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Padma Lakshmi Biography

Birth Name:

Padma Parvati Lakshmi

Birth Place:

Madras, India

Profession

TV-show host, actor, model

Fast Facts

Has a seven-inch scar on her right arm as the result of a car accident when she was 14
Was discovered by an agent while sitting in a café in Spain
Has released cookbooks Easy Exotic: Low-Fat Recipes From Around the World in 1999 and Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet: A World of Recipes for Every Day in 2007
Is fluent in five languages
Made her film debut in Glitter in 2001
Joined Bravo's Top Chef as the host for the second season, in 2006
Launched a tabletop collection in 2013
Cofounded the Endometriosis Foundation of America, which raises awareness and funds research for the disease

2020Producers Guild Awards-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: nominated
2020Emmy-Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2020Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2019Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2019Producers Guild Awards-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: nominated
2018Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2017Producers Guild Awards-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: nominated
2017Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2016Producers Guild Awards-Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: nominated
2016Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2015Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2014Emmy-Outstanding Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2009Emmy-Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program: nominated
2007Emmy-Outstanding Reality/Competition Program: nominated