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Priyanka Chopra
Born	July 18, 1982 (1982-07-18) (age 27) Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India
Occupation	Actress, Model
Years active	2001 - present

Priyanka Chopra (Hindi: प्रियंका चोपड़ा; born 18 July 1982)¹ is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000.²

Chopra made her acting debut with the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan. The following year, she made her Hindi film debut with The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and followed it with the hit Andaaz, for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004 she became the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award, which she received for her critically acclaimed performance in Aitraaz. Chopra would later have commercial success with films like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Krrish (2006) and Don - The Chase Begins Again.³ Chopra earned a Filmfare Best Actress Award and a National Film Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a model in Fashion (2008) and has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Bollywood.⁴⁵

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

Early life

Chopra was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand to Ashok Chopra and Madhu Akhauri, both physicians by profession.⁶ Chopra spent her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh; Newton, Massachusetts; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.⁷ Her father was in the army and thus her family moved quite frequently. Her father hailed from a family of Punjabi origin, settled in Bareilly and her mother comes from a family settled in Jamshedpur. She also has a brother, Siddharth, who is seven years younger than she is.⁸

Chopra studied at La Martiniere Girls' School in Lucknow as a young girl. These frequent re-locations took place as her father was a physician in the Indian Army. She subsequently re-located to the U.S. where she studied in 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 came in second place at Femina Miss India 2000 competition winning the Femina Miss India World title and subsequently being sent to Miss World where she was crowned Miss World 2000.⁹ In the same year, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza, both also from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns respectively, 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.

On December 12, 2009, Chopra was present as a judge for the Miss World 2009 competition held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Acting career

Chopra made her debut in the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan playing the role of Priya, the love interest of the protaginist in the film played by Vijay. In 2003, she appeared in her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy directed by Anil Sharma, in a supporting role as a doctor named Shaheen. Despite being one of the highest grossing films of that year, the film was given a below average status.¹⁰ Later that year she appeared in Raj Kanwar's Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar. The film turned out to be a box office success,¹⁰ earning her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Her next few films released in 2004 like Plan, Kismat and Asambhav performed poorly at the box office.¹¹ Later that year she appeared in David Dhawan's romantic comedy Mujhse Shaadi Karogi playing the role of a young fashion designer Rani along with Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, the film turned out to be the third highest grossing film of that year.¹² She next starred in Aitraaz. It was her first negative role. Her performance won critical acclaim¹³ and earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. She also received a second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for the role. In the same year, she participated in a world tour titled Temptations 2004 with other Bollywood actors, including Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal.

In 2005, several of her films were released, all of which did not do well at the box office.¹¹

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.

In 2008, Chopra featured in six films. Her first four films, Love Story 2050, God Tussi Great Ho, Chamku and Drona, failed to do well.¹⁶ Chopra's fifth release of the year, Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion was a critical success. The film revolved around the fashion world and Chopra's role was that of an ambitious model. Her performance in the film was appreciated and earned her several awards for Best Actress including the Filmfare Best Actress Award.¹⁷ Chopra's final release of the year was Tarun Mansukhani's romantic comedy Dostana. The film was a moderate financial success.¹⁶¹⁸

In 2009 she appeared in Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminey alongside Shahid Kapoor playing a marathi girl named Sweety. Her performance in the film was described by critic Taran Adarsh: "Priyanka is first-rate. She's so much in sync with her character. Also, she gets the Maharashtrian accent perfect".¹⁹ She has appeared in Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee? and Jugal Hansraj's Pyaar Impossible.²⁰. Priyanka plays the college beauty in this film.²¹

She has also signed Sanjay Gupta's Chamki Chameli.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Thamizhan	Priya	Tamil film Sung playback for the song, "Ullathai Killadhey"
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 Padukonia
	Yakeen	Simar
	Barsaat	Kajal
	Bluffmaster	Simmi Ahuja
2006	Taxi Number 9211		Special appearance
	36 China Town	Seema	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, National Film Award for Best Actress Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Dostana	Neha Melwani
2009	Billu	Herself	Special appearance in song You Get Me Rockin & Reeling
	Kaminey	Sweety
	What's Your Raashee?	12 Roles	Anjali/Vishakha/Kajal/Hansa/Mallika/Pooja/Rajni/ Nandini/Bhavna/Jhankhana/Sanjna/Chandrika
2010	Pyaar Impossible	Alisha Merchant
	Anjaana Anjaani	Anjali Kakkad	Filming
	Seven Husbands		Pre-production
	Alibaba Aur 41 Chor	Marjina	Voice only Pre-production

See also

• List of Indian film actresses
• Miss India

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Priyanka Chopra

• Official website
• Priyanka Chopra at the Internet Movie Database
• Priyanka Chopra on Twitter

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

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