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I was obsessed with being popular when I was in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals and things, and I'm comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar's costume.

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Mindy Kaling
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: June 24
Actor
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Television Actor
Television Producer
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Vera Mindy Chokalingam
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