Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 1, 1970 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India [now Chennai]
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.
Known For
Acting
6.4
Clean Slate
2025
6.4
Clean Slate
2025
2.9
Sherri
2022
8.7
Selena + Chef
2020
3.6
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
4.9
Tamron Hall
2019
7.6
Big Mouth
2017
6.4
Match Game
2016
7.1
Life in Pieces
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
7.2
Hot Ones
2015
7.6
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
6.5
Hollywood Game Night
2013
5.6
Girl Most Likely
2012
6.9
Good Mythical Morning
2012
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
7.5
30 Rock
2006
6.2
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
5.4
The Ten Commandments
2006
6.8
Top Chef
2006
6.2
The Mistress of Spices
2005
6.2
Project Runway
2004
5.2
Boom
2003