Padma Lakshmi Bio

Padma Parvati Lakshmi (born September 1st, 1970) was born in Chennai. Lakshmi was two years old when her parents divorced. 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. Both her parents divorced and she was blessed with a younger halfbrother and half-sister of her father. Lakshmi's last name is associated with Hindu goddess, prosperity and wealth. She was born in New York and raised in Los Angeles. Her family visited her in India often throughout the year, and returned for several months. Padma Lakshmi first became interested in acting around the time of 29 in 1999. Her first movie role was in Figlio di Sandokan (an Italian pirate film). Then, she was a part in 'Caraibi’ (Pirates Blood Brothers), the drama about 17th century pirates. In 2001 she was also host of Italy's highest-rated television show, 'Domenica in. She was in a hilarious supporting role as disco-singing singer in a film called 'Glitter. Padma has a son, Krishna Thea Lakshmi Dell with Adam Dell. Adam Dell is a venture capitalist. Krishna was born in February 2010, on the 20th of February, 2010. Teddy Forstmann, who was the former CEO and chairman of IMG, is also her partner. Lakshmi is currently dating American venture capitalist Adam Dell and the pair have a daughter together, Krishna. Though she originally did not reveal the identity of the child's father a secret, Lakshmi later revealed him to be Dell. She said about her daughter that "everything is more enjoyable when they are around." "Anything from morning till night. I don't really have any attention span for anything else than her.