Deepika Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone.
Deepika Padukone was born to Ujjala and Prakash Padukone. Her father Prakash Padukone is a badminton player of international repute, while her mother is a travel agent.
Her parents hail from the Padukone village in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka. Her family moved to Bangalore from Denmark when she was only 11 months old.
Deepika Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore.
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 because of her ICSE exams.
She completed her studies from Mount Carmel College.