Padma Lakshmi
An image from Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, one of the productions that also features Padma Lakshmi.
Padma Lakshmi

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. 

Glitter

Glitter

2001

Top Chef

Top Chef

2006

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Sharpe's Challenge

Sharpe's Challenge

2006

Boom

Boom

2003

Unzipped

Unzipped

1995

Pirates: Blood Brothers

Pirates: Blood Brothers

1999

Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

2020