Padma Lakshmi
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Glitter
2001
Boom
2003
The Mistress of Spices
2005
Girl Most Likely
2012
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
Unzipped
1995
Planet Food: Spice Trails
2012
Her Name Is Chef
2021
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
2025
Sharpe
1993
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The View
1997
Today
1952
Domenica In
1976
Tamron Hall
2019
30 Rock
2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
Good Mythical Morning
2012
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The View
1997
Selena + Chef
2020
Busy Tonight
2018
Pirates: Blood Brothers
1999
Project Runway
2004
Hot Ones
2015
The Ten Commandments
2006
Big Mouth
2017
Top Chef
2006
Sherri
2022
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Drop the Mic
2017
Match Game
2016
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016
Snacked
2021
Trailblazer Honors
2014
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Life in Pieces
2015
Third Rail with OZY
2017
Saturday Night Live
1975
Family Guy
1999
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
2020
Clean Slate
2025
Clean Slate
2025
Hollywood Squares
2025
The Daily Show
1996