Padma Lakshmi
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.
As actor 55
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Family Guy
1999
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
1996
Good Mythical Morning
2012
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The View
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Project Runway
2004
30 Rock
2006
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Big Mouth
2017
Hot Ones
2015
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Sherri
2022
Tamron Hall
2019
Last Meals
2021
Top Chef
2006
Today
1952
Steve
2017
Life in Pieces
2015
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
Match Game
2016
Sharpe
1993
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Hollywood Squares
2025
Domenica In
1976
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry
2016
Drop the Mic
2017
Snacked
2021
Trailblazer Honors
2014
Selena + Chef
2020
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
2020
Busy Tonight
2018
Clean Slate
2025
The Ten Commandments
2006
Glitter
2001
I Changed My Mind with Dan Souza
2026
Girl Most Likely
2012
Boom
2003
Unzipped
1995
Pirates: Blood Brothers
1999
The Mistress of Spices
2005
America's Culinary Cup
2026
Sharpe's Challenge
2006
Third Rail with OZY
2017
Planet Food: Spice Trails
2012
Her Name Is Chef
2021
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
2025