Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone is one of the top rated who turned actress and who has gained international fame & recognition.Deepika Padukone was born on January 5, 1986, in Copenhagen Denmark to Prakash Padukone and international badminton player and Ujjala Padukone. Her father is a very 

famous former badminton player. She has a younger sister, Anisha, who is a professional golfer.When Deepika was a year old her family shifted to India and settled in Bangalore. Deepika completed her schooling from Sophia High School and later Mount Carmel College for pre-university education. She had enrolled at IGNOU for a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology but quit it in order to pursue the modelling career.While she was growing up, she was completed focused on badminton at one point of time and played competitively from a young age.

Deepika aimed to be a World-class badminton player, like her father Prakash Padukone. However, her ambition for a sporting career soon faded when she found her real calling as a model.It was only natural for Deepika to take the next leap and start her career as an actor. Where Kannada film ‘Aishwariya’ marked her debut as an actor, her first Hindi film was 'Om Shanti Om', which catapulted her to limelight. Over the years, she has established herself among the top actresses of Hindi cinema by giving some brilliant performances in movies, such as ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’, ‘Piku’ ,‘Bajirao Mastani’ , "Chennai Express" and "Padmavat". She has also acted into the Hollywood with the action film ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’. Currently, she is amongst the highest-paid actress in the world.