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Deepika Padukone Biography

Deepika Padukone is an Indian film actress and model, primarily known for her work in Hindi language films of Bollywood. Born to badminton player Prakash Padukone, she eschewed a career in sport to pursue a full-time career in film.

Born: January 5, 1986, Copenhagen, Denmark

Height: 1.74 m

Siblings: Anisha Padukone

Parents: Ujjala Padukone, Prakash Padukone

Stage performances

In 2010, Padukone performed at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai in the opening ceremony of the third season of cricket's Indian Premier League, which also showed an appearance by Lionel Richie. In 2013, Padukone once again performed at the opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (sixth season), this time at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata. She performed alongside Shahrukh Khan and Katrina Kaif, with international rapper Pitbull also making an appearance. In addition to these acts, Padukone has also performed at various award functions, including the Filmfare awards (2008, 2010 and 2012) and Zee Cine awards (2013)

Deepika Padukone Philanthropy

In 2009, Padukone participated in the Sunfeast World 10K Bangalore, where her involvement (she was also the face of the event) contributed to 1.31 crore (US$230,000) being raised for charity, helping support 81 NGO's. The following year, Padukone adopted the Maharashtrian village Ambegaon as part of the Greenathon Campaign, to provide it with a regular supply of electricity.

Deepika Padukone In the media

In addition to acting, Padukone is also the brand ambassador of prominent brands such as Fiama Di Wills, Tissot, Sony Cybershot,Yamaha, Nescafe, Garnier, Wrigley's Orbit, Luxor and Vogue Eyewear, among others. Furthermore, she has also previously endorsed for Kingfisher Airlines, Levi Strauss jeans, BSNL and Neutrogena.

In 2009, Padukone started writing weekly columns for HT City, the lifestyle supplement of Hindustan Times. These columns appear online on social network, Desimartini.

Padukone has appeared on the cover of many Indian editions of magazines, including Vogue, Grazia, GQ and Maxim. She also walked the red carpet at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

On November 2010, she appeared on Koffee With Karan, a popular chat show along with Sonam Kapoor. Her comments on ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor led to a lot of controversy among Bollywood inner-circles.