Padma Lakshmi
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1 September 1970 (56 years old)
Place of birthMadras, Tamil Nadu, India [now Chennai]
Known credits55
Biography
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.
I Changed My Mind with Dan Souza
2026 · Self - Guest
America's Culinary Cup
2026 · Self - Host
America's Culinary Cup
2026 · Creator
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
2025 · Self
Clean Slate
2025
Clean Slate
2025 · Doctor
Hollywood Squares
2025 · Self
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022 · Self - Guest
Last Meals
2021 · Self
Snacked
2021 · Self
Her Name Is Chef
2021 · Self
Selena + Chef
2020 · Self
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
2020 · Self - Host
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
2020 · Executive Producer
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Self
Tamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Busy Tonight
2018 · Self - Guest
Drop the Mic
2017 · Self
Big Mouth
2017 · Priya (voice)
Third Rail with OZY
2017 · Herself
Steve
2017 · Self
Match Game
2016 · Self - Panelist
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016 · Self - Guest
Life in Pieces
2015 · Stephanie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · Self - Presenter
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013 · Self
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · Self
Girl Most Likely
2012 · Padma Lakshmi
Planet Food: Spice Trails
2012 · Herself
Good Mythical Morning
2012 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Guest Judge
30 Rock
2006 · Padma Lakshmi
Sharpe's Challenge
2006 · Madhuvanthi
The Ten Commandments
2006 · Princess Bithia
Top Chef
2006 · Self - Host
Top Chef
2006 · Executive Producer
The Mistress of Spices
2005 · Geeta
Project Runway
2004 · Self
Boom
2003 · Shiela Bardez
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · Kaitaama
Glitter
2001 · Sylk
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Self
Family Guy
1999 · Padma Lakshmi (voice)
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