Kelly Kapoor

About Kelly Kapoor

Kelly Kapoor is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. She is played by Mindy Kaling, who is also a writer and producer for the show.

Kelly is a customer service representative at the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. Kelly is the office chatterbox, usually on topics that a teenager might discuss, such as boys, dating, and celebrity gossip. She is Indian American. She also admits wanting to get married and "can't wait to get pregnant and have babies."

Originally, the character did not have any outstanding personality traits, but in "The Carpet," she became established as having a bubbly personality and being somewhat immature. She tends to engage in long-winded, one-sided conversations on relatively trivial subjects, often to the chagrin of Toby Flenderson, her former cubicle mate (he moved, claiming he was allergic to his desk). Kelly seems also to have the capacity to play dumb, as evidenced by a conspiratorial wink to the camera in "Boys and Girls." Kelly is of Indian descent. She had a sister who passed away and has three living sisters who also enjoy gossip. Her parents were in an arranged marriage. It is revealed that Kelly enjoys shopping, especially online, in "The Coup" and in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity". She also loves clothing, as seen in "The Coup" and "Women's Appreciation".