Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi is a New York-based Indian model and actress. She was born in 1970 in Madras, India. She is married to novelist Salman Rushdie. Her cookbook Easy Exotic was awarded Best First Book at the 1999 World Cookbook Awards at Versailles. She was host of the Food Network series, Padma's Passport which is part of the larger series, Melting Pot. She has also been a guest host on parts of the Biritsh culinary tourism show, Planet Food. She hosted the segments on India and Spain. Notable other television roles include a memorable cameo in ' as an imperious princess. It is rumoured that she also took part in a battle scene disguised as a reptilian. She was host of Domenica In, Italy's top-rated television show. She also starred in Glitter with Mariah Carey and Boom with Amitabh Bachchan.

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India - 1970 - Madras - Salman Rushdie - 1999 - Mariah Carey - Amitabh Bachchan

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