Deepika
Padukone- born January 5, 1986 is an Indian supermodel turned actress
who appears in Bollywood movies.BiographyPadukone was born to Ujjala and
Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family
moved to Bangalore when she was only eleven months old. Her father
Prakash Padukone is a badminton player of international repute, while
her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister named
Anisha and is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer.Padukone attended Sophia
High School in Bangalore. She completed her ICSE studies from Mount
Carmel College. While in high school she played badminton at the state
level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club.
However, she wasn't keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and
abandoned it because of her ICSE exams.CareerModellingWhile pursuing her
studies in college, she decided to pursue a career in modelling due to
her tall slender figure. Over the years, she has modeled for famous
Indian brand names like Liril, Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and
Limca. She received many prestigious modeling offers, which included
her becoming the brand ambassadorship of the Jewels of India. Padukone
hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new
international cover-girl face.At the 5th annual Kingfisher Fashion
Awards she was awarded the title of Model of the Year. Shortly
afterwards, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher
Swimsuit Calendar for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion
Awards, Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments) and Fresh
Face of the Year, later that year. Padukone was also chosen as the brand
ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and most recently Levi Strauss and
Tissot SA.[edit] ActingAfter pursuing a successful career in modeling,
Padukone branched out a career into acting. She started by starring in
the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop
album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya.In 2006, Padukone made her
cinematic debut in the Kannada film, Aishwarya staring opposite actor
Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah
Khan's Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film went on to become
the biggest hit of the year, both in India and abroad. The film featured
her portraying Shantipriya - a 1970s superstar, and later as Sandy - a
contemporary teenager. 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 is currently working on Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae
Haseenon opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Nikhil Advani's Chandni Chowk To
China opposite Akshay Kumar.Awards & nominationsFilmfare
AwardsWinner2008: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award; Om Shanti Om2008:
Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award; Om Shanti
OmNominated2008: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Om Shanti Om[Star Screen
AwardsWinner2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer -
Female; Om Shanti Om2008: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with
Shahrukh Khan; Om Shanti Om Zee Cine AwardsWinner2008: Zee Cine Award
for Best Female Debut; Om Shanti OmNominated2008: Zee Cine Award for
Best Actor - Female; Om Shanti OmStardust AwardsNominated2008: Stardust
Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Om Shanti OmApsara Film & Television
Producers Guild AwardsWinner2008: Apsara Film & Television
Producers Guild Awards' Best Female Debut; Om Shanti OmOther Awards2007:
Star's Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine; Om
Shanti Om2007: HT Café Film Awards, Best Newcomer Award (Female); Om
Shanti Om2008: Reebok Zoom Glam Awards, Glam Debutant (Female); Om
Shanti Om2008: Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Breakthrough
Role (Female); Om Shanti Om, bachna ye hasino
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