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Padma Lakshmi
Acting
01 Sept 1970 (56 years)
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.
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Padma Lakshmi's Movies
56%
Girl Most Likely
18 Jul 2013
43%
Glitter
21 Sept 2001
62%
The Mistress of Spices
11 Sept 2005
62%
Sharpe's Challenge
23 Apr 2006
51%
Boom
19 Sept 2003
54%
Unzipped
11 Aug 1995
75%
Planet Food: Spice Trails
20 Feb 2012
0%
Her Name Is Chef
19 Mar 2021
0%
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
11 Oct 2025
0%
Sesame Street: See Us Coming Together
25 Nov 2021
Padma Lakshmi's TV Shows
74%
Family Guy
31 Jan 1999
76%
Big Mouth
29 Sept 2017
75%
Star Trek: Enterprise
26 Sept 2001
75%
30 Rock
11 Oct 2006
64%
The Daily Show
22 Jul 1996
69%
Saturday Night Live
11 Oct 1975
61%
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
08 Sept 2015
75%
RuPaul's Drag Race
02 Feb 2009
55%
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
08 Sept 2003
73%
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
13 Sept 1993
72%
Life in Pieces
21 Sept 2015
43%
The View
11 Aug 1997
43%
The View
11 Aug 1997
63%
Project Runway
01 Dec 2004
77%
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
16 Jul 2013
49%
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
16 Jul 2009
69%
Good Mythical Morning
09 Jan 2012
71%
Hot Ones
12 Mar 2015
63%
The Kelly Clarkson Show
09 Sept 2019
69%
Top Chef
08 Mar 2006