Deepika Padukone Educational Qualification, Age, Height, Weight, Career, Affairs and Biography

A headshot of Deepika Padukone looking away from the camera
Padukone at the 2018 India Open
Deepika Padukone (pronounced [d̪iːpɪkaː pəɖʊkoːɳ]; born 5 January 1986) is an Indian film actress. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, Padukone is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards. She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities.
Padukone, the daughter of the badminton player Prakash Padukone, was born in Copenhagen and raised in Bangalore. As a teenager, she played badminton in national level championships but left her career in the sport to become a fashion model. She soon received offers for film roles and made her acting debut in 2006 as the title character of the Kannada film Aishwarya. Padukone then played a dual role in her first Bollywood release, the romance Om Shanti Om (2007), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Padukone received praise for portraying the lead roles in the romance Love Aaj Kal(2009) and the drama Lafangey Parindey (2010), but her performances in the romance Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) and the comedy Housefull (2010) were met with negative reviews.
The romantic comedy Cocktail (2012) marked a turning point in Padukone's career, earning her praise and Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies. She established herself with starring roles in the romantic comedies Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) and Chennai Express (2013), the heist comedy Happy New Year (2014), and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period dramas Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018), all of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. Padukone's acclaimed portrayal of a character based on Juliet in Bhansali's tragic romance Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) and a headstrong architect in the comedy-drama Piku (2015) earned her two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. Her first project in Hollywood came with the action film xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).
Alongside her acting career, Padukone participates in stage shows, has written columns for an Indian newspaper, is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products, and is vocal about issues such as feminism and depression. She has designed her own line of clothing for women and is the founder of The Live Love Laugh Foundation, which creates awareness on mental health in India.

Early life and modelling career

Padukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Konkani-speaking parents.[1][2] Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a former badminton player of international repute, and her mother, Ujjala, is a travel agent.[3] Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer.[4] Her paternal grandfather, Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association.[5] The family relocated to Bangalore, India when Padukone was a year old.[6] She was educated at Bangalore's Sophia High Schooland completed her pre-university education at Mount Carmel College.[7] She subsequently enrolled at the Indira Gandhi National Open University for a Bachelor of Artsdegree in sociology but later quit it due to scheduling conflicts with her modelling career.[6][8]
Deepika Padukone is posing with her father, mother, and sister
Padukone with her parents and sister at the 59th Filmfare Awards in 2014
Padukone has admitted to being socially awkward as a child and did not have many friends.[6] The focus of her life was badminton, which she played competitively from a young age. Describing her daily routine in a 2012 interview, Padukone said, "I would wake up at five in the morning, go for physical training, go to school, again go for playing badminton, finish my homework, and go to sleep."[6] Padukone continued to pursue a career in badminton throughout her school years and played the sport in national level championships. She also played baseball in a few state level tournaments.[9] While concentrating on her education and sporting career, Padukone also worked as a child model, first appearing in a couple of advertising campaigns at the age of eight.[10] In the tenth grade, she changed focus and decided to become a fashion model. She later explained, "I realised that I was playing the game only because it ran in the family. So, I asked my father if I could give up the game and he wasn't upset at all."[11] In 2004, she began a full-time career as a model under the tutelage of Prasad Bidapa.[11][12]
Early in her career, Padukone gained recognition with a television commercial for the soap Liril and modelled for various other brands and products.[13][14] In 2005, she made her runway debut at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Suneet Varma and won the "Model of the Year" award at the Kingfisher Fashion Awards.[15][16] Padukone's fame increased when she appeared in a highly popular print campaign for the 2006 Kingfisher Calendar;[17]the designer Wendell Rodricks commented, "Since Aishwarya Rai, we haven't had a girl as beautiful and fresh."[18] Rodricks had spotted her at a Ganjam jewellery class he was teaching and signed her up with the Matrix agency.[19] At the age of 21, Padukone relocated to Mumbai and stayed at her aunt's home.[6] That year, she gained wider recognition by featuring in the music video for Himesh Reshammiya's song "Naam Hai Tera."[20]
Padukone soon began to receive offers for film roles.[21] Believing herself to be too inexperienced as an actor, she instead enrolled for a course at Anupam Kher's film academy.[22] Following much media speculation, the director Farah Khan, who had noticed her in Reshammiya's music video, made the decision to cast her for a role in Happy New Year.[6][17]
Full name: – Deepika Prakash Padukone
Date of Birth: – January 5, 1986
Birthplace: – Denmark
Father: – Prakash Padukone
Mother: – Ujala
Deepika played Badminton at the National Level Championship in adolescence but separated from the play and she made her career in modeling. Shortly after starting modeling , she received many offers of films in 2006, she started her film career with Kannada film Aishwarya.
Later Deepika Padukone played her double role in Shah Rukh Khan Bollywood film, Om Shanti Om (2007), and won  a Filmfare Award in Best Debut Female category for her performance in this. Her acting was praised in the main role of the film, “Aaj Kal” (2009), and she was highly appreciated in the theatrical film Lafange Parnde (2010), but her romance with Akshay Kumar  came in to light  during the film Bachana Ai Haseeno (2008). She had to face negative feedback in the Comedy film Housefull (2010).
But the 2012 film Cocktail proved to be a turning point for Deepika’s career, her role was highly appreciated in the film, as well as her name being directed for the award and Best Actress for many films.
Later, she played the lead actress in the movie  Ye Jawani hai Diwani (2013), Chennai Express (2013) and Happy New Year (2014) and in the romantic movie Bajirao Mastani (2015), who demolished all Bollywood records.
Along with this, Deepika also did her best with Amitabh Bachchan in the film Ram-Leela (2013) and Peeku (2015), in which she received two best Actress Filmfare Awards.
In addition to the film career, Deepika also participates in the stage show, also gives articles in Indian newspapers and also promotes various brands and products. In 2013, she started the range of clothes for women themselves and in 2015 she established the organization “Live Love Laugh” which aims to make India mentally healthy.

Deepika Padukone Educational Qualification

Deepika’s early education has been done by Sophia High School in Bangalore, after which she completed her BA in Sociology from Mount Carmel College. She was admitted to the Indira Gandhi National Open University for a degree, but due to her career in modeling she left it.

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