Mindy Kaling Shares First Photo of Daughter Anne as a Toddler as She Celebrates Her First Birthday

Mar. 15, 2025

Mindy Kaling at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.Photo:Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

Mindy Kaling at the ceremony honoring Mindy Kaling with a Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on February 18, 2025 in Hollywood, California.

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Mindy Kaling’syoungest just hit an exciting new milestone.TheNever Have I Evercreator, 45, posted a photo of her youngest daughter Anne, 12 months, as she celebrated her daughter’s birthday.The mom of three, who’s notoriously private about her family life, shared the first photo of her daughter as a toddler via her Instagram Stories on Monday, Feb. 24.In the photo, Kaling’s daughter looks away from the camera as she clutches a stuffed lion plushy with two balloons behind her. Kaling added a happy birthday sticker to the post to celebrate her daughter’s big day.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Mindy Kaling shares rare photo of daughter Anne.Mindy Kaling/InstagramThe Officealum is a mother tothree children: daughters Anne and Katherine, 7, and son Spencer, 4. She has never revealed the father of her children and is very vocal about her journey as a single mom. In an interview withWSJ Magazinein February 2024, Kaling opened up about how motherhood has changed her perspective on life.“It’s really rewarding, being a mom and spending time with these two people who look like me,” Kaling shared. “I love them, and they’re so funny. In terms of my career, I’m a single mom, I’m the breadwinner in the house.““So there’s a lot of panic that comes with that, thebuck stops with me,” she said. “I have to earn money for them. Having kids is everything — wanting to be a good role model and wanting to produce content that doesn’t embarrass them and makes them proud is another layer to my life and a complication that I welcome.“Mindy Kaling’s kids Katherine, Spencer, and Anne.Mindy Kaling/InstagramWhenThe Sex Lives of College Girlscreatorreceived her star on theHollywood Walk of Fameearlier this month, she gave a special shoutout to her kids' godfatherB.J. Novak, 45. Kaling shared that Novak, who became her lifelong friend during their time onThe Office, is an “important and integral part of my family.” TheVengeanceactor spoke on her behalf at the ceremony, calling her an “incredible mother of three.““Mindy respects and understands [fame] in a very intuitive way because in addition to being a brilliant and wildly successful showrunner, an incredible mother of three, a deep and caring daughter and friend and mentor to so many,” he shared.“You’d be on the walk of talent if they had one,” he added. “You’d be on the walk of friendship. You’d be on the walk of compassionate parenthood, but let’s face it all of these would be terrible field trips, so here you are instead, very deservedly, a person who means so much to so many on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”

Mindy Kaling’syoungest just hit an exciting new milestone.

TheNever Have I Evercreator, 45, posted a photo of her youngest daughter Anne, 12 months, as she celebrated her daughter’s birthday.

The mom of three, who’s notoriously private about her family life, shared the first photo of her daughter as a toddler via her Instagram Stories on Monday, Feb. 24.

In the photo, Kaling’s daughter looks away from the camera as she clutches a stuffed lion plushy with two balloons behind her. Kaling added a happy birthday sticker to the post to celebrate her daughter’s big day.

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Mindy Kaling shares rare photo of daughter Anne.Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Mindy Kaling Shares Rare Photo of Daughter Anne

Mindy Kaling/Instagram

The Officealum is a mother tothree children: daughters Anne and Katherine, 7, and son Spencer, 4. She has never revealed the father of her children and is very vocal about her journey as a single mom. In an interview withWSJ Magazinein February 2024, Kaling opened up about how motherhood has changed her perspective on life.

“It’s really rewarding, being a mom and spending time with these two people who look like me,” Kaling shared. “I love them, and they’re so funny. In terms of my career, I’m a single mom, I’m the breadwinner in the house.”

“So there’s a lot of panic that comes with that, thebuck stops with me,” she said. “I have to earn money for them. Having kids is everything — wanting to be a good role model and wanting to produce content that doesn’t embarrass them and makes them proud is another layer to my life and a complication that I welcome.”

Mindy Kaling’s kids Katherine, Spencer, and Anne.Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Mindy Kalings kids Kit, Spencer, and Anne.

WhenThe Sex Lives of College Girlscreatorreceived her star on theHollywood Walk of Fameearlier this month, she gave a special shoutout to her kids' godfatherB.J. Novak, 45. Kaling shared that Novak, who became her lifelong friend during their time onThe Office, is an “important and integral part of my family.” TheVengeanceactor spoke on her behalf at the ceremony, calling her an “incredible mother of three.”

“Mindy respects and understands [fame] in a very intuitive way because in addition to being a brilliant and wildly successful showrunner, an incredible mother of three, a deep and caring daughter and friend and mentor to so many,” he shared.

“You’d be on the walk of talent if they had one,” he added. “You’d be on the walk of friendship. You’d be on the walk of compassionate parenthood, but let’s face it all of these would be terrible field trips, so here you are instead, very deservedly, a person who means so much to so many on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”

source: people.com