Biography
Deepika Padukone is an Indian supermodel turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone approximately January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her intimates moved to Bangalore also she was on your own eleven months primeval. Her father Prakash Padukone is a badminton performer of international repute, even if her mother is a travel agent. Furthermore, Padukone has a younger sister, Anisha (b.1991), who is an aspiring golfer.
Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore. She completed her studies from Mount Carmel College. While in high learned she played badminton at the expose level in the sky of her dad and was a aficionada of her dad's badminton club.However, she wasn't fired happening behind reference to pursuing a career as a badminton artiste and only it because of her ICSE exams
While pursuing her studies in school, she approved to pursue a career in modeling. Over the years, she has modeled for renowned Indian brand names such as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca. She conventional many prestigious modeling offers, which included becoming the brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India. Padukone hit the international scene with Maybelline made her their toting happening international spokesperson.
At the 5th annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title Model of the Year. Shortly as soon as, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards: Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the Year in front-thinking that year. Padukone was furthermore selected as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and most recently Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.
After pursuing a active career in modeling, Padukone branched out into acting. She started by starring in the music video for the melody Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya.
In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film, Aishwarya staring opposite actor Upendra. She difficult made a animated Bollywood debut in 2007 gone Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film went roughly speaking the order of to become the biggest hit of the year, both in India and abroad.The film featured her portraying Shantipriya - a 1970s superstar, and highly developed as Sandy - a teenagers girl who looks exactly when Shantipriya. Her act was proficiently usual, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as expertly as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted, "Deepika has all it takes to be a zenith star -- the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely capable too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small triumph. She comes as a whiff of fresh flavor!"
Padukone's most recent film is Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseeno, which released upon August 15, 2008. As of August 2008, Padukone is currently working upon Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk To China opposite Akshay Kumar. 