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Padma Lakshmi

Acting · Born September 1, 1970 · 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. 

Padma Lakshmi movies and shows

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show2019
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009
  • Family Guy1999
  • The Daily Show1996
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015
  • Good Mythical Morning2012
  • Saturday Night Live1975
  • The View1997
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
  • RuPaul's Drag Race2009
  • Sherri2022
  • The Tamron Hall Show2019
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993
  • Hot Ones2015
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003
  • 30 Rock2006
  • Project Runway2004
  • Star Trek: Enterprise2001
  • Top Chef2006
  • Big Mouth2017
  • Steve2017
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?2013
  • A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019
  • Today1952