Deepika Padukone

Name:Deepika Padukone
Date of Birth:5th January 1986
Birth Place:Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality:Indian
Deepika Padukone Height:5′ 9″
Hair colour:Light brown
Eye colour:Brown
Father:Prakash Padukone
Mother:Ujjala Padukone
Schoool Days:Sophia High School,Bangalore
Favorite actresses:Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen
Favorite actors:Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan

Hobbies:Music, eating, sleeping, watching movies
Dresses:Salwar kamez, sari, jeans and T-shir
Profession:Actress, Model
Titles”:Female Model of the year [2006]
Hindi debut:Om Shanti Om [2007]
First movie:Aishwarya, Kannada [2006]

Career
Modeling
While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling.[7] She was spotted in a ramp competition in NLS, Bangalore.[citation needed] Over the years, she has modeled for such Indian brand names as Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and has been "brand ambassador" for the Jewels of India retail jewellery show.[8] The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.[9]
At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year".[10] Shortly afterward, 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".[11][12] Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA.[13] In addition, she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song Naam Hai Tera.

Acting
In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's blockbuster Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan.[14][15] Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted, "Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air!"[16] Padukone was then seen in Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor and alongside Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba. The film, which released on 15 August 2008, performed reasonably well at the box office. Her next film Chandni Chowk To China, released on 16 January 2009, and was a critical and commercial disaster. Padukone's fourth release Love Aaj Kal, released on 31 July 2009 and proved to be one of the

biggest hits of 2009.[17]
Padukone was last seen in Excel Entertainment’s Karthik Calling Karthik opposite Farhan Akhtar followed by Sajid Khan’s Housefull alongside Akshay Kumar. Her future projects include Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar, and Kunal Kohli’s Break Ke Baad co-starring Imran Khan.