Personal Info
Birthday
September 1, 1970
Place of Birth
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India [now Chennai]
Known For
Acting
Padma Lakshmi
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.
Acting Filmography (55)
0.0
I Changed My Mind with Dan Souza
TV Series2026
7.0
America's Culinary Cup
TV Series2026
0.0
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
Movie2025
6.4
Clean Slate
TV Series2025
4.0
Hollywood Squares
TV Series2025
2.6
Sherri
TV Series2022
10.0
Last Meals
TV Series2021
10.0
Snacked
TV Series2021
No Backdrop
0.0
Her Name Is Chef
Movie2021
8.7
Selena + Chef
TV Series2020
8.1
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
TV Series2020
3.4
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV Series2019
4.7
Tamron Hall
TV Series2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV Series2019
5.5
Busy Tonight
TV Series2018
6.5
Drop the Mic
TV Series2017
7.6
Big Mouth
TV Series2017
7.0
Third Rail with OZY
TV Series2017
No Backdrop
6.0
Steve
TV Series2017
6.4
Match Game
TV Series2016
8.4
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
TV Series2016
7.1
Life in Pieces
TV Series2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV Series2015
7.0
Hot Ones
TV Series2015
7.5
Trailblazer Honors
TV Series2014
7.7
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TV Series2013
6.5
Hollywood Game Night
TV Series2013
5.6
Girl Most Likely
Movie2012
No Backdrop
7.5
Planet Food: Spice Trails
Movie2012
6.9
Good Mythical Morning
TV Series2012
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV Series2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV Series2009
7.5
30 Rock
TV Series2006
6.2
Sharpe's Challenge
Movie2006
5.7
The Ten Commandments
TV Series2006
6.9
Top Chef
TV Series2006
6.2
The Mistress of Spices
Movie2005
6.3
Project Runway
TV Series2004
5.1
Boom
Movie2003
5.5
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV Series2003
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV Series2001
4.3
Glitter
Movie2001
No Backdrop
5.2
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV Series1999
7.4
Family Guy
TV Series1999
5.9
Pirates: Blood Brothers
TV Series1999
4.3
The View
TV Series1997
6.4
The Daily Show
TV Series1996
5.4
Unzipped
Movie1995
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV Series1993
8.0
Sharpe
TV Series1993
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV Series1988
0.0
Domenica In
TV Series1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
5.6
Today
TV Series1952
0.0
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
TV SeriesN/A