Mindy grew up in a small town south of Dallas, Texas. Mindy
graduated Pepperdine University, magna cum laude (1999). She focused on
Broadcast Journalism and Theater during her studies. Mindy attended
there on an academic scholarship, as well as awarded Faculty and Staff
and Broadcasting Scholarships.
She just recently
had her film debut in One More Round (2014), also starring Kevin Sorbo
(God's Not Dead), Jeremy London (7th Heaven) and her husband actor
Tommy Lee Thomas. Mindy is most known for her first on-camera interview
with O.J. Simpson at Rockingham, an exclusive half hour talk show, The
Mindy Thomas Special (1997). She went on to interview various
celebrities such as Academy Award Nominee, Eric Roberts, (Batman),
William Devane, (Knots Landing) and the legendary actor and singer, Pat
Boone. Her first professional debut came as a radio talk show host, in
which she landed an exclusive half hour interview with Monica
Lewinsky's father, Bernard, regarding her relations with President Bill
Clinton (1998). She booked her first TV audition for The West Wing
(2002), Warner Brothers, in which she credits Jerry Pennecoli (Extra)
for encouraging her. Mindy has appeared on more than a thousand shows
as a broadcast journalist.