Deepika Padukone was born on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a famous Indian tennis player. While she was less than a year age, she was brought to Bangalore and there she grew up with her sister Anisha.

Young Deepika was interested in sports and played tennis, basketball, baseball and throwball. She was also a talented badminton player in her schooldays and participated in state level competitions when she was in the 10th standard.
When Deepika was studying at the Mount Carmel College, she developed interests in modeling. Soon, she was seen in ads for brand names like Limca and Close-Up in India. Later on, Maybel line selected her as an international spokes-model. Apart from this, she also became the brand ambassador for Jewels of India. These works brought Deepika the Kingfisher Fashion Awards' Model of the Year Award in 2006.

Her modeling career kept on growing and she appeared for a swimsuit calendar for Kingfisher and bagged a couple of awards at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards. She was also selected as the face for a number of brands like Kingfisher Airlines, Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.

Deepika Padukone stepped into the world of acting with the music video "Naam hai tera" by Himesh Reshammiya. Her first movie was Aishwarya (2006).
Her first Bollywood movie was Om Shanti Om (2007) in which she acted in the lead female role opposite Shah Rukh Khan. The movie received huge fanfare and her awards from Filmfares to IIFA. Her next movie Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) received good response. She also acted in the movie Chandni Chowk To China.
Deepika also appeared on a couple of episodes of the dance reality show So You Think You Can Dance.

Why is she famous?

Deepika Padukone is a famous Bollywood actress and model of India.

Here is one of her famous quotes:

"I'm a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because I'm an introvert in a very glamorous world."
- Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone Lists

	1986 births
	Indian film actors
	Indian female models
	Indian Hindus
	Living people
	Kannada film actors
	People from Bangalore
	Hindi film actors
	Indian actors
	Filmfare Awards winners
	Mangaloreans
	Konkani

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Deepika Padukone Pictures

 

Deepika Padukone Movies
Chandni Chowk to China Bachna Ae Haseeno
Deepika Padukone Filmography

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Category: Actresses  - ( Actresses Archive)

Date Added: 13 March '09

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