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