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Padma Lakshmi
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| Padma Lakshmi |
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| Born |
| 1970 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation |
| Actress, Model, Writer, TV Host |
| Career milestones |
| Easy Exotic (1999) Padma's Passport (2001) Boom (2003) Sharpe's Challenge (2006) Top Chef (2006-2007) |
Padma Lakshmi (b. 1970) is a New York-based Indian American model, actress and award-winning cookbook author. Starting with season two, she has been the host of the reality television program Top Chef. Lakshmi was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[citation needed]. Her mother is Tamil[1] but she is fluent in four languages - English, Italian, Spanish, and Tamil.[citation needed] Her first name literally means "lotus" in Sanskrit; Lakshmi is the name of the Hindu goddess of wealth.
Her cookbook Easy Exotic was awarded Best First Book at the 1999 World Cookbook Awards at Versailles. She was host of the Food Network series, Padma's Passport, which is part of the larger series Melting Pot. She has also been a guest host on parts of the British culinary tourism show Planet Food. She hosted the segments on India and Spain. Other notable television roles include a guest appearance as an imperious princess in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. She was host of Domenica In, Italy's top-rated television show. She also starred in Glitter with Mariah Carey and in Boom with Amitabh Bachchan. In 2006 she starred in ABC's The Ten Commandments with Dougray Scott, Naveen Andrews, and Omar Sharif. She played Sean Bean's nemesis in the iTV film Sharpe's Challenge. She is a graduate of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she majored in Theater Arts. She married novelist Salman Rushdie in Manhattan, New York in 2004. She practices Hinduism.[2]
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Lakshmi's career began when she was discovered while sitting in a cafe by a high-profile modeling agent in Spain. Ever since then, she has walked for top designers such as Emmanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and Alberta Ferretti and done ad campaigns for Roberto Cavalli and Versus.[3]
| Year | Title | Genre | Role |
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| 1994 | Unzipped | Documentary (High Fashion) | Herself |
| 1997 | Linda e il brigadiere ep: Il fratello di Linda |
TV Series (Italian, Comedy) | "Indian Lady" |
| 1998 | Figlio di Sandokan, Il | TV Series (Italian, Drama) | N/A |
| 1999 | Caraibi | TV Series (Italian, Adventure) | Malinche |
| 2000 | Planet Food | Documentary (Cooking) | Host |
| 2001 | Glitter | Film (US, Drama) | Sylk |
| 2001 | Melting Pot: Padma's Passport | TV Series (US, Cooking) | Host |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Enterprise ep: Precious Cargo |
TV Series (US, Sci-Fi) | Kaitaama |
| 2003 | Boom | Film (Indian, Drama) | Shiela Bardez |
| 2005 | The Mistress of Spices | Film (Indian, Drama) | Geeta |
| 2006 | The Ten Commandments | TV Series (US, Biblical) | Princess Bithia |
| 2006 | Sharpe ep: Sharpe's Challenge |
TV Movie (Action/History/War) | Madhuvanthi |
| 2006 | Top Chef 2 | TV Series (US, Reality/Cooking) | Host |
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