Padma Lakshmi
Acting
1970-09-01Madras, 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
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7.4
1999
Family Guy
1999 · tv
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5.0
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · tv
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6.4
1996
The Daily Show
1996 · tv
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6.1
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · tv
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6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975 · tv
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2.7
2022
Sherri
2022 · tv
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6.9
2012
Good Mythical Morning
2012 · tv
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4.4
1997
The View
1997 · tv
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5.6
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · tv
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7.1
2015
Hot Ones
2015 · tv
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6.3
2004
Project Runway
2004 · tv
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7.5
2006
30 Rock
2006 · tv
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7.5
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · tv
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7.5
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · tv
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5.6
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · tv
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7.3
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · tv
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7.6
2017
Big Mouth
2017 · tv
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4.7
2019
Tamron Hall
2019 · tv
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6.9
2006
Top Chef
2006 · tv
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7.1
2015
Life in Pieces
2015 · tv
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3.4
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · tv
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6.4
2016
Match Game
2016 · tv
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7.7
2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013 · tv
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5.7
1952
Today
1952 · tv
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6.0
2017
Steve
2017 · tv
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8.0
1993
Sharpe
1993 · tv
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5.2
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · tv
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6.5
2013
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · tv
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6.5
2017
Drop the Mic
2017 · tv
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4.5
2025
Hollywood Squares
2025 · tv