D O B January 5,1986
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Known For Actor
Married No

Biography Deepika Padukone born January is an Indian actress and a former model Padukone made her acting debut in the Kannada film with Aishwarya The following year she made her Hindi film debut in the blockbuster Om Shanti Om which earned her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award Padukone was born in Copenhagen Denmark Her family moved to Bangalore Karnataka India when she was eleven months old Padukone is of Mangalorean origin and her mother tongue is Konkani Her lineage hails from Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk in the Udupi District of the southern state of Karnataka Her father Prakash Padukone is a retired badminton player of international repute and her mother is a travel agent Padukone also has a younger sister Anisha born on February Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore and completed her pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College Bangalore While in high school she played badminton at the state level However she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player While in college Padukone pursued a career in modeling 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 More Dabur Lal powder Close-Up toothpaste and Limca and has been brand ambassador for the Jewels of India retail jewellery show The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title Model of the Year Shortly afterward she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calend ar for and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards Female Model of the Year - Commercial Assignments and Fresh Face of the Year Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA br In addition she appeared in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song Naam Hai Tera In Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya opposite actor Upendra She later made a successful Bollywood debut in with Farah Khan's blockbuster Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan 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 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 August performed reasonably well at the box office Her next film Chandni Chowk To China released on January and was a critical and commercial disaster Padukone's fourth release Love Aaj Kal released on July and proved to be one of the biggest hits of br 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 In Deepika started writing weekly columns for HT City the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times These columns appear online on social network Desimartini In March Padukone began dating Ranbir Kapoor her co-star from the film Bachna Ae Haseeno The couple broke up in November