Kaling’s Family Mindy Kaling was born and raised in Cambridge Massachusetts Her parents moved to the United States from India Her mother is a doctor which inspired The Mindy Project In 1980 only 206,000 Indian immigrants lived in the United States By 2015 that number had grown to nearly 2 4 million American television features few Indian American actors Kaling has been called a pioneer The audience listened and laughed at Mindy’s acceptance speech She didn’t mince words For years and years the role of a lead actress on a sitcom was to do two things look amazing and make one-third of what my male co-star makes I want to be clear I do always look amazing on the show and no man on that show makes more money than me Kaling rose to fame as one of the writers and actors on the popular comedy The Office 2005 2013 The show earned her six Emmy nominations from 2007 to 2011 The Emmys are the highest American award for
Kaling played a doctor in The Mindy Project television shows of all types Her success also brought her to the attention of Fox Television There she developed and starred in the romantic comedy The Mindy Project 2012 2017 Kaling played the main character The show focuses on a doctor struggling with her love life The sitcom was the first to star an Indian American Reviewers really liked the show They called it charming off-beat smart and wildly funny The show moved to Hulu a streaming video service in 2015 It ran for two more seasons before wrapping up
By the Numbers Some groups hold surveys to figure out how many women are involved in TV production In 2016 2017 women made up 42 percent of all speaking characters This number was up 3 percent from the previous year That same season they made up 28 percent of all roles behind the camera This was up 2 percent from the last season Although these gains are small they are hopeful Women are slowly making inroads into TV Kaling has also performed in movies with voice roles in Wreck-It Ralph and Inside Out She’s written several books about her life and has more than 10 million followers on Twitter Kaling hasn’t finished with TV though She is the creator of the NBC comedy Champions She also has plans to adapt the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral into a Hulu series Kaling is bringing it to TV as a writer and executive producer Kaling is only one of many talented women in TV today Phyllis Smith Amy Poehler and Mindy Kaling left to right voiced the emotions Sadness Joy and Disgust in the film Inside Out
