Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Priyanka Chopra Jonas pronounced pɾɪˈjəŋka ˈtʃoːpɽa née Chopra is an Indian actress and producer Chopra the Miss World 2000 pageant winner is one of Indias highestpaid actresses and has received numerous accolades including two National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards In 2016 the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world In the next two years Forbes listed her among the Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women and in 2022 she was named in the BBC 100 Women list Chopra accepted offers to join the Indian film industry following her pageant wins Her acting debut came in the Tamil film Thamizhan 2002 followed by her first Bollywood feature in The Hero Love Story of a Spy 2003 She played the leading lady in the boxoffice hits Andaaz 2003 and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi 2004 and had her breakout role in the 2004 romantic thriller Aitraaz Chopra established herself with starring roles in the topgrossing productions Krrish and Don 2006 and later reprised her role in their sequels For playing a troubled model in Fashion 2008 drama Chopra won a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award for Best Actress Chopra gained further praise for portraying a range of characters in the films Kaminey 2009 7 Khoon Maaf 2011 Barfi 2012 Mary Kom 2014 Dil Dhadakne Do 2015 and Bajirao Mastani 2015 From 2015 to 2018 Chopra starred as Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller Quantico becoming the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series Founding the production company Purple Pebble Pictures in 2015 she produced several films under it including the Marathi films Ventilator 2016 and Paani 2019 and the selfstarring Hindi biopic The Sky Is Pink 2019 Chopra has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Baywatch 2017 Isnt It Romantic 2019 The White Tiger 2021 and The Matrix Resurrections 2021 and starred in the action thriller series Citadel 2023present Chopra ventured into music by releasing three singles and into writing with her memoir Unfinished 2021 which reached The New York Times Best 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 womens rights She is vocal about gender equality the gender pay gap and feminism She has worked with UNICEF since 2006 and was appointed the national and global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for child rights in 2010 and 2016 respectively Her namesake foundation for health and education works to support underprivileged Indian children Despite maintaining privacy Chopras offscreen life including her marriage to American singer and actor Nick Jonas is the subject of substantial media coverage The couple has one daughter Description above from the Wikipedia article Priyanka Chopra licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia