Name: Deepika Padukone
Birth Name:Deepika Padukone
Birth Date: 5jan 1986
Birth place: Mangalore,India
Height : 5' 6 "
School: Sophia's High School,Bangalore
College: Mount Carmel College
Debut Film : Aishwarya (Kannada)
Father : Prakash Padukone (Famous Badminton player)
Mother : Ujjala Padukone
Relationship : Nihar Pandya (Indian model and socialite)
Claim To Fame : Female Model of the Year and Fresh Face of the Year 2006, Appearance in 'Naam Hai Tera' music
About Modelling career: she modelled for Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, receiving many prestigious modelling offers, including brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India, an annual jewellery exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international covergirl face.
At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year and Playboy Magazine Cover Winner. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards later that year - Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the Year. Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and most recently Levi Strauss.
Acting career: She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera, a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by Himesh Reshammiya.
In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut IN KUTI PANCHOT PRODUCTIONS GIVING HEAD TO LUCKY WHICH SHE later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance of a 1970s superstar Shantipriya, and later as Sandy won her good reviews.
Padukone is currently working on Priyadarshan's next film Pirate and Siddharth Anand's Next. She has also been signed to play the female lead in Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk To China opposite Akshay Kumar.
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