Mindy Kaling’s Rare Family Photos With Her Children (2024)

Mindy Kaling doesn’t show her children’s faces via social media, but she has given glimpses of the little ones over the years.The Office alum welcomed daughter Katherine in December 2017, waiting until November of the following year to show her Instagram followers a photo of her baby girl.Kaling, who has kept the paternity of her kids private, announced in October 2020 that she had secretly welcomed a baby boy named Spencer one month prior.“I’m telling this for the first time, it feels so strange. I gave birth to a baby boy on September 3,” she said during a Late Show With Stephen Colbert appearance. “This is news to a lot of people. It’s true!”Kaling surprised fans once again in June 2024 when she revealed that she gave birth to baby No. 3, her daughter Anne, in February of that year.“When things are hard, whenever I veer towards cynicism, my three kids are such a great reminder of the pure joy in my life,” she wrote at the time via social media.Keep scrolling to see photos of her kids over the years:

"Thankful for her," Kaling wrote via Instagram. "Happy Thanksgiving."

The mother-daughter pair "wait[ed] for Santa" in matching pajamas.

Kaling twinned with her daughter on a "lazy Sunday."

"Glitter is our aesthetic," the screenwriter captioned an Instagram photo of her and her toddler's feet.

Kaling enjoyed "a very special birthday morning breakfast."

The actress cuddled Katherine while encouraging her followers to vote.

Kaling gave a glimpse of "toddler pumpkin selecting."

"Sometimes being a mom is just agreeing to watch Cars again with your daughter," she wrote via Instagram.

Spencer sat with balloons on his birthday.

“What I’m grateful for this year,” the Sex Lives of College Girls creator captioned a sweet photo of her son and daughter at the beach. “Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. ❤️.”

Kaling wrote via Instagram in December 2021 that she was “taking stock in good things” before the end of the year, explaining, “I’m grateful I can walk with my daughter on a beach in late December picking up shells and then going back inside the house for dinner. Acknowledging the enormous amount I have to be grateful for makes me actually feel content.”

“The upside of this nor’easter is that my kids got to see snow and be in my home state for the first time! They could hardly believe it,” Kaling told her Instagram followers. “I sound like a bad greeting card, but it’s so beautiful seeing experiences from my own childhood through their eyes. The joy, the surprise. Sometimes it’s such a powerful feeling I want to cry. So yeah, I’m just that weird emotional Indian woman lugging a sled up the hill.”

“Drunk on Persian cucumber and the anticipation of Dr. Dre,” Kaling captioned an Instagram photo of her daughter watching Super Bowl LVI.

Kaling colored Easter eggs with her kids in an Instagram post.

“Even my Hindu family is in awe of the power of Easter!” the actress told her Instagram followers. “Also, it’s one of the only times it’s socially acceptable to match clothes with your kids, which, as you can I see, I did. Happy Easter and lots of love to everyone!”

Spencer frequently greets the “morning shadow in his crib” after waking up, which Kaling cooed over via Instagram.

“Happy 2nd birthday to my son Spencer, who is the human personification of a hug. I can’t describe the intense joy it is to be your mom,” she wrote. “You remind this old cynical lady that the world is full of wonder, and fun can be found in the most mundane places.”

President Joe Biden awarded Kaling the National Medal of the Arts for her work in television and as an author. The Dartmouth alum shared a series of Instagram photos depicting her visit to the White House to accept the accolade, including a snap of her and Katherine walking up a staircase hand in hand. Kaling donned a purple dress while her daughter donned a frilly white gown.

"To hear the President speak about my parents, their journey to the United States, my late mother’s dreams for me and the power of comedy to make people understand each other was almost too much to take in. It didn’t feel real," she wrote in the caption.

The mom of two offered a glimpse at their Independence Day celebration.

Kaling shared a sweet video enjoying New York City with her kids to celebrate Thanksgiving.

“Seriously needed this trip to New York with the family. I feel like Michael Scott saying this but man this is the most special city,” she captioned the post. “The kids saw their first Broadway show, skated at @wollmanrink, had drippy hot cheese at the Bryant Park holiday fair, went on the subway, Central Park carousel, ate Lilac chocolates, and even somehow made public bathroom trips fun.”

Kaling revealed via social media that she welcomed her third child, Anne, by sharing a photo of all three of her kids together outside. “She’s the best birthday present I could’ve ever imagined,” she wrote of her baby girl.

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