Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone (pronounced [d̪iːpɪkaː pəɖʊkoːɳ]; born 5 January 1986) is a Indian movie actress and model. She is one of the highest-paid Indian celebrities; she has established a career in Bollywood movies, and is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards.^[1] She has been married to Ranveer Singh since 2018.

Deepika Padukone
Padukone at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 (age 39) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupations	Actress film producer
Years active	2005–present
Works	Full list
Spouse	Ranveer Singh ​ (m. 2018)​
Father	Prakash Padukone
Awards	Full list
Website	deepikapadukone.com

Early life

Deepika Padukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Konkani-speaking parents.^[2][3] Her father, Prakash, is a former badminton player of international repute, and her mother, Ujjala, is a travel agent.^[4] Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer.^[5] Her paternal grandfather, Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association.^[6] The family relocated to Bangalore, India, when Padukone was a year old.^[7] She was educated at Bangalore's Sophia High School, and completed her pre-university education at Mount Carmel College.^[8] She subsequently enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University for a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, but later quit it due to scheduling conflicts with her modelling career.^[7][9]

Career

Padukone's first screen appearance was in Himesh Reshammiya's music video "Naam Hai Tera" in 2005.^[10] Padukone made her film debut by playing the titular protagonist in the Kannada film Aishwarya (2006).^[11] Her first Hindi film release came the following year with Farah Khan's melodrama Om Shanti Om, in which she played dual roles opposite Shah Rukh Khan.^[12] For her performance, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and also received a Best Actress nomination at the same ceremony. Her sole film role in 2008 was as one of Ranbir Kapoor's love interests in Bachna Ae Haseeno.^[13]

Padukone's first film release of 2009, the kung fu comedy Chandni Chowk to China opposite Akshay Kumar, proved to be a box office flop.^[14][15] However, her next release, Imtiaz Ali's romance Love Aaj Kal grossed ₹1.2 billion (US$16 million) worldwide,^[16] and garnered her a second Best Actress nomination at Filmfare.^[17] Padukone had five film releases in 2010. Her second comedy film in that year, Housefull was a commercial success,^[16] though her other four releases (Karthik Calling Karthik, Lafangey Parindey, Break Ke Baad, and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey) that year failed at the box office.^[18] The series of poorly received films continued with both her 2011 releases, the drama Aarakshan and the comedy Desi Boyz.^[19]

The role of an impulsive party-girl in Homi Adajania's Cocktail (2012) proved to be a breakthrough for Padukone.^[19][20] Critics praised her performance and she received several acting nominations for it.^[21][22] The year 2013 was key for Padukone; three of her four releases that year earned over ₹1 billion (US$13 million) in India.^[23] Among these were two of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time—the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and the action-comedy Chennai Express.^[24][25] She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for portraying Leela, a character based on Juliet, in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013).^[26][27][28] In 2014, Padukone appeared in Kochadaiiyaan, an animation film in Tamil, which was shot using motion capture technology.^[29] Also that year, she played a young widow in Adajania's Finding Fanny and a bar dancer in the ensemble heist film Happy New Year.^[30][31] The following year, Padukone starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan in Shoojit Sircar's critically acclaimed comedy-drama Piku (2015).^[32][33]

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Title	Year	Role	Director(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
Aishwarya	2006	Aishwarya	Indrajit Lankesh	Kannada film	[11]
Om Shanti Om	2007	Shantipriya / Sandy[a]	Farah Khan	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[35] [36] [37]
Bachna Ae Haseeno	2008	Gayatri	Siddharth Anand		[38]
Chandni Chowk to China	2009	Sakhi / Meow Meow[a]	Nikhil Advani		[39]
Billu	2009	Herself	Priyadarshan	Special appearance in song "Love Mera Hit Hit"	[40] [41]
Love Aaj Kal	2009	Meera Pandit	Imtiaz Ali	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[17] [42]
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	2009	Raina	Prem Soni	Special appearance	[43]
Karthik Calling Karthik	2010	Shonali Mukherjee	Vijay Lalwani		[44]
Housefull	2010	Sandy	Sajid Khan		[45]
Lafangey Parindey	2010	Pinky Palkar	Pradeep Sarkar		[46]
Break Ke Baad	2010	Aaliya Khan	Danish Aslam		[47]
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey	2010	Kalpana Datta	Ashutosh Gowariker		[48]
Dum Maaro Dum	2011	Unnamed	Rohan Sippy	Special appearance in song "Dum Maaro Dum Mit Jaaye Gham"	[49]
Aarakshan	2011	Poorbi Anand	Prakash Jha		[50]
Desi Boyz	2011	Radhika Awasthi	Rohit Dhawan		[51]
Cocktail	2012	Veronica Malaney	Homi Adajania	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[22] [52]
Race 2	2013	Elena	Abbas–Mustan		[53]
Bombay Talkies	2013	Herself	Multiple[b]	Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies"	[55]
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	2013	Naina Talwar	Ayan Mukerji		[56] [57]
Chennai Express	2013	Meenalochani Azhagusundaram	Rohit Shetty	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[58] [59]
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela	2013	Leela	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[26] [60]
Kochadaiiyaan	2014	Princess Vadhana	Soundarya R. Ashwin	Tamil film Animation film	[29]
Finding Fanny	2014	Angie	Homi Adajania	English language film	[30]
Happy New Year	2014	Mohini Joshi	Farah Khan		[61]
My Choice	2015	Herself	Homi Adajania	Short film	[62]
Piku	2015	Piku Banerjee	Shoojit Sircar		[63]
Tamasha	2015	Tara Maheshwari	Imtiaz Ali	Post-production	[64] [65]
Bajirao Mastani	2015	Mastani	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[65] [66] [67]
xXx:Return of Xander Cage	2017	Serena Unger	D. J. Caruso	American film	[68]
Raabta	2017	—	Dinesh Vijan	Special appearance in song "Raabta"	[69]
Padmaavat	2018	Rani Padmavati	Sanjay Leela Bhansali		[70]
Zero †	2018	Herself	Anand L Rai	Special appearance	[71]
chhapaak	2020	Malti	Meghna Gulzar

Music video appearances

Title	Year	Role	Performer(s)	Album	Ref(s)
"Naam Hai Tera"	2005	Unnamed	Himesh Reshammiya	Aap Kaa Surroor	[10] [72]
"Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara"	2010	Herself	Various	—	[73]

Notes

1. Padukone played dual roles in the film.^[34]
2. Bombay Talkies consisted of four short films, directed by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar.^[54]