Deepika Padukone's Profile

Date of Birth: January 5, 1986
Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'9"
City: Copenhagen, Denmark
Country: India
Mother: Ujjala - travel agent
Father: ex-badminton player Prakash Padukone
Siblings: younger sister Anisha
Education: Sophia's High School, Bangalore and she did her undergraduate studies from Mount Carmel College
Marital status: single
Sport: basketball, tennis, throw ball and baseball
Favorite style: For formal wear, it would be western-formal or the Indian sari. But on a day-to-day it's a mix of salwar and western casuals - jeans and t-shirt
Hobbies: Music, eating, sleeping, watching movies
Favourite actor: Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan
Favourite actress: Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen
Occupation: fashion model / bollywood actress
Debut Film: kannada film Aishwarya and bollywood blockbuster Om Shanti Om
Languages: tulu, kannada, hindi, english
Acting Coach: Anupam Kher
Favorite Movies: Dil & Devdas
Favorite Book: Little Women & 'The Kite Runner' by Khalid Hosseini
Favorite Holiday Spot: The French Riviera
Favorite Cuisine: Thai
Favorite Drink: Nimbu Panni
Favorite Perfume: Escada
Favorite Outfit: Saree
Favorite Fashion Designer: Manish Malhotra and Tarun Tahiliani
Favorite Fashion Choreographer: Alison Kanuga
Favorite Fashion Photographer: Atul Kasbekar
Residence: Mumbai in Bandra, just bought her own house in 2007

About Deepika

Early career

Born to Ujjala & Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark, her family moved to Bangalore when she was only eleven months old. Her mother is a travel agent while her father, a badminton player, played at the international level for India and won the All England Championship in 1980. She also has a younger sister named Anisha. Padukone has received formal training in Bharatnatyam dancing.

Padukone attended Sophia's High School in Bangalore and later did her undergraduate studies from Mount Carmel College. While in high school, she played badminton at the state level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club. Unlike her father, she wasn't keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and left it because of her board exams.