Lakshmi launched a modeling career during a stint as an exchange student in Spain, where a scout spotted her in a café. She later landed featured roles in television and film, starring opposite Mariah Carey in Glitter (2001) and playing the Egyptian princess who discovers the infant Moses in the ABC miniseries "The Ten Commandments" (2006).
Best known as the Emmy-nominated host of the cutthroat culinary competition "Top Chef," Lakshmi has also written several cookbooks. She was briefly wed to author Salman Rushdie, who used her as the model for a character in his novel Fury.
Top ChefBravo's Emmy-winning reality series documents the tantrums and friendships that erupt in the kitchen when a group of aggressive "cheftestants" cook their hearts out in a heated competition to be crowned Top Chef. Host Padma Lakshmi and mentor Tom Colicchio join the brightest stars of the culinary... Read More
Pirates: Blood BrothersTwo brothers act out a lifelong grudge on opposite sides of the law in this swashbuckling adventure. Born into a noble family, Ferrante (Nicholas Rogers) and Ippolito (Paolo Seganti) both love the same woman. When she's accidentally killed, the two can't forgive each other and part ways. Years... Read More
The Ten Commandments (2006) | NR | |
NR | ||
Top Chef (2006) | TV-14 | |
The Mistress of Spices (2005) | PG-13 | |
Boom (2003) | NR | |
Glitter (2001) | PG-13 | |
Pirates: Blood Brothers (1999) | R | |
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