Padma Lakshmi

Birthday:
09/01/1970
Place of birth:
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India [now Chennai]:
Biography:
Padma Parvati Lakshmi (born September 1, 1970) also Padma, Lady Rushdie is an Indian American cookbook author, actress, and model. She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two in 2006. In 2010, Top Chef was nominated for an Emmy Award and won for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. 

Credits

Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty (2025)
as Self
Her Name Is Chef (2021)
as Self
Girl Most Likely (2012)
as Padma Lakshmi
Planet Food: Spice Trails (2012)
as Herself
Sharpe's Challenge (2006)
as Madhuvanthi
The Mistress of Spices (2005)
as Geeta
Boom (2003)
as Shiela Bardez
Glitter (2001)
as Sylk
Unzipped (1995)
as Self

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