Deepika Padukone Biography

Deepika Padukone Biography



Deepika Padukone was born on January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark and grew up in Bangalore. She is the daughter of Prakash Padukone, an internationally renowned badminton player, and Ujjala Padukone, who is a travel agent.  When he was eleven months old, his family moved to Bangalore, India. She studied at Sophia High School, Bangalore and went to Mount Carmel College. Later she enrolled in the Indira Gandhi National Open University to obtain a degree in sociology, but then abandoned her due to programming conflicts with her modeling career.

Deepika Padukone debuted as an actor with a Kannada film, Aishwarya, in 2006, directed by Indrajit Lankesh. The film was a remake of the Telugu film Manmadhudu, and was chosen for the main role opposite actor Upendra. The film turned out to be a great commercial success. He made his Bollywood debut in 2007 with the hit film directed by Farah Khan, Om Shanti Om, along with Shahrukh Khan. She played a double role in the film and was nominated for both the Filmfare Award as Best Actress and the best female debut of the year. She has made her Hollywood debut with the movie XXX: Return of Xander Cage.

Personal profile
Full name: Deepika Padukone
Nickname: Deepi, Deepz
Date of birth: January 5, 1986.
Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Profession: actress, model.
Father's name: Prakash Padukone
Mother's name: Ujjala Padukone
Sister's name: Anisha Padukone
Marital status: single
Boyfriend: Ranbir Kapoor, Siddharth Mallya, Ranveer Singh
Religion: Hindu
Hometown: Benguluru, India
Sun sign: Capricorn
Ethnicity: Indian
Nationality: Indian
Debut Movie: Aishwarya (Kannada Movie)
Hobbies: Dancing, Reading books, playing badminton.
Salary: 13 million rupees per film (INR)
Net worth: $ 10 million.

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