Kelly Kapoor

Kelly Rajanigandha Kapoor is a fictional character from the American television series The Office, portrayed by Mindy Kaling. She is the customer service representative at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin from seasons 1 to 8. Following Kaling's departure from the show, Kelly leaves the Scranton branch at the beginning of the ninth season to get married and move to Ohio.

Kelly is first featured in the episode "Diversity Day", where Michael conducts a diversity training seminar. Michael attempts to demonstrate how to play his diversity game by speaking to Kelly, who has just entered the room, in a stereotypical Indian accent. Offended, Kelly slaps Michael and leaves the conference room.

In the second season, Kelly gets involved in a wildly uneven relationship with Ryan Howard, the office temp. Ryan expresses his regret that their first kiss occurred the day before Valentine's Day. In the episode "Take Your Daughter To Work Day", Kelly witnesses Stanley's teenage daughter, Melissa, hitting on Ryan, and tells Stanley about the situation. Stanley berates Ryan. In the season finale "Casino Night", Ryan wearily admits to Jim that he is still dating Kelly.

Kelly and Ryan's relationship continues throughout the third season, though at the Hindu Diwali festival, Kelly's parents criticize Ryan for not making enough money and not being committed to marriage and family, and try to set her up with an Indian doctor. In "Business School", Michael moves Ryan's desk next to Kelly's. Kelly is excited by the move, and she and Ryan bicker and passionately make up frequently. In "Product Recall", Kelly trains Oscar, Angela, and Kevin to take customer service phone calls after an obscene watermark is printed on Dunder Mifflin paper, prompting too many complaint calls for Kelly alone to answer.

In "The Job", Ryan abruptly ends his relationship with Kelly after receiving a promotion to the corporate headquarters. In "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", Kelly attempts to win Ryan back by telling him she is pregnant with his child. Kelly is overjoyed when Ryan agrees to have dinner with her, but the plan backfires when he learns that she is not actually pregnant. Kelly does not understand why the lie would upset him and is surprised and upset when he refuses to date her again. Ryan later asks Corporate to have Kelly's job outsourced to India.

Getting over her breakup with Ryan, Kelly begins a new relationship with warehouse foreman Darryl Philbin. However, Darryl seems less than enthusiastic about the relationship, evoking Ryan's previous attitude toward Kelly. Darryl also complains that Kelly seems to still have feelings for Ryan. In "Goodbye, Toby", Ryan is arrested on charges of fraud, amusing Kelly.

Kelly continues to date Darryl, though Ryan seems to have a renewed interest in her. In "Business Trip", Ryan moves back to the annex with Kelly; though Kelly states she has no intention of getting back together with Ryan given the way he treated her, the two later passionately kiss. Kelly breaks up with Darryl and rekindles a relationship with Ryan; however, they break up again when Ryan takes a trip to Thailand.

Towards the end of the fifth season, Kelly shows interest in her new boss, Charles Miner, and befriends the new receptionist, Erin. When Ryan returns to the Scranton office, he and Kelly begin dating again.