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Mindy Kaling

American actress, writer, and comedian
Person human Q539917

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[25]
Date of birth
June 24, 1979
Place of birth
Cambridge
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Ethnic group
Indian Americans[10]
Occupation
actor, screenwriter, comedian, television actor, film actor, voice actor, showrunner, television producer, film director[11][12][13][14]
Field of work
acting[15]
Educated at
Dartmouth College, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
Religion or worldview
Hinduism[22]
Award received
Writers Guild of America Award[21]
Notable work
The Office, The Mindy Project, Inside Out, Late Night, Velma[16][17][18][19][20]
Nominated for
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series[33]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[34]
Birth name
Vera Mindy Chokalingam[35]
Family name
Chokalingam[30]
Given name
Mindy, Vera[31][32]
Influenced by
Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert[23][24]
Name in native language
Mindy Kaling[36]
Native language
English[9]
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P14750
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Residence
Cambridge, West Hollywood, Brooklyn, Boston[26][27][28][29]
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Social media followers
11.4M (11.4M–11.8M, n=3)
Start of work period
2003[37]
Writing language
English
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mindy Kaling at WWD Style Awards 2026.jpg ↗
AdoroCinema person ID
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AllMovie person ID
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Allcinema person ID
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AlloCiné person ID
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American Film Institute person ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BFI Films, TV and people ID
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Babelio author ID
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Behind The Voice Actors person ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Box Office Mojo person ID (archived)
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CINE21 person ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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DBC author ID
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Douban movie celebrity ID
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EDb person ID
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ElCinema person ID
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Elonet person ID
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Emmys person ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
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Facebook username
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Famous Birthdays ID
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Fandango person ID
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Fandom article ID
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Film.ru person ID
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FilmTv.it person ID
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Filmow ID
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Filmweb.pl person ID
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Freebase ID
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Geni.com profile ID
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IMDb ID
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ISzDb person ID
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IdRef ID
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Instagram username
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Ivi person ID
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JRC Names ID
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Kvikmyndir person ID
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LdiF person ID
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Letterboxd actor ID
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Letterboxd director ID
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Letterboxd producer ID
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Listal ID
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MUBI person ID
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MYmovies actor ID (former scheme)
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MYmovies person ID
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Metacritic ID
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Movie Walker Press person ID
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MovieMeter person ID
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Moviepilot.de person ID
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Movieplayer person ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5834431
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Netflix person ID
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Notable Names Database ID
461/000204846
OFDb person ID
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Open Media Database person ID
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OpenMLOL author ID
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PORT person ID
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Personality Database profile ID
36557
Plex person key
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Podchaser creator ID
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Prabook ID
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Prisma ID
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Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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Rotten Tomatoes ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Scope.dk person ID
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Sinemalar person ID
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Swedish Film Database person ID
359759
TCM Movie Database person ID
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TMDB person ID
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TV Guide person ID (former scheme)
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TV Tropes ID
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TV.com ID
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The Numbers person ID
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TheTVDB person ID
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Threads username
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Trakt.tv ID
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Vokrug.tv person ID
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WikiTree person ID
Chokalingam-1
WorldCat Entities ID
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X (Twitter) username
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Yale LUX ID
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ČSFD person ID
78244

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🔗 Connections
← Cast member 14
The Office, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Ocean's 8, No Strings Attached, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, This Is the End, A Wrinkle in Time, Friends: The Reunion +6 more
Occupation 9
actor, film director, screenwriter, comedian, television producer, voice actor, showrunner, film actor +1 more
← Voice actor 6
Inside Out, Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, Monsters at Work, Velma, Riley's First Date?
Notable work 5
Inside Out, The Office, The Mindy Project, Velma, Late Night
← Creator 5
Never Have I Ever, The Mindy Project, Velma, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Champions
Residence 4
Boston, Brooklyn, Cambridge, West Hollywood
← Producer 3
Never Have I Ever, Late Night, Anuja
Films written 2
Late Night, Hot Girl
Influenced by 2
Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert
← Executive producer 2
The Office, A Nice Indian Boy
← Winner 2
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Award received 1
Writers Guild of America Award
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Dartmouth College
Field of work 1
acting
Given name 1
Vera
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:voice actor 1
Velma Dinkley
Native language 1
English
Nominated for 1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Participated in 1
2024 Democratic National Convention
Place of birth 1
Cambridge
Religion or worldview 1
Hinduism
Sex or gender 1
female
Writing language 1
English
← Performer 1
Velma Dinkley
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Summary

Mindy Kaling was born on June 24, 1979[1], in Cambridge[2]. She has worked as an actor[3], screenwriter[4], comedian[5], television actor[6], and film actor[7].

FAQs

Where was Mindy Kaling born?

Mindy Kaling's place of birth was Cambridge[2].

What did Mindy Kaling do for work?

Mindy Kaling worked as an actor[3], screenwriter[4], comedian[5], television actor[6], and film actor[7].

What awards did Mindy Kaling receive?

Honors received include Writers Guild of America Award[21].

Related Entities

Conan O'Brien Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian No Strings Attached Ocean's 8 Stephen Colbert The 40-Year-Old Virgin The Office This Is the End United States Wreck-It Ralph

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . sports.yahoo.com. sports.yahoo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Kayanad · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → female
    Image → Mindy Kaling at WWD Style Awards 2026.jpg
    Instance of → human
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetdescription-set:1|id */ Aktris, komedian, dan penulis Amerika (lahir 1979)"
  2. 5d ago · ~2026-57792-34 · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Sex or gender → female
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: human"
  3. 5d ago · ~2026-57792-34 · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Mindy Kaling at WWD Style Awards 2026.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'azb', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Sitelink count → 49
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Mindy Kaling by Claire Leahy.jpg"
  4. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person ID → mindy-kaling
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person ID: mindy-kaling, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  5. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 130283
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  6. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → A274-DB59-AE76-1A0C-4748
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  7. 16w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Letterboxd producer ID → mindy-kaling
    P14588 → 103425
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  8. 17w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14583 → mindy-kaling
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14583: mindy-kaling, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782970599715"
  9. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0420538-Kaling-Mindy-1979
    Letterboxd director ID → mindy-kaling
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0420538-Kaling-Mindy-1979, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  10. 24w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Cambridge
    Educated at → Dartmouth College, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
    Work period start → —
    Aliases → —
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Personality Database profile ID: 36557, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/251170370|Mindy Kaling (#251170370)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7421|Personal"
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