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Deepika Padukone is an Indian film actress. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in India and is cited in the media as one of the nation’s most popular and attractive personalities. Padukone has established a career in Hindi films, and is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards.

She soon received offers for film roles, and made her acting debut in 2006 as the title character of the Kannada film Aishwarya. Padukone then played a dual role in her first Bollywood release-the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om-and won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Padukone received praise for portraying the lead female roles in the romance Love Aaj Kal (2009) and the drama Lafangey Parindey (2010), but her performances in the romance Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) and the comedy Housefull (2010) were met with negative reviews.

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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.


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 modeling career.


Describing her daily routine in a 2012 interview, Padukone said, I would wake up at five in the morning, go for physical training, go to school, again go for playing badminton, finish my homework and go to sleep.

 In the tenth grade, she changed focus and decided to become a fashion model. She later explained, ‘I realised that I was playing the game only because it ran in the family. So, I asked my father if I could give up the game and he wasn’t upset at all.’

Early in her career, Padukone gained recognition with a television commercial for the soap Liril, and modeled for various other brands and products.

In 2005, she made her runway debut at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Suneet Varma, and won the ‘Model of the Year’ award at the Kingfisher Fashion Awards.


At the age of 21, Padukone relocated to Mumbai and stayed at her aunt’s home. That year, she gained wider recognition by featuring in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya’s song ‘Naam Hai Tera.’


In an interview for The Indian Express, Padukone said that her starring role in the 2012 Homi Adajania-directed romantic comedy Cocktail marked a significant turning point in her career.