Padma Lakshmi Bio

Padma Parvati Lakshmi was born on September 1, 1970, in Chennai, India. Lakshmi lost her parents at the age of 2 years old. Her mother moved to America in order to avoid the guilt of divorce in India. Lakshmi stayed with her grandparents from Chennai for two years prior to moving to the United States. Both of her parents later remarried and she also has a younger half-brother and half-sister on her father's side. Lakshmi who's last name is the Hindu goddess of prosperity, wealth and success was born in New York. She then was raised by her mother and stepfather in Los Angeles. She went back to India for a few months every year to visit family. Padma Lakshmi started acting in 1999. The first film she acted in was "Figlio of Sandokan", a movie about the life of an Italian pirate. Next, she appeared in "Caraibi", a drama about 17th Century pirates. In 2001, she played an amusing part in the American film 'Glitter in which she was a disco-singing singer. Padma is married to Adam Dell, a venture capitalist and mother of a daughter, Krishna Thea Lakshmi Dell. Krishna was born on the 20th of February 2010, at the age of 20. Teddy Forstmann was her ex-chairman. He is now the CEO of IMG. Lakshmi has a son with American venture capitalist Adam Dell. Lakshmi revealed that her baby's father is Dell. She claimed that it's better to be with her daughter. "Anything from the start of the day until the end. I don’t have much desire for anyone else then her.