Birth : 1 September 1970, Madras, India
Height : 5' 10"
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- A-List Awards (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- A-List Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Boom (2003/I) [Shiela Bardez] <4>
- Glitter (2001) [Sylk] <11>
- Sharpe's Challenge (2006) (TV) [Madhuvanthi] <4>
- The Mistress of Spices (2005) [Geeta] <11>
- The Ten Commandments (2006) (TV) [Princess Bithia]
- Unzipped (1995) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "30 Rock" (2006) {The Problem Solvers (#4.5)} [Herself] <12>
- "Caraibi" (1999) [Malinche] <7>
- "Chelsea Lately" (2007) {(2008-05-26)} [Herself]
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2007-12-11)} [Herself]
- "Enterprise" (2001) {Precious Cargo (#2.11)} [Kaitaama] <8>
- "Il figlio di Sandokan" (1998)
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) {(2007-01-25)} [Herself]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2007-01-30)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2006-04-06)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009) {(#1.157)} [Herself] <3>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#16.160)} [Herself - Guest] <3>
- "Linda e il brigadiere" (1997) {Il fratello di Linda (#2.1)} [Indian Lady]
- "Melting Pot" (2001) [Program Host] <1>
- "Project Runway" (2005) {Finale: Part 2 (#4.14)} [Herself] <16>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#2.197)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2001-09-19)} [Herself]
- "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) {(2008-05-09)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2007-05-25)} [Herself - Co-Host]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {12 Days of Christmas (#5.6)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {4-Star All Stars (#3.1)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better (#4.1)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Bachelor/ette Party (#6.2)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Back to School (#7.2)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Block Party (#4.3)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Camping (#6.5)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Chef Overboard (#3.12)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {CIA Mystery Challenge (#7.10)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Cold War (#7.6)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Common Threads (#4.8)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Cooking by Numbers (#3.5)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Creature Comforts (#7.5)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Culinary Olympics (#6.12)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Dinner Party (#6.7)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Down on the Farm (#5.8)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Eastern Promise (#2.2)} [Herself] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Embassy Row (#7.8)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Family Favorites (#3.4)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Film Food (#4.4)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Finale Part 1 (#5.13)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Finale Part 2 (#5.14)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Finale: Part 1 (#2.12)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Finale: Part 1 (#3.15)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Finale: Part 2 (#2.13)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Finale: Part 2 (#3.16)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Finale: Part II (#4.14)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {First Impressions (#3.2)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Focus Group (#5.7)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Foo Fighters (#5.3)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Food for the People (#2.3)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Freezer Burn (#3.8)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Gail's Bridal Shower (#5.5)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Guilty Pleasures (#3.9)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {High Steaks (#4.12)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Hilton's on the Go (#7.4)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Holiday Spirit (#2.8)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Improv (#4.7)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Into the Fire (#2.1)} [Herself] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Latin Lunch (#3.6)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Le Bernardin (#5.11)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Less Is More (#2.4)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Manhattan Project (#3.14)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Meat Natalie (#6.10)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Melting Pot (#5.1)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {National Concession (#7.11)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Palm Power Lunch (#7.7)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Penn & Teller (#6.6)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Pigs & Pinot (#6.8)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Puerto Rico (#4.13)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Restaurant Wars (#3.10)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Restaurant Wars (#4.11)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Restaurant Wars (#5.9)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Restaurant Wars (#7.9)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Season Finale: Part 1 (#6.13)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Season Finale: Part 2 (#6.14)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Second Helping (#3.11)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Sense and Sensuality (#2.11)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Seven (#2.9)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Show Your Craft (#5.2)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Sin City Vice (#6.1)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Snacks on a Plane (#3.13)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Social Service (#2.5)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Space Food (#7.12)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Strip Around the World (#6.11)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Summer Picnic (#7.3)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Sunny Delights (#3.3)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Super Bowl Chef Showdown (#5.10)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Tailgating (#4.6)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Thanksgiving (#2.6)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {The Elements (#4.5)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {The Last Supper (#5.12)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {The Raw and the Cooked (#2.7)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Thunderbirds (#6.3)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {To Serve and Protect (#4.10)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Today Show (#5.4)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Unhappy Customers (#2.10)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Vivre Las Vegas (#6.4)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Watch What Happens (#3.7)} [Herself]
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Wedding Wars (#4.9)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {What's Your Constituency? (#7.1)} [Herself - Host] <1>
- "Top Chef" (2006) {Zoo Food (#4.2)} [Herself - Host] <1>
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- 'Salman Rushdie' (qv) (17 April 2004 - 2007) (divorced)
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- "Woman's Day" (USA), 12 September 2007, Vol. 70, Iss. 15, pg. 124, by: Marisol Vera, "Q&A with Padma Lakshmi"
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- "Woman's Day" (USA), March 2010, Vol. 73, Iss. 6, pg. 60, by: Abigail L. Cuffey, "How I Stay Healthy: Padme Lakshmi"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 30 March 2009, Vol. 57, Iss. 14, pg. 46+51, by: Michael Logan, "TV's 35 Sexiest Stars"
- "Family Circle" (USA), March 2009, Vol. 122, Iss. 3, pg. 136, by: Hana Blitzer, "Natural Beauty"
- "Black Book" (USA), February 2005, Iss. 37, pg. 80-81, "Diary Of A Jane Of All Trades: Padma Lakshmi - Notes from New York"
- "Movieline" (USA), September 2001, Vol. 13, Iss. 1, pg. 12, by: Michael Moses, "Hype: Padma Lakshmi"
- "Talk" (USA), September 2000, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, pg. 66, by: staff, "Talking Padma"
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- "Maxim" (USA), May 2007, Vol. 11, Iss. 5, pg. 43, by: Yariv Milchan, "Spotlight"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2001, Vol. 14, Iss. 3, pg. 42-45, by: staff, "The 25 Sexiest Women of 2001: #14 Padma Lakshmi"
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- "Playboy" (France), July 2000
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- Wrote the best-selling cookbook, "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World".
- Cookbook: "Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet"
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- (2007) Release of her cookbook, "Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day".
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- "In India and Italy, where I lived for a long time, we like healthier, more voluptuous types." (2007)
- "I write cookbooks and I'm an actress - two things that aren't always compatible, at least for the waistline." (2007)
- The best part of modeling was traveling and increasing my knowledge of world cultures. (December 2007)
- Some of my friends and people in the art world, including women, say they admire my body. I am proud of my body. Some compare it to the Chola bronzes. And they all wonder how I keep myself so fit. (December 2007)
- I was brought to believe that the female form is a beautiful thing. I think it's not so much what you do but how you do it that matters. I don't think I've done anything that was exploitative. (December 2007)
- All the pictures that have been taken of me are artistic. Even if they were provocative or revealing, I don't think they were vulgar. (December 2007)
- I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I am the first one to admit I was a novelty. (December 2007)
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- Speaks five languages.
- Has a seven inch scar on her inside arm as a result of a major auto crash that she was in as a child.
- She hosts "Padma's Passport" on the Food Network based on her popular cookbook, "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World".
- Officially announced engagement to author 'Salman Rushdie' (qv) on February 14, 2004, the 15th anniversary of the infamous fatwa issued against Rushdie by Islamic radicals for writing the novel "The Satanic Verses".
- Was discovered by a photographer while spending part of her senior year studying in Spain and he convinced her to begin modeling.
- Attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
- Wore a Luca Luca purple sari in her April 2004 wedding to 'Salman Rushdie' (qv).
- Listed in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful issue. (May 7, 2007).
- Ranked #87 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
- Is the first Indian woman to be a guest on and co-host on the TV show _"The View" (1997)_ (qv) in 2007.
- Appeared with 'Rocco DiSpirito' (qv) on an episode of _"Top Chef" (2006)_ (qv). They both have lived in the same apartment building in Manhattan, located at 415 E. 37th Street.
- On February 20th 2010, she gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi.
- Has battled endometriosis for many years.
- Gave birth to a daughter, Kristna Thea Lakshmi on February 20, 2010.
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