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
7.4
Family Guy
1999 · tv
6.4
The Daily Show
1996 · tv
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · tv
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · tv
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975 · tv
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · tv
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · tv
7.5
30 Rock
2006 · tv
6.2
Project Runway
2004 · tv
7.2
Hot Ones
2015 · tv
4.4
The View
1997 · tv
7.6
Big Mouth
2017 · tv
2.7
Sherri
2022 · tv
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · tv
7.1
Life in Pieces
2015 · tv
6.8
Top Chef
2006 · tv
4.9
Tamron Hall
2019 · tv
6.9
Good Mythical Morning
2012 · tv
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · tv
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · tv
8.0
Sharpe
1993 · tv
3.4
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · tv
6.4
Match Game
2016 · tv
7.7
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013 · tv
6.5
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · tv
10.0
Snacked
2021 · tv
5.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · tv
6.5
Drop the Mic
2017 · tv
8.4
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016 · tv
6.2
Hollywood Squares
2025 · tv