much to the displeasure of the rest of the office.
3	2006	2	"The Injury"	Michael accidentally burns his foot on a grill, but insists on coming to work anyway. When none of his employees, except for Dwight, help him, Michael feels under-appreciated and starts a disability seminar. Meanwhile, Dwight starts acting different to everyone.
4	2006	2	"Take Your Daughter to Work Day"	Michael is frustrated that Take Your Daughter to Work Day will force him to tone down his office antics, while Pam sets out to get at least one of the four children in the office to like her. Michael ends up showing a tape of a T.V. show he was on as a kid, only to find out that his life is nothing like he dreamed it would be as a child.
5	2006	3	"Diwali"	Kelly invites the entire staff to a celebration of Diwali, a Hindu festival that night. Michael brings Carol and publicly proposes to her, only to get rejected while Ryan fails to make a favourable impression on Kelly's parents. In Stamford, Andy, Karen and Jim work late to do extra paperwork, which Andy turns into a night of drinking.
6	2007	3	"Ben Franklin"	The employees from the office prepare for Phyllis' wedding. Michael plans a bachelor party and instructs Dwight to hire a stripper for the men and delegates Jim to hire one for the women. While Dwight hires a stripper, Jim ends up hiring a Ben Franklin impersonator instead.
7	2007	4	"Branch Wars"	Karen tries to "poach" Stanley from Dunder Mifflin Scranton, to go work in the Utica branch. In revenge, Michael and Dwight trick Jim into travelling to the company's Utica branch, where the group attempts to prank Karen. Back at the office, Pam, Oscar, and Toby try to hold an exclusive club meeting, with disastrous results.
8	2008	4	"Night Out"	Michael and Dwight travel to New York City to party with Ryan. Meanwhile, the remaining employees are going to be forced to work on a Saturday. Instead, Jim suggests they work late on Friday night, so they do not have to come in the next day. Once the employees are finished working, they find that they are locked in.
9	2008	5	"Frame Toby"	Michael is upset when he learns that Toby is back as their HR representative, as such, he tries to get Toby fired. Meanwhile, Pam writes an anonymous memo about cleanliness, while Jim buys his parents' house for him and Pam to live in.
10	2009	5	"Lecture Circuit: Part 1"	Michael and Pam start a lecture circuit to other branches in order to pass on Michael's "expertise". Back in Scranton, Dwight and Jim take over the party-planning committee, but accidentally forget Kelly's birthday.
11	2009	5	"Lecture Circuit: Part 2"	Michael and Pam continue their lectures and head to the Nashua branch, so Michael can see Holly again. Jim and Dwight attempt to create the best party ever for Kelly.
12	2009	5	"Golden Ticket"	Michael creates a new marketing idea that involves putting five golden tickets into paper reams and promises a 10% discount for the customer. But when Dunder Mifflin's biggest customer finds all five, Michael makes Dwight take the blame.
13	2009	6	"Niagara"	The Office travels to Niagara Falls to celebrate Jim and Pam's wedding under strict orders not to mention Pam's pregnancy. Michael, Dwight, and Andy all want to hook up with guests at the wedding.
14	2009	6	"Secret Santa"	Michael is outraged when Jim gives Phyllis Santa privileges. Jim and Dwight try to get the office in the Christmas spirit despite uncertainty in Dunder-Mifflin's future. Oscar has a secret crush.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mindy Kaling

• Mindy Kaling at the Internet Movie Database
• NBC official biography

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NAME	Kaling, Mindy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chokalingam, Vera Mindy
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress, Writer, Comedian
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cambridge, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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