Deepika Padukone

Biography

Deepika Padukone (Hindi: दीपिका पडुकोण - [diːpɪkaː ˈpəɖʊkoːɳ]; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to Badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.^[1]

Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film Aishwarya. The following year, she made her Hindi film debut in the blockbuster Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan, which earned her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. It also remains her biggest commercial success so far. She subsequently appeared in films such as Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Housefull (2010). While the former earned her a Filmfare nomination in the Best Actress category, the latter emerged as a commercial success.^[2]

In addition to acting, Padukone is also the ambassador of prominent brands such as Tissot, Sony Cybershot, Nescafe and Kingfisher Airlines.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Aishwarya	Aishwarya	Kannada film
2007	Om Shanti Om	Shantipriya/ Sandhya (Sandy)	Filmfare Best Female Debut Award Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award Nominated—Filmfare Best Actress Award
2008	Bachna Ae Haseeno	Gayatri
2009	Chandni Chowk to China	Sakhi (Ms. TSM)/ Meow Meow (Suzy)
2009	Billu	Herself	Special appearance in the song "Love Mera Hit Hit"
2009	Love Aaj Kal	Meera Pandit	Nominated—Filmfare Best Actress Award
2009	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Raina Khan	Special appearance
2009	Love 4 Ever	Herself	Special appearance (item number) Telugu film
2010	Karthik Calling Karthik	Shonali Mukherjee
2010	Housefull	Sandy
2010	Lafangey Parindey	Pinky Palkar
2010	Break Ke Baad	Aaliya Khan
2010	Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey	Kalpana Datta
2011	Dum Maro Dum	Herself	Special appearance in the song "Mit Jaaye Gum (Dum Maaro Dum)"
2011	Aarakshan	Poorbi Anand
2011	Desi Boyz	Radhika Awasthi	Releasing on 25 November 2011
2012	Cocktail		Filming
2012	Rana		Filming Tamil film