The career of Mindy Kaling

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From “The Office” to “Never Have I Ever,” Mindy Kaling has blessed television with her bitingly sharp writing. Let’s backtrack to the start of her career.

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00:00Since her time on The Office, Mindy Kaling has been writing and producing some of television's

00:04most innovative shows, so we're backtracking through some of her most memorable ones.

00:09In 2022, season 3 of her Netflix series Never Have I Ever dropped. This coming-of-age comedy

00:14was the most popular Netflix show in 10 countries when it debuted in 2020.

00:19In 2021, she released her HBO Max series The Sex Life of College Girls. It was nominated

00:24for Outstanding New Series at the 2022 GLAAD Awards and has already been renewed for a second

00:28season. In 2019, she created the Hulu miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral. Based on the 1994

00:35film, Kaling was applauded for bringing a fresh take to the beloved romantic comedy.

00:40In 2012, she created and starred in The Mindy Project. The rom-com series became a huge success,

00:45running for six seasons and winning five awards. In 2005, Kaling broke through as a writer-performer

00:51on The Office. When she joined, she was 24 years old and the show's only female writer.

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