Deepika Padukone Born January 5, 1986 (1986-01-05) (age 23)Copenhagen, Denmark Occupation Model, Actress Years active 2004–present Spouse(s) None [show]Awards won Filmfare Awards Best Female Debut2008: Om Shanti OmFace of the Year2008: Om Shanti Om Deepika Padukone (Kannada / Konki ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ; born January 5, 1986) is an Indian model turned actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Contents Early life and background Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, India, when she was only eleven months old.[1] Her parents areChitrapur Saraswat Brahmins who speak Konkani at home and hail from Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka, India.Her father, Prakash Padukone, was a badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha, born in 1991. Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore. She completed her Pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore, India While in high school she played badminton at the state level like her father and was a member of her father's badminton club. However, she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player and abandoned it to concentrate on her ICSE exams. Career Modeling While in college, Padukone pursued a career in modeling. Over the years, she has modeled for such Indian brand names such as Liril Dabur Lal powder, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, and "brand ambassador" for the Jewels of India retail jewelery show.[citation needed] The cosmetics company Maybelline made her its international spokesperson.[citation needed] At the fifth annual Kingfisher Fashion Awards she was awarded the title "Model of the Year".[citation needed] Shortly afterward, she was chosen as one of the models for the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calender for 2006 and won two trophies at the Idea Zee Fashion Awards: "Female Model of the Year - (Commercial Assignments)" and "Fresh Face of the Year".[citation needed] Padukone was also chosen as the brand ambassador of Kingfisher Airlines and later Levi Strauss and Tissot SA Acting After pursuing a successful career in modeling, Padukone branched out into acting. She started by starring in the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya. In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya starring opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan s international hit Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan The film featured her portraying 1970s star Shantipriya and later as Sandhya aka Sandy, a young woman who looks exactly like Shantipriya. Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Taran Adarsh from indiaFMnoted, "Deepika has all it takes to be a top star — the personality, the looks and yes, she's supremely talented too. Standing in the same frame as SRK and getting it right is no small achievement. She comes as a whiff of fresh air! Padukone next appeared in Siddharth Anand's Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) opposite Ranbir Kapoor and then the Warner Bro.s Sippy collaboration, Chandni Chowk to China, which released on January 16, 2009. As of January 2009, she is working on Imtiaz Ali s Love Aaj Kalopposite Saif Ali Khan Personal Life Padukone is currently dating actor Ranbir Kapoor whom she co-stared with in the movie Bachna (2008) Awards and nominations Filmfare Awards Winner 2008: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award; Om Shanti Om 2008: Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year Award; Om Shanti Om Nominated 2008: Filmfare Best Actress Award; Om Shanti Om Star Screen Awards Winner 2008: Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female Om Shanti Om 2008: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan; Om Shanti Om Zee Cine Awards Winner 2008: Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut Om Shanti Om Nominated 2008: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor - Female Om Shanti Om IIFA Awards Winner 2008: IIFA Awards' Best Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om Nominated 2008: IIFA Best Actress Award Om Shanti Om Stardust Awards Nominated 2008: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female Om Shanti Om Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards Winner 2008: Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards' Best Female Debut; Om Shanti Om Asian Film Awards Nominated 2008: Asian Film Awards' Best Actress; Om Shanti Om 2009: Asian Film Awards'Actress; Chandni Chowk to China Other Awards 2007: Star's Sabsey Favourite, Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine; Om Shanti Om 2007: HT Café Film Awards, Best Newcomer Award (Female); Om Shanti Om 2008: Reebok Zoom Glam Awards, Glam Debutant (Female); Om Shanti Om 2008: Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Breakthrough Role (Female); Om Shanti Om Filmography Year Film Role Other notes 2006 Aishwarya Aishwarya Kannada film 2007 Om Shanti Om Shantipriya/Sandhya (Sandy) Double-Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award &Sony Head N Shoulders Fresh Face of the Year.Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award 2008 Bachna Ae Haseeno Gayatri 2009 Chandni Chowk to China Sakhi (Ms.TSM)/Suzy (Meow Meow) Double role Billu Herself Special appearance in song Love Mera Hit Hit Love Aaj Kal Meera Filming