Priyanka Chopra Jonas\u00a0(pronounced\u00a0[p\u027e\u026a\u02c8j\u0259\u014bka\u00a0\u02c8t\u0283o\u02d0p\u027da];\u00a0n\u00e9e\u00a0Chopra)\u00a0is an Indian actress and producer. Chopra, the\u00a0Miss World 2000\u00a0pageant winner, is one of India’s highest-paid actresses and has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including two\u00a0National Film Awards\u00a0and five\u00a0Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the\u00a0Government of India\u00a0honoured her with the\u00a0Padma Shri, and\u00a0Time\u00a0named her one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world. In the next two years,\u00a0Forbes\u00a0listed her among the\u00a0World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, and in 2022, she was named in the\u00a0BBC\u00a0100 Women\u00a0list.<\/p>\n
Chopra accepted offers to join the Indian film industry following her pageant wins. Her acting debut came in the\u00a0Tamil\u00a0film\u00a0Thamizhan\u00a0(2002), followed by her first\u00a0Bollywood feature in\u00a0The Hero: Love Story of a Spy\u00a0(2003). She played the leading lady in the box-office hits\u00a0Andaaz\u00a0(2003) and\u00a0Mujhse Shaadi Karogi\u00a0(2004) and had her\u00a0breakout role\u00a0in the 2004 romantic thriller\u00a0Aitraaz. Chopra established herself with starring roles in the top-grossing productions\u00a0Krrish\u00a0and\u00a0Don\u00a0(2006) and later reprised her role in their sequels. For playing a troubled model in Fashion\u00a0(2008) drama, Chopra won a\u00a0National Film Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Chopra gained further praise for portraying a range of characters in the films\u00a0Kaminey\u00a0(2009),\u00a07 Khoon Maaf\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Barfi!\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Mary Kom\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Dil Dhadakne Do\u00a0(2015), and\u00a0Bajirao Mastani\u00a0(2015).<\/p>\n
From 2015 to 2018, Chopra starred as\u00a0Alex Parrish\u00a0in the\u00a0ABC\u00a0thriller Quantico, becoming the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series. Founding the production company\u00a0Purple Pebble Pictures\u00a0in 2015, she produced several films under it, including the\u00a0Marathi\u00a0films\u00a0Ventilator\u00a0(2016) and\u00a0Paani\u00a0(2019) and the self-starring Hindi biopic\u00a0The Sky Is Pink\u00a0(2019). Chopra has also appeared in Hollywood films, such as\u00a0Baywatch\u00a0(2017),\u00a0Isn’t It Romantic\u00a0(2019),\u00a0The White Tiger (2021), and\u00a0The Matrix Resurrections\u00a0(2021), and starred in the action thriller series\u00a0Citadel\u00a0(2023\u2013present).<\/p>\n
Chopra ventured into music by releasing three singles and into writing with her memoir\u00a0Unfinished\u00a0(2021), which reached\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0Best Seller list. Her other ventures include tech investments, a haircare brand, a restaurant, and a homeware line. She promotes social causes such as environment and women’s rights. She is vocal about gender equality, the gender pay gap, and feminism. She has worked with\u00a0UNICEF\u00a0since 2006 and was appointed the national and global\u00a0UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador\u00a0for child rights in 2010 and 2016, respectively. Her namesake foundation for health and education works to support underprivileged Indian children. Despite maintaining privacy, Chopra’s off-screen life, including her marriage to American singer and actor\u00a0Nick Jonas, is the subject of substantial media coverage. The couple has one daughter.<\/p>\n
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas\u00a0(pronounced\u00a0[p\u027e\u026a\u02c8j\u0259\u014bka\u00a0\u02c8t\u0283o\u02d0p\u027da];\u00a0n\u00e9e\u00a0Chopra)\u00a0is an Indian actress and producer. Chopra, the\u00a0Miss World 2000\u00a0pageant winner, is one of India’s highest-paid actresses and has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including two\u00a0National Film Awards\u00a0and five\u00a0Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the\u00a0Government of India\u00a0honoured her with the\u00a0Padma Shri, and\u00a0Time\u00a0named her one of the\u00a0100 most influential people in the world. In the next two years,\u00a0Forbes\u00a0listed her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-36084","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n