Deepika Padukone

**Deepika Padukone** (; born 5 January 1986) is a Indian movie actress and model. She is one of the highest-paid Indian celebrities; she has established a career in Bollywood movies, and is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards. Times named her 100 most influential people in the world in the year 2018.

## Early life

Deepika Padukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Konkani-speaking parents. Her father, Prakash, is a former badminton player of international repute, and her mother, Ujjala, is a travel agent. Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer. Her paternal grandfather, Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association. The family relocated to Bangalore, India, when Padukone was a year old. She was educated at Bangalore's Sophia High School, and completed her pre-university education at Mount Carmel College. She subsequently enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University for a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, but later quit it due to scheduling conflicts with her modelling career.

## Career

Padukone's first screen appearance was in Himesh Reshammiya's music video "Naam Hai Tera" in 2005. Padukone made her film debut by playing the titular protagonist in the Kannada film  _Aishwarya_ (2006). Her first Hindi film release came the following year with Farah Khan's melodrama _Om Shanti Om_, in which she played dual roles opposite Shah Rukh Khan. For her performance, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and also received a Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. Her sole film role in 2008 was as one of Ranbir Kapoor's love interests in _Bachna Ae Haseeno_.

Padukone's first film release of 2009, the kung fu comedy  _Chandni Chowk to China_ opposite Akshay Kumar, proved to be a box office flop. However, her next release, Imtiaz Ali's romance _Love Aaj Kal_ grossed  worldwide, and garnered her a second Best Actress nomination at Filmfare. Padukone had five film releases in 2010. Her second comedy film in that year, _Housefull_ was a commercial success, though her other four releases (_Karthik Calling Karthik_, _Lafangey Parindey_, _Break Ke Baad_, and _Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey_)  that year failed at the box office. The series of poorly received films continued with both her 2011 releases, the drama _Aarakshan_ and the comedy _Desi Boyz_.

The role of an impulsive party-girl in Homi Adajania's _Cocktail_ (2012) proved to be a breakthrough for Padukone. Critics praised her performance and she received several acting nominations for it. The year 2013 was key for Padukone; three of her four releases that year earned over  in India. Among these were two of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all timethe romantic comedy _Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani_ and the action-comedy _Chennai Express_. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for portraying Leela, a character based on Juliet, in _Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela_ (2013). In 2014, Padukone appeared in _Kochadaiiyaan_, an animation film in Tamil, which was shot using motion capture technology. Also that year, she played a young widow in Adajania's _Finding Fanny_ and a bar dancer in the ensemble heist film _Happy New Year_. The following year, Padukone starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan in Shoojit Sircar's critically acclaimed comedy-drama _Piku_ (2015).

## Films

|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Director(s)|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
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|2006|Aishwarya||Kannada film|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2007|Shantipriya / Sandy||Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2008|Gayatri|||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2009|Sakhi / Meow Meow|||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2009|Herself|Priyadarshan|Special appearance in song "Love Mera Hit Hit"|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2009|||Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2009|Raina||Special appearance|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2010||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2010|Sandy|||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2010||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2010||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2010||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2011|Unnamed||Special appearance in song "Dum Maaro Dum Mit Jaaye Gham"|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2011||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2011||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2012|||Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2013|Elena|Abbas–Mustan||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2013|Herself|Multiple|Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies"|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2013||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2013|Azhagusundaram||Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2013|Leela||Filmfare Award for Best Actress|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2014|Princess Vadhana||Tamil film Animation film|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2014|Angie||English language film|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2014||||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2015|Herself||Short film|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2015|Piku Banerjee|||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2015|||Post-production|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2015|Mastani||Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2017|Serena Unger||American film|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2017|||Special appearance in song "Raabta"|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2018|Rani Padmavati|||style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2018|Herself||Special appearance|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2020|Malti|Meghna Gulzar||||||||||

## Music video appearances

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|2005|Unnamed|Himesh Reshammiya|_Aap Kaa Surroor_|style="text-align: center;"||||||||
|2010|Herself|Various||style="text-align: center;"||||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Deepika Padukone
- **image**: Deepika Padukone Cannes 2018 (cropped).jpg
- **alt**: Deepika Padukone is seen smiling at the camera
- **caption**: Padukone at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
- **birth place**: Copenhagen, Denmark
- **yearsactive**: 2005–present
- **works**: Deepika Padukone filmographyFull list
- **father**: Prakash Padukone
- **awards**: List of awards and nominations received by Deepika PadukoneFull list