Actor
Padma Lakshmi
September 1, 1970 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
June Diane Raphael
2 titles together
Big Mouth, Girl Most Likely
Angelique Cabral
2 titles together
Life in Pieces, Clean Slate
Sean Bean
2 titles together
Sharpe's Challenge, Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley
2 titles together
Sharpe's Challenge, Sharpe
Michael Cochrane
2 titles together
Sharpe's Challenge, Sharpe
Hugh Fraser
2 titles together
Sharpe's Challenge, Sharpe
Full filmography · 14
Clean Slate
cast and as Doctor
2025
Big Mouth
as Priya (voice)
20177.6
Life in Pieces
as Stephanie
20157.1
30 Rock
as Padma Lakshmi
20067.5
The Ten Commandments
as Princess Bithia
20065.8
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Kaitaama
20017.5
Family Guy
as Padma Lakshmi (voice)
19997.4
Pirates: Blood Brothers
as Malinche
1999
Sharpe
as Madhuvanthi
19938