Deepika Padukone Profile

Birth Name	Deepika Padukone
Height	5'9"
Sex	Female
Nationality	Indian
Birth Date	January 5th, 1986
Birth Place	Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Languages	Hindi, English, Kannada
Profession	Bollywood Actress, Model
Education	Completed schooling in Bangalore, India
Father	Prakash Padukone (Former World badminton Champion) from Bangalore, India
Mother	Ujjala Padukone from Bangalore, India

Deepika Padukone Biography:

Deepika Padukone was born on 5th January 1986 in Mangalore, Karnataka. She is daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Deepika is known as an Indian supermodel and a bollywood actress.

Modelling, early days:

She has been modelling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril soap, 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 cover face.

At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards, for Indian models and designers, she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006, thus cementing her reputation as a supermodel. She also bagged two trophies at the Idea Zee F Awards in 2006 - Female Model of the year (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh Face of the year.

Deepika into Acting:

Like many successful models before her Deepika is turning to acting in movies. 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 popular singer-composer Himesh Reshammiya.

Deepika recently made her film debut in a Kannada film(sandlewood), Aishwarya, directed by Indrajit Lankesh co-starring Upendra. The film is successful at the box-office, and Deepika has received rave reviews for her screen presence. Reportedly, she has also signed on two Hindi movies - Priyadarshan's forthcoming film, Pirate and Farah Khan's second directorial venture, Om Shanti Om

Year	Award Description
2004	Society Young Achievers' Award
2005	Model of the Year Award 2005 at the Lakme India Fashion Week
2006	Idea Zee F Awards for Fresh Face of the year
	Female Model of the year {Commercial Assignments}