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Padma Lakshmi

  • Producer
  • Actress
  • Soundtrack
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Padma Lakshmi
Holiday Edition where each episode will highlight unique traditions through the lens of a different immigrant culture and city, like Korean New Year in Los Angeles and Cuban Christmas in Miami.
Play trailer1:55
Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition (2021– )
28 Videos
99+ Photos
Padma Lakshmi was born on 1 September 1970 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. She is a producer and actress, known for Enterprise (2001), Glitter (2001) and Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020). She was previously married to Salman Rushdie.
BornSeptember 1, 1970
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BornSeptember 1, 1970
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  • Nominated for 16 Primetime Emmys
    • 1 win & 28 nominations total

Photos541

Padma Lakshmi in Champions in Paris (2023)
Padma Lakshmi in Thali Time (2023)
Padma Lakshmi in Restaurant Wars (2023)
Padma Lakshmi in Street Food Fight (2023)
Padma Lakshmi in Spurred Lines (2023)
Padma Lakshmi in Rice, Rice Baby (2023)
Ike Barinholtz and Padma Lakshmi in Padma Lakshmi & Ike Barinholtz (2023)
Padma Lakshmi in London Calling (2023)
Padma Lakshmi in Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020)
Padma Lakshmi in Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020)
Padma Lakshmi in Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020)
Padma Lakshmi in Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020)

Known for:

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Connor Trinneer, and Linda Park in Enterprise (2001)
Enterprise
7.5
TV Series
  • Kaitaama
Glitter (2001)
Glitter
2.4
  • Sylk
  • 2001
Padma Lakshmi in Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020)
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
8.2
TV Series
  • Producer
Sean Bean in Sharpe (1993)
Sharpe
8.4
TV Series
  • Madhuvanthi

Credits

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Producer

  • Top Chef (2006)
    Top Chef
    • executive producer
    • consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2022
  • Padma Lakshmi in Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition (2021)
    Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Padma Lakshmi in Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020)
    Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2020

Actress

  • Firebuds (2022)
    Firebuds
    • Chef Pavani (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant (2022)
    Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Artifact (2018)
    Artifact
    • Lady Anshu (voice)
    • Video Game
    • 2018
  • American Mirror: Intimations of Immortality (2018)
    American Mirror: Intimations of Immortality
    • Model
    • 2018
  • James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Colin Hanks, Thomas Sadoski, Betsy Brandt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Dan Bakkedahl, Angelique Cabral, Holly J. Barrett, Giselle Eisenberg, and Niall Cunningham in Life in Pieces (2015)
    Life in Pieces
    • Stephanie
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Who Is?
    • (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Mark Feuerstein in Royal Pains (2009)
    Royal Pains
    • Padma Lakshmi
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • Padma Lakshmi (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Matt Dillon, Annette Bening, Kristen Wiig, and Darren Criss in Girl Most Likely (2012)
    Girl Most Likely
    • Padma Lakshmi
    • 2012
  • Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)
    30 Rock
    • Padma Lakshmi
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Sean Bean in Sharpe (1993)
    Sharpe
    • Madhuvanthi
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • The Ten Commandments (2006)
    The Ten Commandments
    • Princess Bithia
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2006
  • Dylan McDermott and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in The Mistress of Spices (2005)
    The Mistress of Spices
    • Geeta
    • 2005
  • Boom (2003)
    Boom
    • Shiela Bardez
    • 2003
  • Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Connor Trinneer, and Linda Park in Enterprise (2001)
    Enterprise
    • Kaitaama
    • TV Series
    • 2002

Soundtrack

  • Glitter (2001)
    Glitter
    • performer: "I Know"
    • 2001

Videos28

Season 2 Official Trailer
Trailer 1:42
Season 2 Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:55
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:37
Official Trailer
Sharpe's Challenge
Trailer 1:55
Sharpe's Challenge
Top Chef: Season 19
Trailer 2:32
Top Chef: Season 19
Top Chef: Season 20
Trailer 3:01
Top Chef: Season 20
Top Chef: Season 18
Trailer 2:56
Top Chef: Season 18
Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi
Trailer 1:31
Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi
Top Chef: Season 17
Trailer 2:38
Top Chef: Season 17
Planet Food: The Story Of Tea
Trailer 0:45
Planet Food: The Story Of Tea
Top Chef
Trailer 1:46
Top Chef
Top Chef: Finale Part 1
Trailer 1:06
Top Chef: Finale Part 1

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Lakshmi Films
    • Official Instagram
  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • September 1, 1970
    • Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Spouse
    • Salman RushdieApril 17, 2004 - 2008 (divorced)
  • Children
      Child
  • Other works
    Wrote the best-selling cookbook, "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 4 Interviews
    • 14 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Speaks five languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Italian and Spanish.
  • Quotes
    "In India and Italy, where I lived for a long time, we like healthier, more voluptuous types." (2007)

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