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