Mindy Kaling shares ONE celebrity who left her starstruck

Mindy Kaling has recently opened up about one celebrity who left her starstruck in Hollywood.

Never Have I ever star took to Instagram’s Threads and interacted with her fans as she responded to their queries through voice notes and text prompts.

While replying to a question about one star who impressed her in the entertainment industry and it was none other than Hugh Laurie.

The mother-of-three detailed that she and Hugh had met numerous times when she starred in The Office.

“The Office and House were kind of on around the same time, so we would always run into the cast at different award shows, and I was so starstruck by Hugh Laurie because he was in Sense and Sensibility, the Emma Thompson adaptation of the Jane Austen novel,” stated the 45-year-old.

She remarked, “It was a real nice overlap of two of my favorite things, grumpy doctors and grump characters from Jane Austen novels.”

Interestingly, Mindy also revealed her TV show crush on social media after one user mentioned that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation “helped through hard times before, during, and after the [COVID] pandemic”.

To which, the Emmy nominee answered, “I too loved the latter and wanted to be Deanna Troi,” referring to the character portrayed by Marina Sirtis.

Mindy added, “I also had a crush on Data,” referencing the male android who was played by Brent Spiner in the series.

Meanwhile, other responses Mindy shared about television favourites which included Hacks, Palm Royale and Downton Abbey.