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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 1, 1970
Place of Birth
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India [now Chennai]
Padma Lakshmi
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Self
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
2025
6.4
Clean Slate
2025
6.4
Doctor
Clean Slate
2025
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
10.0
Self
Snacked
2021
0.0
Self
Her Name Is Chef
2021
8.7
Self
Selena + Chef
2020
8.1
Self - Host
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
2020
3.6
Self
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
4.9
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019
Credits
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
as Self
2025
0.0
Clean Slate
2025
6.4
Clean Slate
as Doctor
2025
6.4
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Snacked
as Self
2021
10.0
Her Name Is Chef
as Self
2021
0.0
Selena + Chef
as Self
2020
8.7
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
as Self - Host
2020
8.1
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
2019
3.6
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
Busy Tonight
as Self - Guest
2018
5.5
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
6.1
Big Mouth
as Priya (voice)
2017
7.6
Third Rail with OZY
as Herself
2017
7.0
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.4
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
as Self - Guest
2016
8.4
Life in Pieces
as Stephanie
2015
7.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Presenter
2014
7.5
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
2013
7.6
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2013
6.5
Girl Most Likely
as Padma Lakshmi
2012
5.6
Planet Food: Spice Trails
as Herself
2012
7.5
Good Mythical Morning
as Self
2012
6.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
30 Rock
as Padma Lakshmi
2006
7.5
Sharpe's Challenge
as Madhuvanthi
2006
6.2
The Ten Commandments
as Princess Bithia
2006
5.4
Top Chef
as Self - Host
2006
6.8
The Mistress of Spices
as Geeta
2005
6.2
Project Runway
as Self
2004
6.2
Boom
as Shiela Bardez
2003
5.2
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Kaitaama
2001
7.5
Glitter
as Sylk
2001
4.3
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
4.6
Family Guy
as Padma Lakshmi (voice)
1999
7.4
Pirates: Blood Brothers
as Malinche
1999
5.4
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
Unzipped
as Self
1995
5.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Sharpe
1993
8.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
Domenica In
as Self
1976
0.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6