Deepika Padukone is celebrating her 37th birthday today. Let’s learn some of the lesser known facts about her.

Deepika was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, although her family relocated to Bangalore when she was only 11 months old.

She is the eldest daughter of badminton legend Prakash Padukone and has represented India in badminton at nationals.

The renowned actor and director Guru Dutt, born Vasanth Padukone, is related to her.

She was named 2005's ‘Kingfisher Model of the Year’ and appeared on the calendar.

Deepika made her cinematic debut with Kannada movie ‘Aishwarya’ in 2006.

TheSanjay Leela Bhansali film, ‘Saawariya,’ was supposed to be her big break.

Oddly enough, both ‘Saawariya’ and Deepika’s debut Hindi movie ‘Om Shanti Om’ were released on the same day (Nov 9th, 2007).

Her wax statue is in Madame Tussauds London.

After dating for six years, the actress finally tied the knot with Bollywood star Ranveer Singh.