Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress, former Miss World, model, singer and film producer. She is one of the most popular and highest-paid entertainers of India. She has received several awards and accolades for her work. There are an immense of interesting things to know about Priyanka Chopra and here are the details:
Priyanka Chopra Early Life:
Priyanka Chopra was born in Jamshedpur, Bihar on 18 July 1982. Her parents Ashok and Madhu Chopra were both physicians in the Indian Army. She belongs to a Punjabi Hindu family from Ambala. Priyanka has a younger brother Siddharth and many Bollywood actresses are her cousins including Parineeti Chopra, Meera Chopra, and Mannara Chopra.
Due to her parents job in Army, they were posted to many places in India and this led Priyanka to seek education in various schools. He received his education from La Martiniere Girls’ School in Lucknow and St. Maria Goretti College in Bareilly.
When she was 13 years old, she moved to the United States of America to study and stayed there with her aunt. While studying in the United States, she participated in various theatre productions and also studied Western classical music as well as choral singing. After spending three years in the US, she moved to India and completed her high-school education at the Army Public School located in Bareilly.
During this time, she appeared in a local May Queen beauty pageant and she won. His mother allowed her in the Femina Miss India contest of 2000 and she came second and later won the title Femina Miss India World 2000. She also won the titles of Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty—Asia & Oceania at the Millennium Dome in London on 30 November 2000. After winning Miss World and Miss India crows, she enrolled in college but quit because Miss World and Miss India titles gave her huge recognition. Eventually, she starts receiving roles in movies.
Priyanka Chopra’s Personal Life:
Priyanka Chopra and Jonas got engaged in August 2018 and married at Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur in traditional Hindu and Christian ceremonies.
Beginning of the Career:
Her acting career started after winning the beauty pageants. Here is the list of movies she appeared into:
- She started with the film Humraaz in 2002 but due to various reasons, the film could not make up. Then her screen debut started with the 2002 released Tamil film Thamizhan with the actor Vijay.
- In 2003, Priyanka made her Bollywood debut opposite Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in Anil Sharma’s movie The Hero: Love Story of a Spy. And to her luck, the movie became the highest-grossing Bollywood films of that year. The same year, she was seen in Raj Kanwar’s movie Andaaz with Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta. The film became a super hit and her performance was truly came into notice.
- Year 2004 brought her three releases Plan, Kismat, and Asambhav and all of these failed to perform well at the box office. Later, the same year, she acted opposite Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in a romantic comedy Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, which became the third-highest-grossing film of the year and successful film.
- In the same year, she was also seen in Abbas-Mustan’s thriller Aitraaz. This movie also became commercially successful.
Prominent Movies:
Priyanka did some quintessential roles in prominent movies of Bollywood and here is the list:
In 2005, she appeared in several films. The first two were action thrillers Blackmail and Karam and unfortunately, both were unsuccessful. Her third release was Waqt: The Race Against Time. The movie was a commercial success.
In her next, she was seen opposite Arjun Rampal in the romantic mystery thriller Yakeen, and she was praised by critics for her acting skills. Her next release was Barsaat with Bobby Deol and Bipasha Basu. However, the film turned a failure but her acting was praised. Later, in the same year, she was cast opposite Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh and Nana Patekar in the comedy Bluffmaster!. And the movie was a box-office hit. Her next film was Dharmesh Darshan’s romantic comedy Aap Ki Khatir, opposite Akshaye Khanna, Ameesha Patel and Dino Morea. But the film didn’t do well.
In 2006, she was seen in Farhan Akhtar’s action-thriller Don with Shah Rukh Khan. She learned martial arts for her role in the movie and performed stunts on her own. The film was declared successful.
More of Priyanka Chopra:
- In 2007, Priyanka Chopra performed leading roles in movies like Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love and Big Brother. Both movies proved unsuccessful.
- In 2008, Priyanka starred opposite Harman Baweja in Love Story 2050. She played a double role. Her performance was much liked. She then was seen in the comedy God Tussi Great Ho, opposite Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.[ She also appeared in Chamku opposite Bobby Deol and Irrfan Khan. Also, Priyanka was seen in Goldie Behl’s fantasy superhero film Drona opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan but the movie failed at the box office.
- Her next release was Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion and the film emerged to be highly successful. It earned ₹600 million and became a commercial success
- She was seen in the romantic comedy Dostana, opposite Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham. This movie earned ₹860 million.
- In 2009, Priyanka Chopra acted in Vishal Bhardwaj’s thriller Kaminey opposite Shahid Kapoor and it became successful at the box office worldwide.
- She has next seen Ashutosh Gowariker’s romantic comedy What’s Your Raashee?, She played 12 distinct characters in one film which also booked her name in the Guinness World Records book for portraying 12 distinct characters in one film.
- In 2010, she acted in the romantic comedy Pyaar Impossible! She was co-starred with Ranbir Kapoor in the romantic comedy Anjaana Anjaani. The film was a moderate commercial success.
- Her next was Vishal Bhardwaj’s black comedy 7 Khoon Maaf in 2011.
- She did the sequel of Don in 2012 named as Don 2. She received positive feedback for her role.
Ladders of Success:
- In 2012, she appeared in action drama Agneepath starred with Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt and Rishi Kapoor. It earned a huge success worldwide gross of ₹1.93 billion. In her other releases, Teri Meri Kahaani opposite Shahid Kapoor was a prominent movie.
- Priyanka gave her finest performance in Anurag Basu’s Barfi!, opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Ileana D’Cruz.
- In 2013, she gave her voice to the character of Ishani, the reigning Pan-Asian champion from India, a spinoff of Pixar’s Cars franchise.
- She played an NRI girl in Zanjeer and was unsuccessful at the box office.
- She was seen in Rakesh Roshan’s Krrish 3—a sequel to Krrish with actors like Hrithik Roshan, Vivek Oberoi and Kangana Ranaut.
- She appeared in a song from the movie Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela.
- In 2014, she did a lead role Yash Raj Films’ romantic action drama film Gunday alongside Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. Sunday was a box-office success and earned ₹1 billion worldwide. She next appeared in Mary Kom, a biographical film. This movie became a commercial success.
- In 2015, Priyanka starred in Zoya Akhtar’s movie Dil Dhadakne Do opposite Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar.
- She signed a deal with ABC Studios and cast in the American thriller series Quantico as the character Alex Parrish. And by doing so, she became the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series. Her series received positive reviews from television critics and Chopra was praised for her performance.
- She has next seen Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic historical romance drama Bajirao Mastani. This movie opened with positive reviews and she was praised for her portrayal of a Maratha.
- In 2016, she was seen next in Prakash Jha’s social drama Jai Gangaajal. But she was unable to perform well for the movie. The same year, she was seen in the Hollywood live-action comedy Baywatch opposite Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron. Though, it was not a commercial success in North America but did well in the overseas markets, earning more than $178 million at the worldwide box office.
- In 2018, she appeared in an American film, A Kid Like Jake starring Jim Parsons and Claire Danes.
- Priyanka played a supporting part, as a yoga ambassador, in Todd Strauss-Schulson’s comedy Isn’t It Romantic opposite Rebel Wilson. The movies earned $49 million at the box office.
- She appeared again in Hindi cinema in 2019 with the biographical drama The Sky Is Pink.
Latest Work:
- Her 2020 Netflix release was kids’ superhero film We Can Be Heroes directed by Robert Rodriguez.
- In 2021, she was seen in Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger and was also the executive producer of the film.
Music Career:
- Priyanka was interested in singing and thus also became a singer. Her first song was “Ullathai Killathe” in the Tamil film Thamizhan released in 2002.
- Her next music recording was with Universal Music Group. It deals with her first studio album released by Interscope Records in North America and by Island Records.
- She was signed by Creative Artists Agency, an entertainment and sports agency in Los Angeles. Her first single was, ‘In My City’, debuted in the US in a TV spot for the NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football
- In 2013, her second single released “Exotic” with American rapper Pitbull,
- She also sang in 2014 Bollywood movie Mary Kom ‘Chaoro’
- She also sang the title song Dil Dhadakne Do, a duet with Farhan Akhtar.
- She also recorded a promotional song for Ventilator (2016) and made her Marathi language playback singing debut
- In 2017, she sang with Australian DJ Will Sparks for ‘Young and Free’, an EDM song which was also written by her.
Other Side of Priyanka:
- Priyanka has started her foundation ‘The Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education for supporting unprivileged children across the nation.
- In 2006, a “day with Chopra” was auctioned on eBay; donated to an NGO, Nanhi Kali, which helped in educating girls.
- She also supported in other charities, such as the 2005 HELP! Telethon Concert for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
- She also worked with UNICEF in 2006 promoting children’s rights and the education of girls.
- She was appointed as the national UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights in 2010
- Chopra also supported environmental charities and is brand ambassador for NDTV Greenathon to support eco-friendliness and provide solar power to villages without electricity supplies
- She adopted 7 villages to provide with a regular supply of electricity.
- She adopted a tigress and a lioness at the Birsa biological park, paying for both animal’s upkeep for a year.
- She pledged to donate her own organs after death
- Furthermore, she donated ₹5 million to Nanavati hospital to build a cancer ward named after her father.
- Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Priyanka Chopra amongst one of the nine nominees called “Navratna” in 2014 for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
- In 2019, she teamed up with the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Crocs Company for donating 50,000 pairs of shoes to deserving school children in the Central American country, Belize.
- In 2021during COVID-19 pandemic in India, Priyanka and her husband Nick opened a fundraiser along with the NGO GiveIndia to avail donations for oxygen supply
Noteworthy Work:
- Chopra set up her production company Purple Pebble Pictures to produce small budget films and introduce new talent in the Indian film industry.
- She produced other Indian regional language films such as Pahuna: The Little Visitors in 2018 and Paani in 2019.
- She also invested in tech companies in 2018 by investing in coding education and the dating and social media app Bumble
- She also start up the Prarambh event 2021
- She also launched her haircare line called “Anamoly Haircare”.
- She also started her new restaurant Sona in Manhattan, featuring haute-couture Indian cuisine.
Priyanka – Penned Up:
- She began her column for the Hindustan Times in 2009.
- In 2012, she wrote a column published in The Times of India titled “No woman in Mumbai feels safe any longer
- In 2014, she published her article in The Guardian, criticising female genital mutilation and child marriage.
- She later wrote for The New York Times titled “What Jane Austen Knew” which was all about the importance of education for girls.
- In 2014, she began writing a monthly column, “Pret-a-Priyanka”, for Elle.
- In 2015, her article published in which she expressed her views on diversity and being a global citizen.
- She writes her first memoir titled Unfinished in 2021.
Awards and Recognition:
Find below Priyanka Chopra list of Awards. She win lost of awards nation and international level:
Global Indian Film Awards:
- 2005 – Aitraaz – Best Villain Female
- 2007 – Most Searched Female Actor on Internet
Indian Telly Awards:
- 2010 – Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi X 3 – Most Impactful Debut on Television
International Film Academy Awards:
- 2007 – Krrish – Best On-Screen Beauty
- 2009 – Fashion – Best Actress
- 2011 – Green Globe Award for Contribution to a Greener Earth
- 2014 – Woman of Substance
- 2016 – Woman of the Year
- 2016 – Bajirao Mastani – Best Supporting Actress
Lions Gold Awards:
- 2009 – Fashion – Favourite Actor in a Leading Role Female
- 2011 – Anjaana Anjaani – Favourite Popular Film Actor Female
- 2012 – Don 2 – Favourite Actor in a Leading Role Female
- 2013 – Barfi! Favourite Actor in a Leading Role Female
- 2015 – Mary Kom – Favourite Actor in a Leading Role Female
- 2017 – Ventilator – Favourite Marathi Film
Maharashtra State Film Awards:
- 2017 – Ventilator – Best Film III
Mirchi Music Awards Marathi:
- 2017 – Baba – Listeners’ Choice Song of the Year
Mother Teresa Awards:
- 2017 – Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice
MTV Europe Music Awards:
National Film Awards:
- 2008 – Fashion – Best Actress
- 2019 – Paani – Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards India:
- 2013 – Barfi! – Best Movie Actress
People’s Choice Awards:
- 2016 – Quantico – Favorite Actress In A New TV Series
- 2017 – Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
People’s Choice Awards India:
- 2012 – “In My City” Favourite International Music Debut
Producers Guild Film Awards:
- 2009 – Fashion – Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 2010 – Kaminey – Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 2012 – 7 Khoon Maaf and Don 2 Entertainer of the Year
- 2013 – Agneepath and Barfi! Star of the Year
- 2015 – Mary Kom Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 2015 – Hindustan Times Celebrity for a Cause
- 2016 – Bajirao Mastani Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 2016 – Priyanka Chopra – Guild Global Honor
Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards:
- 2006 – Sabsey Tez Sitara
- 2006 – Sabsey Favourite Heroine
- 2006 – Sabsey Khoobsurat Ada Won
- 2009 – Kaminey – Most Amazing Performance
- 2009 – Sabsey Favourite Jodi with Shahid Kapoor
Screen Awards:
- 2005 – Aitraaz – Best Actor in a Negative Role
- 2009 – Fashion – Best Actress
- 2012 – 7 Khoon Maaf – Best Actor in a Negative Role – Female
- 2012 – Jodi No. 1 (along with Shahrukh Khan)
- 2013 – Barfi! Jodi No. 1 (along with Ranbir Kapoor)
- 2015 – Mary Kom – Best Actress
- 2016 – Dil Dhadakne Do – Best Ensemble Cast
- 2016 – Bajirao Mastani – Best Supporting Actress
Shanghai International Film Festival:
- 2009 – Golden Goblet Award for Contribution to Cinema
Stardust Awards:
- 2004 – The Hero: Love Story of a Spy – Best Supporting Actress
- 2005 – Mujhse Shaadi Karogi – Superstar of Tomorrow female
- 2009 – Fashion and Dostana – Star of the Year Female
- 2013 – Barfi! Best Actress – Drama and Star of the Year Female
- 2014 – Best Actress – Drama
- 2017- Global Icon of the Year
Besides this, she bagged many other awards for her commendable performance. Priyanka is indeed a powerful woman, a great actress, an eminent singer, a strong businesswoman, and last but not least India is proud of her.
Priyanka Chopra’s Phone Number & Contact Details:
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas Residence Address: Green Acres at Lokhandwala complex, Andheri, Mumbai
- Priyanka Address: N/A
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Priyanka Chopra’s Social Media Profiles:
- Facebook Page: facebook.com/priyankachopra
- Twitter Handle: twitter.com/priyankachopra
- Instagram Handle: instagram.com/PriyankaChopra
- YouTube Channel: youtube.com/user/PriyankaChopraVEVO