Deepika
Padukone was born on 5 January 1986 in Copenhagen,
Denmark, to Konkani-speaking
parents. Her father, Prakash,
is a former badminton player of international repute, and her mother, Ujjala,
is a travel agent. Her younger sister, Anisha, is a golfer.
Padukone
has admitted to being socially awkward as a child, and did not have many
friends. The focus of her life was badminton, which she played competitively
from a young age. Deepika woke up at five in the morning, go for physical
training, go to school, again go for playing badminton. 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. 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.In 2004, she began a full-time career
as a model under the tutelage of Prasad.
Early
in her career, Padukone gained recognition with a television commercial for the
soap liril, and modelled for various other brands and products .Padukone soon
began to receive offers for film roles. Believing herself to be too
inexperienced as an actor, she instead enrolled for a course at Anupam Kher's film academy.
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