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| Birth Name(s) : Priyanka Chopra |
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Priyanka Chopra (Hindi: प्रियंका चोपड़ा) born on July 18, 1982, is a two-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian actress who works in Bollywood movies.
After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Priyanka made her acting debut with Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003) 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. She won critical acclaim for her negative role in Abbas-Mustan's Aitraaz (2004) and became the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her performance in the film. Chopra 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). Since then, she has established herself as one of the most successful and popular actresses of the industry.
Priyanka studied at La Martiniere Girls' College in Lucknow, as a young girl and later came 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 Public School (Bareilly). She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.
Priyanka was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta and Diya 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.
After winning the Miss World title, Priyanka became an actress. She first acted in a Tamil film Thamizhan (2002) and then moved on to Bollywood. In 2003, her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy released and won her good reviews. Despite being given a below average status, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. Her next film, Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar was a success, 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. In 2004, her film, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi released and became the third highest grossing film of that year. Her first negative role in her next release, Aitraaz, a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure won her critical acclaim 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, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal.
In 2005, she had many releases, though most didn't do well at the box office. In 2006, Chopra starred in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again.
Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Priyanka's first release in 2007. The move failed to do well at the box office. Her most recent release, Big Brother also failed to do well.
Priyanka was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India to Ashok and Madhu Chopra née Akhauri, both doctors. Her mother comes from a Kayastha Bihari family, while her father comes from a family of Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi and Rajasthani origin. She also has a brother, Siddharth, who is eight years younger than her. She spent part of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Newton, Massachusetts, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her family frequently moved since her father was in the army. |
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