Padukone was born to Ujjala & Prakash Padukone on January 5, 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Born into a family where the father is a badminton player, who has played at the international level for India while her mother was a travel agent, and a younger sister names Anisha, Deepika always had the spark in her to make it big in life. Since her childhood, she has received formal training in Bharatnatyam.

Her work on screen is new and she already is touted as the “The next rising star of Bollywood!” At the early stages of her modeling career, Deepika appeared in the Television Advertisements, and other promotional campaigns for consumer products like Liril Soap, Limca Food Products, and Close-Up Toothpaste. Her first stint with international success came when she was selected the cover girl face for Maybelline. 2006 saw her receive the very prestigious title of ‘model of the year’ after which she was chosen as one of the models in the KingFisher Swimsuit Calendar for 2006. This led her to be the brand ambassador of KingFisher Airlines and this opened the floodgates for her.

Her ravishing beauty and drop dead features gave here instant success. Offers started pouring in and Bollywood tried to cash in. Her first stint with cinema was in 2006, when she made her debut in the Kannada film, Aishwarya. Her first popular Bollywood film was Om Shanti Om opposite Sharrukh Khan for which she won accolades from all audiences and even bagged the best debut female award at the star screen awards.

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