Padma Lakshmi Bio
Padma Parvati Lakshmi was born on September 1, 1970, in Chennai, India. Her parents divorced at the age two. To avoid the stigma associated with divorce in India, her mother moved to the United States. Lakshmi stayed with her grandparents from Chennai for two years prior to moving to the United States. Her parents later remarried and she also has a younger half-brother as well as a half-sister on her father's side. Lakshmi is a woman who shares her last name with the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, grew up first in New York and then in Los Angeles with her mother and stepfather. Her family visited her in India often throughout the year, and then returned for several months. Padma Lakshmi first became interested in acting around the time of 1999. Her first movie role was in Figlio di Sandokan (an Italian pirate film). Next she was given the role of "Caraibi" (Pirates: Blood Brothers) that is a drama about 17th-century pirates. Also, she hosted Italy's top-rated