In 2012, Kaling pitched a
single-camera comedy to Fox
called The Mindy Project,
which Kaling wrote and
produced. Fox began airing the
series in 2012.
Acting
Kaling’s TV appearances
include a 2005 episode of
Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing
Richard Lewis’s assistant. She
is featured on the CD Comedy
Death-Ray and guest-wrote
parts of an episode of Saturday
Night Live in April 2006.
In 2017, NBC ordered
Champions, where Kaling
is a co-creator, writer, and
producer. She had a recurring
guest role on the show, which
premiered Thursday, March
8, 2018 on NBC. It was
cancelled after one season.
In 2018, she played Mrs.
Who in A Wrinkle in Time, the
live-action Disney adaptation
of the novel, and starred
alongside Helena Bonham
Carter, Sandra Bullock, Cate
Blanchett, and Rihanna in
Ocean’s 8, the all-female
version of Ocean’s Eleven.
Writing
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. Her second book,
Why Not Me?, covers the
many events that have
happened in her life since
2011, and was published on
September 15, 2015. Why
Not Me? launched at No.
1 on the New York Times
best-seller list.
After her film debut in The
40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve
Carell, Kaling appeared in the
film Unaccompanied Minors
as a waitress. In 2007, she
held a small part in License
to Wed starring fellow The
Office actors John Krasinski,
Angela Kinsey, and Brian
Baumgartner. Kaling starred
in the 2009 film Night at
the Museum: Battle of the
Smithsonian as a Smithsonian
National Air and Space
Museum tour guide and
voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in
Disney’s animated comedy film
Wreck-It Ralph and Disgust
in Pixar’s 2015 film Inside
Out. In 2011, she played the
role of Shira, a doctor who is
a roommate and colleague
of the main character Emma
(played by Natalie Portman)
in No Strings Attached. Kaling
also made an appearance
as Vanetha in The Five-Year
Engagement in 2012.
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