Padma Lakshmi
September 1, 1970 (54 years old) in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India [now Chennai]
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
Credits
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Snacked as Self
- 2021 · Her Name Is Chef as Self
- 2020 · Selena + Chef as Self
- 2020 · Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi as Self - Host
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Busy Tonight as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Drop the Mic as Self
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Priya (voice)
- 2017 · Third Rail with OZY as Herself
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Life in Pieces as Stephanie
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Trailblazer Honors as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
- 2013 · Hollywood Game Night as Self
- 2012 · Girl Most Likely as Padma Lakshmi
- 2012 · Planet Food: Spice Trails as Herself
- 2012 · Good Mythical Morning as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Padma Lakshmi
- 2006 · Sharpe's Challenge as Madhuvanthi
- 2006 · The Ten Commandments as Princess Bithia
- 2006 · Top Chef as Self - Host
- 2005 · The Mistress of Spices as Geeta
- 2004 · Project Runway as Self
- 2003 · Boom as Shiela Bardez
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2001 · Star Trek: Enterprise as Kaitaama
- 2001 · Glitter as Sylk
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
- 1999 · Family Guy as Padma Lakshmi (voice)
- 1999 · Pirates: Blood Brothers as Malinche
- 1999 · Pirates: Blood Brothers as Malinche
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1995 · Unzipped as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Sharpe as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1976 · Domenica In as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1952 · Today as Self