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Priyanka Chopra
Chopra at the launch of the Filmfare magazine.
Born	July 18, 1982 (1982-07-18) (age 26) Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2001–present

Priyanka Chopra (Hindi: प्रियंका चोपड़ा; born July 18, 1982)¹ is an Indian film actress and former Miss World, who acts in Bollywood films.

After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Chopra made her acting debut with the Tamil film Thamizhan (2002). The following year, she made her Bollywood debut with Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and had her first commercial success with her second release, Andaaz from the same year, for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. Becoming the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her critically acclaimed performance in Abbas-Mustan's Aitraaz (2004), Chopra later went on to deliver commercial success with films like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Krrish (2006), her biggest commercial success so far, and Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006). In 2008, Chopra earned the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in Fashion, thus establishing herself as a popular actress.²

Contents 1 Early life 2 Miss World 3 Acting career 4 Awards and honors 5 Filmography 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Early life

She was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkand to Ashok Chopra and Madhu Akhauri, both doctors by profession.³ Chopra spent her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh; Newton, Massachusetts; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.⁴ Her father was in the army and thus her family moved quite frequently. Her father hailed from a family of Punjabi Khatri origin, settled in Bareilly and her mother comes from a Malayali family settled in Jamshedpur. She also has a brother, Siddharth, who is seven years younger than she.⁵

Chopra studied at St. Maria Goretti in Bareilly and La Martiniere Girls' School in Lucknow as a young girl. These frequent re-locations took place as Ashok was a doctor in the Indian Army. She subsequently re-located to the U.S. where she studied in Newton's Newton South High School in Newton, Massachusetts and then in John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She returned to India and did her high school at Army School in Bareilly. She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.

Miss World

Chopra was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000.⁶ In the same year, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza, both also from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple victory for one country.

When Chopra won the Miss World crown, she became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years.

Acting career

After winning the Miss World title, Chopra became an actress. She made her debut in the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan alongside Vijay, in which she also sung playback, before moving on to Bollywood. In 2003, her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy released and won her good reviews.⁷ Despite being given a below average status, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year.⁸

Her next film, Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar was a success,⁹ earning her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Her next few films performed poorly at the box office.¹⁰

In 2004, her film Mujhse Shaadi Karogi was released, and became the third highest grossing film of that year.¹¹

Her next release, Aitraaz, was a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore vehicle Disclosure. It was her first "negative" role, where she played the villain. Her performance won critical acclaim¹² and earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. She also received a second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. In the same year, she participated in a world tour titled Temptations 2004 with several of Bollywood's leading stars, including Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal.

In 2005, several of her films were released, though most did not do well at the box office.¹³

In 2006, Chopra starred in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again.¹⁴

Nikhil Advani's ensemble piece, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Chopra's first release in 2007. The movie failed to do well at the box office.¹⁵ Chopra's next release, Big Brother also underperformed. Her other releases in 2008 included Love Story 2050, God Tussi Great Ho, Chamku and Drona, all of which were considered flops. However, her most recent releases, Fashion and Dostana, have succeeded at the box office, and her performance in the former garnered her critical acclaim, winning her the Filmfare Best Actress Award as well as numerous other awards.

In 2009 she will be appearing in Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminey, Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee? and Jugal Hansraj's Pyaar Impossible.¹⁶

Awards and honors

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2002	Thamizhan	Priya	Tamil film
2003	The Hero: Love Story of a Spy	Shaheen Zakaria
	Andaaz	Jiya	Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2004	Plan	Rani
	Kismat	Sapna
	Asambhav	Alisha
	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi	Rani Singh
	Aitraaz	Mrs. Sonia Roy	Winner, Filmfare Best Villain Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2005	Blackmail	Mrs. Rathod
	Karam	Shalini
	Waqt: The Race Against Time	Pooja
	Yakeen	Simar
	Barsaat	Kajal
	Bluffmaster	Simmi Ahuja
2006	Taxi Number 9211		Special appearance
	36 China Town	Shaun Maharaj	Special appearance
	Alag		Special appearance in song Sabse Alag
	Krrish	Priya
	Aap Ki Khatir	Anu
	Don - The Chase Begins Again	Roma
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Kamini
	Big Brother	Aarthi Sharma
	Om Shanti Om	Herself	Special appearance in song Deewangi Deewangi
2008	My Name is Anthony Gonsalves	Herself	Special appearance
	Love Story 2050	Sana/Zeisha	Double role
	God Tussi Great Ho	Alia Kapoor
	Chamku	Shubhi
	Drona	Sonia
	Fashion	Meghna Mathur	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Dostana	Neha Melwani
2009	Billu	Herself	Special appearance in song You Get Me Rockin & Reeling
	Kaminey	Sweety	Post-production
	What's Your Raashee?		Filming
	Pyaar Impossible	Alisha	Filming

See also

• List of Indian film actresses
• Miss India
• Miss World

References

External links

• Priyanka Chopra at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Filmfare Awards
Preceded by Irfan Khan for Haasil	Best Villain for Aitraaz 2005	Succeeded by Nana Patekar for Apaharan
Preceded by Esha Deol for Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe	Best Female Debut for Andaaz tied with Lara Dutta for Andaaz 2004	Succeeded by Ayesha Takia for Taarzan: The Wonder Car & Dil Maange More
Preceded by Kareena Kapoor for Jab We Met	Best Actress for Fashion 2009	Succeeded by TBD

v • d • e Filmfare Best Actress Award 1954-1960 Meena Kumari (1954) · Meena Kumari (1955) · Kamini Kaushal (1956) · Nutan (1957) · Nargis (1958) · Vyjayanthimala (1959) · Nutan (1960) 1961-1980 Bina Rai (1961) · Vyjayanthimala (1962) · Meena Kumari (1963) · Nutan (1964) · Vyjayanthimala (1965) · Meena Kumari (1966) · Waheeda Rehman (1967) · Nutan (1968) · Waheeda Rehman (1969) Sharmila Tagore (1970) · Mumtaz (1971) · Asha Parekh (1972) · Hema Malini (1973) · Dimple Kapadia & Jaya Bachchan (1974) · Jaya Bachchan (1975) · Lakshmi (1976) · Raakhee Gulzar (1977) · Shabana Azmi (1978) · Nutan (1979) · Jaya Bachchan (1980) 1981-2000 Rekha (1981) · Smita Patil (1982) · Padmini Kolhapure (1983) · Shabana Azmi (1984) · Shabana Azmi (1985) · Dimple Kapadia (1986) · no award (1987) · no award (1988) · Rekha (1989) Sridevi (1990) · Madhuri Dixit (1991) · Sridevi (1992) · Madhuri Dixit (1993) · Juhi Chawla (1994) · Madhuri Dixit (1995) · Kajol (1996) · Karisma Kapoor (1997) · Madhuri Dixit (1998) · Kajol (1999) · Aishwarya Rai (2000) 2001-present Karisma Kapoor (2001) · Kajol (2002) · Aishwarya Rai (2003) · Preity Zinta (2004) · Rani Mukerji (2005) · Rani Mukerji (2006) · Kajol (2007) · Kareena Kapoor (2008) · Priyanka Chopra (2009)

Preceded by Yukta Mookhey	Miss India World 2000	Succeeded by Sara Corner
Preceded by Yukta Mookhey	Miss World 2000	Succeeded by Agbani Darego

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