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Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra
Born	July 18, 1982 (1982-07-18) (age 26) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2001 – present
Spouse(s)	None
Awards won Filmfare Awards Best Female Debut, Andaaz (2004) Best Villain, Aitraaz (2005)

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

Former Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Chopra made her acting debut with the Tamil film Thamizhan (2001). Two years later, 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), establishing herself as a popular actress.^[2]

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Beauty contest winner 1.3 Acting career 2 Personal life 3 Awards and honors 4 Filmography 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Biography

Early life

Chopra studied at St. Maria Goretti in Bareilly, as a young girl and later went to the United States, where she was a student at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta before returning to India to complete high school at Army School (Bareilly). She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.

Beauty contest winner

Chopra was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000.^[3] In the same year, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza, both from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple.

When she 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.^[4] Despite being given a below average status, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year.^[5] Her next film, Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar was a success,^[6] earning her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Her next few films failed to do well at the box office.^[7] In 2004, her film, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi released and became the third highest grossing film of that year.^[8] Her first negative role in her next release, Aitraaz, a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure won her critical acclaim^[9] and earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. Her role also got her a second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. In the same year, she participated in a world tour aptly titled Temptations 2004 with Bollywood's leading stars, Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji and Arjun Rampal.

In 2005, she had many releases, though most did not do well at the box office.^[10] In 2006, Chopra starred in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again.^[11]

Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was her first release in 2007. The movie failed to do well at the box office.^[12] Chopra's next release, Big Brother also failed to do well. Her most recent releases include Love Story 2050, God Tussi Great Ho and Chamku, all of which failed to do well at the box office.

Personal life

Born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand to Ashok Chopra and Madhu Akhauri, both of whom are doctors,^[13] Chopra spent parts of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Newton, Massachusetts and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[13] Her mother comes from a Kayastha family settled in Jamshedpur, while her father comes from a family of Punjabi origin, settled in Bareilly. She also has a brother, Siddharth, who is eight years younger than her.^[14] Since her father was in the Army, her family frequently moved.

Awards and honors

Main article: List of Priyanka Chopra's awards and nominations

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2001	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	Siman
	Barsaat	Kajal
	Bluffmaster	Simmi Ahuja
2006	Taxi Number 9211		Special appearance
	36 China Town		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	Kkamini
	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	Released
	Fashion	Meghna Mathur	Releasing on October 29, 2008
	Dostana	Neha Melwani	Releasing on November 14, 2008
2009	What's Your Raashee?		Filming[15]
	Kaminay		Filming[16]

See also

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

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

References

External links

• Priyanka Chopra at the Internet Movie Database

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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