Padma Lakshmi
Acting
Born 1970-09-01 · 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.
Known for
Big Mouth
2017 · TV
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · TV
30 Rock
2006 · TV
Family Guy
1999 · TV
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013 · TV
Sharpe
1993 · TV
Life in Pieces
2015 · TV
Good Mythical Morning
2012 · TV
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
2020 · TV
Top Chef
2006 · TV
America's Culinary Cup
2026 · TV
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · TV
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · TV
Clean Slate
2025 · TV
Pirates: Blood Brothers
1999 · TV
The Ten Commandments
2006 · TV
Hollywood Squares
2025 · TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
The View
1997 · TV
Selena + Chef
2020 · TV
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
Hot Ones
2015 · TV
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016 · TV
Snacked
2021 · TV
Third Rail with OZY
2017 · TV
Drop the Mic
2017 · TV
Domenica In
1976 · TV
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
— · TV
I Changed My Mind with Dan Souza
2026 · TV
Steve
2017 · TV
Match Game
2016 · TV
Last Meals
2021 · TV
Busy Tonight
2018 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
Project Runway
2004 · TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
Today
1952 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
Tamron Hall
2019 · TV
Sherri
2022 · TV
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · TV