Born Vera Mindy Chokalingam, Mindy Kaling was born on June 24, 1979. She is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter in multiple shows.
Kaling can also produce, direct and write books. She is famous for playing Kelly Kapoor in NBC’s sitcom The Office.
The actress was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in playwriting.
Mindy is a fast learner, and many of her fans were intrigued by how she majored and finished in some of the most challenging languages to learn in university: taking Latin.
She is the daughter of Abu Chokalingam and Swati Roysircar, both born and raised in India.
To know more about the actress’s parents’ biography, career, and love life, continue to read the article below.
Mindy Kaling’s Parents’ Love Life
Both of Mindy Kaling’s parents are Indian, and their names are Avu Chokalingam and Swati Roysircar.
The parents of the comedian met in a hospital in Nigeria. Her father, Abu, migrated to Nigeria for work, and the same goes for the actress’s mother, Swati.
Avu is one of the architects who built a part of the hospital where Swati worked as a doctor.
After getting married and having their first son, they started planning to migrate to the US before their second child arrived (who is Mindy Kaling). 1979, together with their only son, the couple emigrated to the US, and in that same year, Mindy was born.
According to the actress, the name ‘Mindy’ is her mother’s memorable name for her, while Vera is her formal name, which means incarnation of a Hindu goddess.
Mindy Kaling’s mother, Swati Roysincar
Swati Roysincar is the mother of Mindy Kaling. She was an obstetrician/gynecologist in a hospital in Nigeria, where she got to meet her husband, Avu Chokalingam.
She initially worked as a Bengali in Mumbai. Like Vera, she is named Mindy, but the actress’s mother rarely uses her real name and calls her Mindy most because of her favorite TV show, Mork and Mindy.
The actress and her mother were close with each other.
According to interviews with the actress, she dedicated most of her success to her mother, Swati, who died last 2012 due to pancreatic cancer.
Mindy Kaling’s father, Avu Chokalingam
Avu Chokalingam was born on February 14, 1945. Just like his daughter, Ava is a comedian; he was even present in Mindy’s best shows (The Office), where Avu played Mindy’s character’s father.
Avu worked as an architect in Nigeria before marrying his wife, Swati. The couple decided to migrate to the US, mainly to Massachusetts, and have settled there ever since.
Mindy Kaling’s siblings
Mindy Kaling has only one sibling, Vijay, a doctor like his mother. There is little to no reliable information that researchers can gather about Mindy Kaling’s only sibling.