‘The Mindy Project’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Mindy Kaling, Chris Messina and More

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‘The Mindy Project’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Mindy Kaling, Chris Messina and More

Life, liberty and chicken wings! The Mindy Project gave fans a female superhero in OB-GYN Dr. Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling), who was oddly relatable because of her love of rom-coms, food and tendency to crack jokes while at work. The comedy, which followed Mindy as she tried to balance her job as a doctor with her personal life in New York City, ran from 2012 to 2017. It premiered on Fox and had three seasons before being picked up by Hulu for three additional seasons. The show also starred Chris Messina, Ike Barinholtz, Ed Weeks and Xosha Roquemore. After falling in love with Mindy, who went from being one of many OB-GYN’s at her office to opening her own practice, fans weren’t ready to say goodbye — and neither was the show’s creator Kaling. “The character is so fun to play and she’s every actress’ dream because she is so poorly behaved but has flashes of having a conscience,” Kaling told The Hollywood Reporter in November 2017. “She’s so many different things at once, which you don’t really get to play as an actor. You certainly don’t see those kinds of parts. She’s extremely funny, very selfish at times, a good mom with lots of challenges and also lots of big flaws. It is the best role I’ve ever gotten and I feel so lucky.” [jwplayer IjcsIhqk-l3ahXupL] While many fans thought The Office alum resembled her onscreen alter-ego, a workhorse with great comedic timing, a fashionable wardrobe and a hope for her own great love story, Kaling revealed in April 2016 that she identified with the show’s other lead … Danny Castellano (Messina). "I felt much more similar to Danny than Mindy. Mindy was a combination of our writers coming up with that character,” she told Glamour at the time. “[We share] our love of fashion and clothes, [but] my character is pretty out there with the things she says. I like to think we’re both so committed to our jobs. And that we’re both very close to our family.” Although viewers were torn between rooting for Mindy and Danny to end up together or cheering on Mindy’s solo ventures as a single mom, fans remained dedicated to the series until the very end. Even later cast additions to the show, including Fortune Feimster, who began playing nurse Collette Kimball-Kinney during season 4, noticed how special The Mindy Project fandom was from her past projects. "It's amazing," Feimster told Glamour of the fans. "I was on Chelsea Lately [before], and her fans would be drunk and rowdy. Mindy fans are very respectful. From the top to bottom, everyone is so kind. It's a dream job. And I'm not just saying that because she's paying me." Scroll down to see what the cast of The Mindy Project is up to now: [podcast_block]

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Mindy Kaling

Kaling played OB-GYN Dr. Mindy Lahiri in addition to being the show’s creator and executive producer. She then starred in A Wrinkle in Time, Ocean’s Eight, Late Night and Locked Down. She played Priya Patel on the short-lived Champions series before having a recurring role on The Morning Show. She is set to voice Val Little on Disney+’s Monsters at Work. The Massachusetts native is also a writer, penning Four Weddings and a Funeral in 2019, Never Have I Ever in 2020 and the screenplay for Legally Blonde 3. Her producing credits include Champions, Late Night, Never Have I Ever and The Sex Lives of College Girls. Kaling released her first book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, in 2011. She then wrote 2015’s Why Not Me? and 2020’s Nothing Like I Imagined.

The actress welcomed her first child, daughter Katherine, 2017. Three years later, she gave birth to her son, Spencer.

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Ike Barinholtz

The Illinois native played nurse Morgan Tookers, who was the resident goofball. Barinholtz appeared in The Disaster Artist, Blockers, Late Night and Moxie. He landed the role of Wayne Edwards on the animated series Bless the Harts in 2019 and is set to play Jeb Magruder in HBO’s The White House Plumbers. The actor was a writer on The Mindy Project (and directed a few episodes) before penning The Oath and Maximum Truth. His producer credits include 75 episodes of The Mindy Project and Happy Life.

Barinholtz married TV producer Erica Hanson in 2009. They share three daughters, Foster, Payton and another baby girl whose name has yet to be released.

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Ed Weeks

Weeks portrayed English OB-GYN Dr. Jeremy Reed. He then starred on LA to Vegas as Colin before appearing on American Housewife, Robot Chicken and Find a Way or Make One. The England native is also a writer, working on Man Stroke Woman, Clone and Randall and Hilda Are Not a Couple. In 2021, the comedian created the band Crazy Girl Therapy with two friends. The trio dropped their first EP in April of that year.

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Chris Messina

Messina played Mindy’s love interest and fellow OB-GYN Dr. Danny Castellano. The New York native then portrayed Detective Richard Willis on Sharp Objects and Nick Hass on The Sinner. He starred in The True Adventures of Wolfboy, Zeroville, Birds of Prey, Love Is Love Is Love, The Secrets We Keep, Call Jane and We’re Just Married. The Damages alum is also a writer, producer and director.

Messina was married to actress Rosemarie DeWitt for 11 years before calling it quits in 2006. The Newsroom alum shares two sons, Milo and Giovanni, with partner Jennifer Todd, who he’s been dating for more than a decade.

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Xosha Roquemore

Roquemore joined the cast in 2013 as nurse Tamra Webb. She then starred in Mississippi Requiem, Brian Banks and A Rose for Emily. The California native appeared on I’m Dying Up Here, First Wives Club, Cherish the Day and Black Monday. She will play Shanice in 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Roquemore has been dating actor LaKeith Stanfield since 2015. They share a daughter, whom they welcomed in 2017.

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Beth Grant

Grant played the unfriendly, incompetent receptionist and nurse Beverly. She then starred in Mississippi Requiem (alongside Roquemore), Nostalgia, Hover, The Adventures of Thomasina Sawyer, Hold On, Wander Darkly, Willy’s Wonderland, Confessions of a Closeted People Pleaser and Underwater Upside Down. The Alabama native also played the Cat Lady on Dollface. Grant has directing, writing and producing credits to her name, including her work as an executive producer on the upcoming film Operation Othello.

The actress has been married to actor Michael Chieffo since 1985. The couple share daughter Mary Chieffo, who is also an actress.

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Adam Pally

Pally portrayed Dr. Peter Prentice from season 2 to 4, before exiting the show in 2015. He later reprised his role during a few episodes of seasons 5 and 6. The New York native then starred on Making History, Champaign ILL, 64th Man, Archibald’s Next Big Thing, Indebted, Crossing Swords and Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here. He also appeared in Most Likely to Murder, Dog Days, Sonic the Hedgehog and The Main Event. Pally is also a writer, director and producer, working as an executive producer on Making History, The President Show, Champaign ILL and Indebted.

He married Daniella Liben in 2008, and they share three children, sons Cole and Drake and daughter GG.

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Zoe Jarman

Jarman played front desk worker Betsy Putch on season 1 and 2, before exiting the series in 2014. She went on to appear on The Birthday Boys, before starring in the short films Beta, The Fun Company, The Sub and Coda. The Kentucky native had guest appearances on Comedy Bang! Bang!, Workaholics and Corporate. Jarman was a story editor on Master of None before working on One Mississippi as an executive story editor and writer. She wrote and directed the short Coda and wrote one episode of Teenage Bounty Hunters.

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Fortune Feimster

Feimster joined the cast as nurse Collette Kimball-Kinney during season 4 in 2015. The North Carolina native then appeared on Chelsea, Nobodies, Champions, Life in Pieces, The L Word: Generation Q and Kenan. She began voicing Ava/Mrs. Goose on Summer Camp Island in 2018 and Brenda on Bless the Harts in 2019. Feimster starred in Social Animals, The Happytime Murders, Deported, Soul and Yes Day. She was the executive producer on Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty and a coproducer on Fate: The Winx Saga — The Afterparty. The comedian is also a writer, working on Chelsea Lately, No Toddlerance, Family Fortune and her 2020 stand-up special. Feimster cohosts What a Joke With Papa & Fortune on SiriusXM and hosts the “Sincerely Fortune” podcast.

The University of Georgia alum married teacher Jacquelyn Smith in 2020.

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Garrett Dillahunt

Dillahunt portrayed OB-GYN Jody Kimball-Kinney, who is the overprotective brother of Collette (Feimster), beginning in season 4. While filming The Mindy Project, he also appeared on Hand of God and Arkansas Traveler. The California native then starred on The Gifted, The Guest Book and played John Dorie on Fear the Walking Dead. Dillahunt appeared in Braven, Benched, Widows, Sergio, Army of the Dead, The Long Home, Blonde, Ambulance and 2022’s Where the Crawdads Sing.

The Raising Hope alum has been married to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit alum Michelle Hurd since 2007.