Deepika Padukone Biography

Date of Birth : January 5, 1986
Sign : Capricorn
Height : 5'6"
City : Copenhagen, Denmark
Country : India
Mother : Ujjala - travel agent
Father : ex-badminton player Prakash Padukone
Siblings : younger sister Anisha
Education : Sophia's High School, Bangalore and she did her undergraduate studies from Mount Carmel College
Marital status : single
Sport: basketball, tennis, throw ball and baseball
Favorite style: For formal wear, it would be western-formal or the Indian sari. But on a day-to-day it's a mix of salwar and western casuals - jeans and t-shirt
Hobbies : Music, eating, sleeping, watching movies
Favourite actor : Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan
Favourite actress: Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen
Occupation : fashion model / bollywood actress
Debut Film : kannada film Aishwarya and bollywood blockbuster Om Shanti Om
Languages : tulu, kannada, hindi, english

Deepika Padukone was born in Mangalore, Karnataka in the year 1986. She is the most celebrated Indian model and an upcoming actress.

Daughter of a former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone and mother Ujjala Padukone, Deepika grew up into a sultry model with dreams in her eyes to make it big in showbiz industry. Though she played badminton during her school days and reached to the level of a State player, she did not take her game to the national level as she had set her sights on the glamorous world of showbiz.

Pursuing her dreams, Deepika Padukone quickly became a model endorsing leading brands like Liril soap, Limca, Close-Up toothpaste, Kingfisher and several other products, which include international cosmetics giant Maybelline. The pretty svelte model won numerous awards for her modeling style. Her sensuous photographs appearing on the 2006 Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar has virtually proved that she is indeed a supermodel in her own right.

She was chosen as the 'Model of the Year' by Kingfisher at its Fashion Awards; and further was awarded the 'Female Model of the Year' award in commercial assignments category and 'Fresh Face of the Year' at Idea Zee Fashion F Awards.

Deepika Padukone entered film industry with a Kannada film, "Aishwarya" in 2006 starring opposite Kannada hero, Upendra. The following year she bagged three Bollywood films, "Om Shanti Om", "Pirate" and "Delhi 6". She has also appeared in a musical video, "Aap Ka Suroor" by Himesh Reshammiya.

This pretty girl has a long way to go in Bollywood and many predict that she will be the next big thing in Bollywood.

Filmography

• Kartik Calling Kartik (2009) (pre-production)
• Love Aaj Kal (2009) (post-production)
• Billu (2009) .... Special Appearance
• Chandni Chowk to China (2009) .... Sakhi/Suzy 'Meow Meow' 'Miss TSM'
• Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) .... Gayatri
• Om Shanti Om (2007) .... Shanti Priya/Sandhya aka Sandi