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I kind of killed it in college. You know that saying big fish in a small pond? At Dartmouth college, I was freakin' Jaws in a community swimming pool
Mindy Kaling
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Mindy Kaling
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: June 24
Actor
Actress
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Television Actor
Television Producer
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Vera Mindy Chokalingam
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