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I hated L.A. for a long time, and I wanted to leave it. I had these fantasies of going to 'SNL' and falling in love with some writer on 'SNL,' of getting married and living in New York.

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Mindy Kaling
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: June 24
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Cambridge
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Hey, a disclaimer about me: I’m rude.
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