Padma Lakshmi
Acting
1970-09-01 · 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.
Filmography
I Changed My Mind with Dan Souza
2026 · Series
America's Culinary Cup
2026 · Series
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
2025 · Movie
Clean Slate
2025 · Series
Hollywood Squares
2025 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
Last Meals
2021 · Series
Snacked
2021 · Series
Her Name Is Chef
2021 · Movie
Selena + Chef
2020 · Series
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
2020 · Series
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
Busy Tonight
2018 · Series
Drop the Mic
2017 · Series
Big Mouth
2017 · Series
Third Rail with OZY
2017 · Series
Steve
2017 · Series
Match Game
2016 · Series
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016 · Series
Life in Pieces
2015 · Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Hot Ones
2015 · Series
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · Series
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013 · Series
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · Series
Girl Most Likely
2012 · Movie
Planet Food: Spice Trails
2012 · Movie
Good Mythical Morning
2012 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
30 Rock
2006 · Series
Sharpe's Challenge
2006 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
2006 · Series
Top Chef
2006 · Series
The Mistress of Spices
2005 · Movie
Project Runway
2004 · Series
Boom
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · Series
Glitter
2001 · Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Pirates: Blood Brothers
1999 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Unzipped
1995 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Sharpe
1993 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Domenica In
1976 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Today
1952 · Series
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
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