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'''Vera Mindy Chokalingam'''<ref name=biography.com /> (born June 24, 1979),<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|title= Mindy Kaling: Television Actress, Writer (1979–)|publisher= [[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date= April 19, 2018|archive-date= June 25, 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20150625160148/http://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|url-status= dead}}Additional archive on June 25, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Kaling celebrates birthday with new photo of daughter Katherine|url=https://www.today.com/parents/mindy-kaling-celebrates-birthday-photo-daughter-katherine-t185251|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=TODAY.com|date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507152520/https://www.today.com/parents/mindy-kaling-celebrates-birthday-photo-daughter-katherine-t185251|url-status=live}}</ref> known professionally as '''Mindy Kaling''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|l|ɪ|ŋ|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Mindy Kaling.wav}}), is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Lauren |title=Mindy Kaling Doesn't Want Your Pity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/mindy-kaling-nothing-like-i-imagined.html |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 6, 2020 |quote=Kaling may be an A-list actor and television producer, but her genuineness and vulnerability make her struggle to balance being at the top of her career with being a single working mom ... |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216095257/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/mindy-kaling-nothing-like-i-imagined.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Known for her work on television, she has received a [[Tony Award]] and six nominations at the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]].▼
▲'''Vera Mindy Chokalingam'''<ref name=biography.com /> (born June 24, 1979),<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url= https://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|title= Mindy Kaling: Television Actress, Writer (1979–)|publisher= [[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date= April 19, 2018|archive-date= June 25, 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20150625160148/http://www.biography.com/people/mindy-kaling|url-status= dead}}Additional archive on June 25, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mindy Kaling celebrates birthday with new photo of daughter Katherine|url=https://www.today.com/parents/mindy-kaling-celebrates-birthday-photo-daughter-katherine-t185251|access-date=May 7, 2021|website=TODAY.com|date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507152520/https://www.today.com/parents/mindy-kaling-celebrates-birthday-photo-daughter-katherine-t185251|url-status=live}}</ref> known professionally as '''Mindy Kaling''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|l|ɪ|ŋ}}), is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christensen |first1=Lauren |title=Mindy Kaling Doesn't Want Your Pity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/mindy-kaling-nothing-like-i-imagined.html |access-date=June 4, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 6, 2020 |quote=Kaling may be an A-list actor and television producer, but her genuineness and vulnerability make her struggle to balance being at the top of her career with being a single working mom ... |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216095257/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/mindy-kaling-nothing-like-i-imagined.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Known for her work on television, she has received a [[Tony Award]] and six nominations at the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]].
Kaling first gained recognition for playing [[Kelly Kapoor]] in the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' (2005–2013), on which she also worked as a writer.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112">{{cite news |last=Sittenfeld |first=Curtis |date=September 25, 2011 |title=A Long Day at 'The Office' With Mindy Kaling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/magazine/a-long-day-at-the-office-with-mindy-kaling.html?hp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502141839/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/magazine/a-long-day-at-the-office-with-mindy-kaling.html?hp |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |access-date=September 23, 2011 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]}}</ref> For her work on it, she was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series]]. She gained wider attention for creating, producing and playing the title role in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]/Hulu sitcom ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' (2012–2017). She then created other television comedy series, including ''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' (2020–2023) and ''[[The Sex Lives of College Girls]]'' (since 2021).<ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Mindy Kaling Has a New Show Coming to NBC |url=https://time.com/4778338/mindy-kaling-champions-nbc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129071515/https://time.com/4778338/mindy-kaling-champions-nbc/ |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2018 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref>
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==Early life==
Vera Mindy Chokalingam was born June 24, 1979, in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], to father Avudaiappan Chokalingam and mother Swati Chokalingam (''née'' Roy-Sircar).<ref name="Parade">{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/167806/shawnamalcom/thoroughly-modern-mindy-kalings-house-rules|title=Thoroughly Modern Mindy Kaling|date=September 28, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2017|first=Shawna|last=Malcolm|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417081001/http://parade.com/167806/shawnamalcom/thoroughly-modern-mindy-kalings-house-rules|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BostonGlobe-TMP-20122">{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/24/cambridge-native-mindy-kaling-was-inspired-mother-for-new-passion-project/L1g1S1TFZdYNETPGrsIddM/story.html|title=Mindy Kaling's mother inspired new TV 'Project'|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=September 25, 2012|work=[[Boston Globe]]|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-date=March 9, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140309053053/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/24/cambridge-native-mindy-kaling-was-inspired-mother-for-new-passion-project/L1g1S1TFZdYNETPGrsIddM/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She has an elder brother, Vijay Chokal-Ingam.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Riley|first=Naomi Schaefer|date=October 15, 2016|title=Mindy Kaling's family feud exposes America's cultural divide|url=https://nypost.com/2016/10/15/mindy-kalings-family-feud-exposes-americas-cultural-divide/|access-date=February 14, 2022|website=New York Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Michael D.|title=Mindy Kaling's Brother: I Posed As Black to Get Into Med School|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/mindy-kalings-brother-i-posed-black-get-med-school-n337026|access-date=February 14, 2022|website=www.nbcnews.com|date=April 7, 2015 |language=en
Kaling has said she has never been called Vera, her first name,<ref name="ImproperBost-Office-20112"/> but has been referred to as Mindy since her mother was pregnant with her while her parents were living in [[Bengal]]. They were already planning to move to the United States and wanted, Kaling said, a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the show ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''.
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Kaling devised her stage name after discovering while doing stand-up comedy that emcees would have trouble pronouncing her last name, Chokalingam, and sometimes made jokes about it.<ref name="NPR-Immigrants-20092" /> She toured solo and with [[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]], who was later a fellow cast member of ''The Office.''<ref name="WTF-Maron-20122">{{cite web |last1=Maron |first1=Marc |date=March 12, 2012 |title=Episode 261 – Mindy Kaling |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_261_-_mindy_kaling |access-date=January 29, 2015 |publisher=WTFPod.com |format=Audio podcast}}</ref> In August 2002, she portrayed [[Ben Affleck]] in an [[off Broadway|off-Broadway]] play called ''Matt & Ben'',<ref name="NYTimes-BaM-Review-20032">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9b07e2d81031f931a2575bc0a9659c8b63|title=Theater Review; Bad Will Hunting, Armed With Venom Darts|date=August 12, 2003|work=[[The New York Times]]| last1= Weber| first1= Bruce| access-date= January 28, 2015}}</ref> which she co-wrote with her best friend from college, [[Brenda Withers]], who played [[Matt Damon]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named it one of their "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year", and it was "a surprise hit" at the 2002 [[New York International Fringe Festival]].<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" />
Initially, Withers and Kaling had, "for their own entertainment, mockingly pretended to be the best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; that pretending spawned ''Matt & Ben'', the goofy play that reimagined how Damon and Affleck came to write the movie ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> Kaling wrote a blog, ''Things I've Bought That I Love'',<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> which reemerged on her website on September 29, 2011.<ref name="OngoingConcerns-20122">{{cite web|url=http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/ongoing-concerns| title= Ongoing Concerns| date= January 27, 2012|publisher=The Concerns of Mindy Kaling| format= Blog| last1= Kaling| first1= Mindy| access-date=January 28, 2015|url-status=usurped| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306085304/http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/ongoing-concerns| archive-date= March 6, 2012}}</ref> She wrote it under the name Mindy Ephron, "a name Kaling chose because she was amused by the idea of her 20-something Indian-American self as a long-lost [[Nora Ephron|Ephron]] sister."<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" />
===2004–2011: ''The Office''===
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In an interview with ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', she stated that Kelly is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is."<ref name="AVClub-Office-20072" /> Kaling directed ''The Office'' webisode ''The 3rd Floor''.<ref name="OfficeTally-Webisodes-20102">{{cite news| url= http://www.officetally.com/the-office-webisodes-the-3rd-floor|title=The Office Webisodes: The 3rd Floor|date=November 5, 2010| work= OfficeTally.com| access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> She directed the [[The Office (U.S. season 6)|Season 6]] episode "[[Body Language (The Office)|Body Language]]," which marked her television directorial debut. In 2007, she had a small part in ''[[License to Wed]]'' alongside fellow ''Office'' actors [[John Krasinski]], [[Angela Kinsey]], and [[Brian Baumgartner]]. She starred in the 2009 film ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'' as a [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] [[National Air and Space Museum]] tour guide.
On September 15, 2011, when her contract was set to expire at the end of Season 7, she signed a new contract to stay with the show for Season 8 and was promoted to full executive producer.<ref name="TVLine-Office-20112">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/09/mindy-kaling-office-contract-promotion-exec-producer|title=Scoop: Mindy Kaling Gets Major Office Promotion — But There's a Twist!|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=September 15, 2011|work=[[TVLine]]}}</ref> Her [[Universal Television]] contract included a development deal for a new show (eventually titled ''The Mindy Project''), in which she appeared as an actress and contributed as a writer.<ref name="NYTimes-Office-20112" /> Kaling left ''The Office'' after the [[The Office (American season 9)|ninth-season]] episode "[[New Guys]]", but returned to guest-star in its [[Finale (The Office)|final episode]]. In 2011, Kaling published a memoir, ''[[Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)]]'', which appeared on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref name="NYTimes-BookDeal-20102">{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/after-office-hours-mindy-kaling-writes-a-book|title=After 'Office' Hours, Mindy Kaling Writes a Book|date=April 22, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910154101/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/after-office-hours-mindy-kaling-writes-a-book/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her second book, ''[[Why Not Me? (book)|Why Not Me?]]'', covers the events that have happened in her life since 2011, and was published on September 15, 2015.<ref name="Mindy Kaling – Mindy Kaling">{{Cite news| url= http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/about-mindy/| title= Mindy Kaling| access-date= April 1, 2017| language= en-US| archive-date= May 12, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170512204313/http://theconcernsofmindykaling.com/about-mindy/| url-status=
Kaling and her fellow writers and producers of ''The Office'' were nominated five consecutive times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2010, she was nominated with Daniels for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for the episode "Niagara."<ref name="Time100-20132">{{cite magazine|url=https://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/|title=The 2013 Time 100 – Mindy Kaling: Comedian and creator, 33|last=Helms|first=Ed|date=April 13, 2013|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with ''Elle'' Magazine, Kaling spoke about the sexism she faced with the Television Academy, having had to go to great lengths to prove her contribution as a producer when the academy informed her she would be cut from the producer list because there were too many producers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2019 |title=Mindy Kaling Didn't Sign Up to Be a Role Model |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a29340748/mindy-kaling-interview-2019/ |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=
===2012–present: Producing and film work===
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Kaling voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in Disney's animated comedy film ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' and Disgust in [[Pixar]]'s 2015 film ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]''. In 2017, [[NBC]] created ''[[Champions (American TV series)|Champions]],'' where Kaling is a co-creator, writer, and producer.<ref name="auto"/> She had a recurring guest role on the show, which premiered March 8, 2018, on [[NBC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/07/mindy-kaling-champions-preview/|title=Mindy Kaling explains why she wanted to tell a more male-centric story with 'Champions'|work=EW.com|access-date=March 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref> It was cancelled after one season. In 2018, she played Mrs. Who in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)|A Wrinkle in Time]]'', the live-action Disney adaptation of [[A Wrinkle in Time|the novel]], and starred alongside [[Helena Bonham Carter]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Anne Hathaway]], [[Awkwafina]] and [[Rihanna]] in ''[[Ocean's 8]]'', the all-female version of ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/helena-bonham-carter-elizabeth-banks-mindy-kaling-sandra-bullocks-all-female-oceans-eleven-a7074011.html |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= That all-female Ocean's Eleven cast list adds three big names|date=June 10, 2016|work=[[The Independent]]|location=UK|language=en-GB |access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> In 2020, Kaling created the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Never Have I Ever (TV series)|Never Have I Ever]]'' with [[Lang Fisher]], a comedy partially based on Kaling's childhood story growing up in the Boston area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Critics and audiences are loving Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show, 'Never Have I Ever' |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/05/06/never-have-i-ever-reviews |website=Boston |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606143429/https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/05/06/never-have-i-ever-reviews |url-status=live }}</ref> It premiered on Netflix on April 27, 2020, and is about an Indian American high school student, played by [[Maitreyi Ramakrishnan]], dealing with the death of her father.<ref>{{cite web |title=TV News Roundup: Netflix Releases 'Never Have I Ever' Trailer (Watch) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-netflix-releases-trailer-mindy-kalings-never-have-i-ever-1234581321/ |website=Variety |date=April 15, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416052852/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-netflix-releases-trailer-mindy-kalings-never-have-i-ever-1234581321/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The series received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Never Have I Ever: Season 1 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/never_have_i_ever/s01 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610051818/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/never_have_i_ever/s01 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[CNN]] and [[Teen Vogue]] have described the series as a watershed moment for South Asian representation in Hollywood, and praised Kaling for breaking South Asian stereotypes.<ref>{{cite web |title=6 ways 'Never Have I Ever' busts Asian stereotypes |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/02/entertainment/never-have-i-ever-asian-stereotypes-busted/index.html |website=CNN Entertainment |date=May 2, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609190235/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/02/entertainment/never-have-i-ever-asian-stereotypes-busted/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What South Asian Youth Are Saying About Devi from "Never Have I Ever" |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-south-asian-youth-saying-about-devi-from-never-have-i-ever |website=Teen Vouge |date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609190900/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-south-asian-youth-saying-about-devi-from-never-have-i-ever |url-status=live }}</ref>
In February 2021, [[Max (streaming service)|HBO Max]] announced they had ordered the adult-oriented ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' spin-off series ''[[Velma (TV series)|Velma]]'', with Kaling as executive producer as well as voicing the [[Velma Dinkley|titular character]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=February 10, 2021|title='Clone High' Reboot, Mindy Kaling 'Scooby-Doo' Spinoff 'Velma' & Pete Davidson Mars Comedy Set At HBO Max As Streamer Ramps Up Adult Animation|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/clone-high-reboot-mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-spinoff-velma-pete-davidson-mars-comedy-hbo-max-adult-animation-1234690967/|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210163049/https://deadline.com/2021/02/clone-high-reboot-mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-spinoff-velma-pete-davidson-mars-comedy-hbo-max-adult-animation-1234690967/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Squires|first=Bethy|date=June 11, 2021|title=Mindy Kaling's Velma Will Be Without Scooby-Doo|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/06/mindy-kalings-velma-will-be-without-scooby-doo.html|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mondello|first=Bob|date=July 15, 2021|title=The Only 'New' Thing About Cross-Cultural Casting Is Who's Getting The Roles|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/1016048049/cross-cultural-casting-anne-boleyn-hamilton-othello-green-knight-bridgerton|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> The series premiered on January 12, 2023, to mixed to negative reviews from critics.<ref name="slate">{{Cite web |url=https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/velma-mindy-kaling-hbo-max-review.html |title=HBO's Wokeified ''Scooby-Doo'' Reboot Achieves the Impossible |last=Goffe |first=Nadira |date=January 18, 2023 |access-date=January 19, 2023 |language=en-US |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |archive-date=January 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119001037/https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/velma-mindy-kaling-hbo-max-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news| issn = 0307-1235| last = Power| first = Ed| title = How Velma became the most hated TV show on TV| work = The Telegraph| access-date = January 19, 2023| date = January 18, 2023| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/velma-how-mindy-kalings-scooby-doo-update-became-hated-show/| archive-date = January 18, 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230118175432/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/velma-how-mindy-kalings-scooby-doo-update-became-hated-show/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Li |first1=Shirley |title=The Line That Velma Crossed |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/01/hbo-max-velma-review-mindy-kaling-backlash/672796/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=January 24, 2023 |date=January 20, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123232455/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2023/01/hbo-max-velma-review-mindy-kaling-backlash/672796/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Velma''<nowiki/>'s fan reception was even more polarizing and got overwhelming negative reviews due to the humor and criticized its [[Metafiction|meta storytelling]], characterization, writing, and departures from the traditional ''Scooby-Doo'' format.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/velma-show-review-bombed-imdb-rotten-tomatoes/ | title=Scooby-Doo Spinoff Velma Show Review-Bombed on IMDb & Rotten Tomatoes | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=January 12, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Velma Becomes IMDB's Worst-Rated Animated TV Series Ever |url=https://www.pride.com/gay-tv/velma-worst-show-imdb-rating |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=Pride.com |language=en |author=Henderson, Taylor |date=January 20, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123045645/https://www.pride.com/gay-tv/velma-worst-show-imdb-rating |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Francis |first1=Katie |title=Scooby-Doo spin-off Velma sparks huge backlash following show's debut |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42618583/scooby-doo-velma-imdb-worst-rated-animation/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=January 24, 2023 |date=January 23, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123231850/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42618583/scooby-doo-velma-imdb-worst-rated-animation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="slate"/><ref name="Telegraph"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Losciale |first1=Marisa |title=HBO's ''Velma'' Series Slammed by Fans Following Season Premiere |url=https://parade.com/tv/hbo-velma-series-premiere-slammed-by-fans |magazine=Parade |access-date=January 29, 2023 |date=January 15, 2023}}</ref> ''Velma'' was later ranked by several publications as one of the worst television series of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=Meghan|title=10 of the best and 10 of the worst TV shows that came out this year|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/best-and-worst-shows-of-2023-critic-ranking|access-date=January 1, 2024
<!--Kaling is set to co-write the third installment in the [[Legally Blonde (franchise)|''Legally Blonde'']] series with [[Dan Goor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/20/entertainment/mindy-kaling-legally-blonde-3-intl-scli/index.html | title=Reese Witherspoon says Mindy Kaling co-writing 'Legally Blonde 3' was 'meant to be' |website=CNN Entertainment| date=May 20, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McRady|first=Rachel|date=July 21, 2021|title=Mindy Kaling Gives an Update on 'Legally Blonde 3' {{!}} Entertainment Tonight|url=https://www.etonline.com/mindy-kaling-gives-an-update-on-legally-blonde-3-169199|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=www.etonline.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The film was scheduled to be released in May 2022,<ref>{{Cite web|last=McRady|first=Rachel|date=October 21, 2020|title='Legally Blonde 3' Release Date Confirmed Two Years After Project Was First Announced |url=https://www.etonline.com/legally-blonde-3-release-date-confirmed-two-years-after-project-was-first-announced-155125|access-date=August 2, 2023|website=www.etonline.com|language=en-US}}</ref> but has been indefinitely delayed due to scripting.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Dockterman|first=Eliana|date=March 31, 2022|title=Mindy Kaling Reveals Why 'Legally Blonde 3' Is Taking So Long|url=https://time.com/6160907/legally-blonde-3-mindy-kaling-update/|access-date=August 2, 2023|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> She is also committed to re-team with Dan Goor to write and star alongside [[Priyanka Chopra]] in a comedy about an Indian-American wedding under [[Universal Pictures|Universal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=April 13, 2019|title=Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra Teaming on Wedding Comedy for Universal|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-wedding-comedy-1203188802/|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Variety|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722210102/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-wedding-comedy-1203188802/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Kayleigh|date=February 21, 2020|title=Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra, and the Current Rom-Com Renaissance|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a30228163/mindy-kaling-priyanka-chopra-rom-com/|access-date=July 23, 2021|website=Marie Claire|language=en-US}}</ref>-->
In 2024, she joined ''[[Anuja (film)|Anuja]]'', a Oscar shortlisted film in short live action category as producer.<ref name="anuja:hr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mindy-kaling-anuja-short-oscars-live-action-film-india-1236071593/ |title= Mindy Kaling Boards Her “Favorite Film of the Year,” Live-Action Short ‘Anuja,’ as Producer (Exclusive)|author= Lily Ford |website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date= 26 November 2024 |access-date= 9 January 2025|lang=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Kaling has three children: a daughter, Katherine, born in December 2017, a son, Spencer, born in September 2020 and a daughter, Anne, born in February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C8m3wCwvdYz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=
Kaling has a close friendship with [[B. J. Novak]], whom she met through writing for ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', with Novak calling Kaling "the most important person in my life" (on ''[[Fresh Air]]'' with [[Terry Gross]]). They dated on and off while writing and acting on the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/mindy-kaling-and-bj-novak-sitting-in-a-tree|title=33 Times Mindy Kaling And B.J. Novak's Best Friendship Killed You In The Heart|first=Summer Anne|last=Burton|website=BuzzFeed|date=February 7, 2014 |access-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011041146/https://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/mindy-kaling-and-bj-novak-sitting-in-a-tree|archive-date=October 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Novak is the godfather of Kaling's first two children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-reveals-bj-novak-godfather-to-her-daughter/|title=Mindy Kaling Reveals B.J. Novak Is Godfather to Her 16-Month-Old Daughter: He's 'Family Now'|newspaper=People|date=May 4, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502072429/https://people.com/parents/mindy-kaling-reveals-bj-novak-godfather-to-her-daughter/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32B5TEWuHc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/y32B5TEWuHc |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Mindy Kaling's Big Announcement: She Has A New Baby Boy Named Spencer!|website=[[YouTube]] |date=October 9, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2012, Kaling was included in the ''[[Time
==Filmography==
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