Priyanka Chopra

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas

(English: Priyanka Chopra Jonas; born July 18, 1982, Jamshedpur, Bihar, India) is an Indian actress, model and singer. Winner of the Miss World 2000 competition. In 2015-2018, she played the main role in the American television series Quantico. Winner of the National Film Award, Filmfare Awards and several other Indian film awards. In 2020, she was awarded the Indian state award Padma Shri.

Biography

Priyanka Chopra was born on July 18, 1982 in Jamshedpur, India. Her parents Ashok (died June 9, 2013 from cancer)[2] and Madhu Chopra are military doctors, so the family often moved from one place to another: from Ladakh to Kerala, then to Mumbai and Jamshedpur. She has a brother, Sidharth, who is eight years younger than her.[3] As a child, she suffered from asthma. Her cousin Parineeti Chopra also became an actress.

When she was one year old, her mother sent her to live with her parents. At the age of six, Priyanka returned home, but a year later she was sent to a girls' boarding school in Lucknow. Then the future actress studied in Bareli at Maria Goretti College. At thirteen, her mother took her to the United States, and she completed her senior year in Boston[3].

Her aspiration was to become a software engineer or psychologist[4]. She was interested in dancing and music, and wrote stories. Then she developed a desire to become an actress. Someone advised her to take part in a beauty contest. Thus, in 2000, she became the runner-up of Miss India and then the same year, at the age of 18, Miss World. Over a seven-year period, Priyanka became the fifth Indian to receive this title. That same year, another Indian representative, Miss India Lara Dutta, won the title of Miss Universe.

In 2002, she made her film debut in the Tamil film Thamizan.

paired with popular actor Vijay in the state[5]. She also recorded the song "Ullathai Killathe" for this film.[6] In 2003, her career began in Bollywood with the film Out of Memories, which failed at the box office. Her breakthrough was the film “Love Above the Clouds”, in which she starred with Akshay Kumar and another debutant “Miss Universe 2000” Lara Dutta. The film was a commercial success and earned both actresses a Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress.[7]

In 2004, three films with her participation failed at the box office, and only two, “Marry Me” and “The Stand,” were commercial success. [ source not specified 572 days

]

In 2006, three films "Krrish", Aap Ki Khatir

and Don.
Mafia Leader,” in the first of which her heroine is a journalist who became interested in the abilities of the protagonist. In "Mafia Boss", she played a girl who takes revenge for her brother and his fiancee, reprising the role of Zeenat Aman from the original film. All three films were commercial success. [ source not specified 572 days
] In 2008, the actress played a double role: a girl from our time and a girl from the future in the science fiction film
Love Story 2050
.
She also played a heroine with superpowers in the film Drona
.
Both films failed at the box office[8]. President Pratibha Patil presents Priyanka Chopra with the award for Best Actress in the film Captivated by Fashion, March 19, 2010.
She corrected her situation the same year in the film “Captured by Fashion,” where she played a supermodel from the provinces. For the sake of filming, she lost 6 kg. The film was a commercial success, and the role earned her several Best Actress awards, including the National Film Award for Best Actress.[9] In 2012, the film “The Fiery Path” was released, which was a commercial success, where she played the lover of the main character. The same year, the film Barfi was released, where she played an autistic woman, Jhilmila Chattejee, who fell in love with a deaf-mute guy. To get into character, she visited some places for people with disabilities and spent time with people with autism. The film was also a commercial success. [ source not specified 572 days

]

In 2013, two films with her participation were released, including Krrish 3, which was a commercial success. She also starred in the bilingual remake of the 1973 film Late Reckoning, learning Telugu for the film. However, she ended up being voiced by singer Chinmayi in the Telugu version. Both versions failed at the box office. [ source not specified 572 days

] That same year, Chopra performed in the item numbers "Babli Badmaash" for the film Wadala Shooting, also taking part in the film's promotional campaign, and the "Ram Leela title song" for the film Ram Leela, and also voiced the character of Ishani in the cartoon "Planes".

Her last film in Bollywood at the moment [ clarify

] -
Jai Gangaajal
, which is a sequel to the 2003 film in which she played a fearless police officer. Priyanka was praised for her top-notch performance, but the film itself did not live up to expectations.[10]

Activities outside India and the silver screen

Chopra is the only Indian to sing in the National Opus Honor Choir.

in the USA[4].
In addition to her active film career, she has appeared in stage shows, hosted the third season of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi
, and is a columnist for
Elle
.
Chopra at an event to celebrate the release of her single "In My City"
Chopra is also a singer. She released her first worldwide single "In My City" in 2012. The second single “Exotic”, recorded together with American rapper Pitbull, was released in 2013 and received brilliant reviews from musicians in world show business and many listeners in countries such as the USA and Canada. [ source not specified 572 days

] On the YouTube channel, by the spring of 2020, the daily number of views of the video of the same name reached more than 59 million [
source not specified 572 days
] At the beginning of April 2020, the number of views of the single “Exotic” reached more than 109 million [
source not specified 572 days
] The third single singer "I Can't Make You Love Me" set an iTunes India record in the first 24 hours, taking 3rd place. [
source not specified 572 days
]

Chopra participates in charity events in India and the USA, is a goodwill ambassador for the CAF charity foundation and the Confederation of Indian Industry CII, and also takes part in the programs of these organizations to combat illiteracy. [ source not specified 572 days

]

In 2020, Priyanka Chopra received the main role in the American series Quantico. Thus, the actress became the first representative of South Asia to play a leading role in an American series. [ source not specified 572 days

] Quantico.
The following year, Chopra released the Marathi comedy-drama film Ventilator, produced by her own company Purple Pebble Pictures, which was warmly received by audiences and film critics. [ source not specified 572 days
]

In May 2020, Chopra made her Hollywood film debut in Seth Gordon's film Baywatch, where the actress appeared as an antagonist. Critics, unlike viewers around the world, did not greet the film very warmly. However, IGN noted the debutante’s brilliant acting: “Priyanka outshines almost everyone she plays with in the film.”[11]

Priyanka Chopra won the People's Choice Awards for two years in a row, in 2020 - in the category "Best Drama Actress" along with her "Baywatch" co-star Dwayne Johnson, breaking into the TOP 100 most influential people in the world according to Time

.
In September 2020, she began filming the third season of Quantico, which was released in April 2020. The actress was also supposed to play in the biographical drama “Salute”, based on the life of astronaut Rakesh Sharma, but subsequently withdrew from the project[12]. A Kid like Jake[en]
directed by Silas Howard[en], which is an adaptation of the play by Daniel Pearle, premiered at the Sundance Festival In addition to Priyanka, the film featured actors such as Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, and Octavia Spencer.

In 2020, she appeared on screens as a fashion model-rival of the main character in the American romantic comedy directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson called “Isn’t It Romantic?”, which also starred Liam Hemsworth, Rebel Wilson and Adam Devine.

She also appeared in the melodramatic film directed by Shonali Bose, where she played the role of Aditi Chaudhary, the mother of motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary.

Current and upcoming projects

At the moment [ specify

] Priyanka Chopra has several films signed at various stages of production.

In August 2020, she, along with Indian actress Madhuri Dixit, announced the launch of a sitcom on the ABC channel, in which Chopra will act as an executive producer. [ source not specified 572 days

] She is also busy with Viacom 18 Motion Pictures' biopic, where she will play the lead role of female astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
Chopra will also co-host an original YouTube TV show called If I Could Tell You Just One Thing
Sundog Pictures with Hollywood star Will Smith.
The actress will meet and talk with the most successful and inspiring people on the planet, to whom she will turn for advice on changing the world[15]. Additionally, Priyanka Chopra will play psychologist Sarah Nix, who is assigned to keep an eye on Duncan (Chris Pratt) and develops feelings for him despite the professional nature of their relationship, in Cowboy Ninja Viking
.
The film is directed by Michel MacLaren. The film will be based on the graphic novel of the same name by E. J. Lieberman and illustrator Riley Rossmo, published by Image Comics[ source not specified 660 days
].
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas
The actress captivates the Netflix audience by playing a role in Robert Rodriguez's film We Can Be Heroes

(Russian: We can be heroes).
In addition, she will star in and produce a film for Universal with Mindy Kaling and Daniel J. Goor about an Indian wedding [ source not specified 268 days
].
Priyanka will play the lead role in the film directed by Ramin Bahrani based on the novel “The White Tiger”. Her partners in the film will be actors Rajkumar Rao and Adarsh ​​Gourav. The film is in post-production stage. She will also play the lead role of Sheela Ambalal Patel, one of the leaders of the Rajneesh movement in the 1980s, which organized a bioattack in Oregon. The actress will join Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Lambert Wilson, Jonathan Groff and Jada Pinkett Smith in The Matrix 4, which begins filming in early February 2020, and The premiere is scheduled for May 21, 2021. Chopra is also gearing up to star in Citadel, an Amazon original series, opposite Richard Madden. In addition, the actress is going to reprise the role of Priya Mehra in Krrish 4
, the fourth film in the
Krrish
[16].

In June 2020, it was announced that Priyanka Chopra would be publishing her memoir, Unfinished.

. The book is scheduled to be published in 2020 by Penguin Books in India and Ballantine Books in the US and UK[17]. In honor of reaching 50 million followers on Instagram, the actress is calling for a worldwide challenge of good deeds #KindnessWithPCJ. In addition to speaking at the forum in Davos, on March 4, Chopra was invited as a speaker at the 9th International Government Communication Forum in Sharjah (UAE).

Priyanka Ashok Chopra was born on July 18 1982

years in the Indian city of Jamshedpur, in the family of military doctors Ashok Chopra and Madhu Chopra. In addition to Priyanka, the youngest son Sidhard also grew up in the family.

Priyanka studied at several educational institutions, as she often moved with her parents. So she received her education at a girls' school in Lucknow, attended St. Maria Goretti in Burley, and also, after moving to the United States at the age of 13, she studied at a high school in Newton, and spent half of her senior year in a school in Boston.

Upon returning to India, she continued her studies at the Army School in Bareilly. Priyanka also attended Jai Hind College in Mumbai, but 2000

year, after a year of training, she left him after winning second place at the Miss India beauty contest.

In the same 2000

Priyanka Chopra won the title of Miss World, making her the 5th representative of India to receive such an award.

IN 2002

Priyanka made her debut on the silver screen in the year, she played one of the main roles in the film “Born to Win”.

IN 2003

In the same year, she appeared in her first Bollywood film; together with Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta, the actress starred in the action film “From a Memory”. The same year, she was seen opposite Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta in the musical Love Above the Clouds.

The next few films with her participation, released in 2004

year - “In Search of Fortune”, “At the Will of Fate” and “Mission to Zurich”, did not materialize at the box office and received not the most pleasant reviews.
Also in 2004
, Priyanka played a negative character for the first time; she played the role of Mrs. Sonia Roy in the thriller The Stand.

IN 2005

Priyanka starred in six films this year. Four of these films - “Alone with My Son”, “Fate in Your Hands”, “Total Recall” and “And the Rain Will Fall ...” did not receive recognition from the audience. But the other two, Race Against Time and Master of Bluff, became successful at the box office and brought her new roles.

IN 2006

In 2009, Chopra got the leading roles in two of the most successful Indian films of the year - “Krrish” and “Don.” Mafia leader."

This was followed by Priyanka's roles in the films Hello, Love (2007

), “Love
2050
” (
2008
), “Oh God, you are great!”
( 2008
) and Drona (
2008
), which failed at the box office and received negative reviews.

In the same 2008

In the same year, two successful films were released with her participation - “Close Friends” and “Captive of Fashion.” For the latter, Chopra received the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

The next successful film with Priyanka’s participation was the melodrama “Stranger and Stranger” (2010

), where Ranbir Kapoor starred with her.

IN 2011

Priyanka Chopra again played the role of Rima in the second part of the thriller “Don. Mafia leader”, and also appeared in the American-Indian science fiction film “Random Access”.

In the same 2011

In the same year, she signed a contract with the recording company Universal Music Group, with which she immediately began working on the release of her first studio album.
The first single, "In My City", was released in September 2012
and was commercially successful in India.

IN 2012

In 2018, the actress, along with Hrithik Roshan, played the main role in the crime drama “Fire Path,” which became a real hit at the Indian and even American box office. The film “Barfi!”, where Priyanka starred with Ranbir Kapoor, had the same success.

IN 2013

In the year, four films were released with her participation - “Madness of Love”, “Shootout at Wadala”, “Protracted Reckoning” and “Krrish 3”, all of which did not receive due recognition.

also in 2013

Priyanka Chopra released her second single, “Exotic,” which was recorded in a duet with rapper Pitbull.

2014

The year began for Priyanka with the unsuccessful film “Outlaw,” which was released in February
2014
. It completely failed at the box office and received a lot of negative reviews from critics.

Priyanka got a big dose of success after her release in September 2014

year of the biographical drama “Mary Kom”, which tells the story of the daughter of a poor peasant who decided to take up boxing professionally against her father’s will, and eventually became a five-time world champion and Olympic medalist.

also in 2014

Priyanka released her third solo single, “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” which became the third best-selling track on iTunes in India within 24 hours.

Filmography

Notes

1. German National Library, Berlin State Library, Bavarian State Library, Austrian National Library
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2. Priyanka Chopra Honors Her Father on 6-Year Anniversary of His Death with Throwback Photo
3. ↑ 1 2 Savera R Someshwar.
   The Priyanka Chopra you didn't know (English). Rediff.com (4 November 2016). Retrieved August 24, 2020.
4. ↑ 1 2 Om Gupta.
   Encyclopaedia of India Pakistan & Bangladesh. - Gyan Publishing House, 2006. - P. 1929. - ISBN 978-81-8205-389-2.
5. Malathi Rangarajan.
   Thamizhan (English).
   The Hindu
   (19 April 2002). Retrieved January 26, 2020.
6. Did you know Mersal star Vijay has a huge global celeb as his fan? (English). Hindustan Times
   (27 October 2017). Retrieved January 26, 2020.
7. For Hrithik, it is a Preity night to remember (English). Rediff.com (23 February 2004). Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
8. Taran Adarsh.
   'Something in me died when Love Story, Drona flopped' (English).
   The Indian Express
   (4 November 2008). Retrieved December 9, 2020.
9. 56th National Film Award Catalog. — Delhi: Directorate of Film Festivals, 2010. — P. 36−37.
10. Before Bharat: How have Priyanka Chopra's latest Bollywood films fared at the box office? (English). India Today
    (17 April 2018). Retrieved December 9, 2020.
11. Gav Murphy.
    Baywatch Review. IGN (23 May 2017). Retrieved May 23, 2020.
12. Priyanka Chopra's rift with Shah Rukh Khan costs her role in Rakesh Sharma biopic (English). Deccan Chronicle
    (22 January 2018). Retrieved January 26, 2020.
13. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan asked Abhishek to turn down film featuring Priyanka Chopra? (English). Deccan Chronicle
    (16 June 2018). Retrieved July 6, 2020.
14. Priyanka and Farhan will turn parents to Zaira Wasim. PeepingMoon
    (23 June 2018). Retrieved July 6, 2020.
15. Natalie Jarvey.
    YouTube Orders Ad-Supported Originals From Will Smith, Priyanka Chopra.
    Hollywood Reporter
    (May 3, 2018). Retrieved May 13, 2020.
16. Priyanka Chopra will star in Krrish 4 alongside Hrithik Roshan. Dawn
    (9 June 2018). Retrieved July 6, 2020.
17. Priyanka Chopra To Come Out With A Tell-All Next Year. Outlook
    (20 June 2018). Retrieved July 6, 2020.
18. Christopher Rosa.
    A Timeline of Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' Whirlwind Relationship. Glamor (July 27, 2018). Retrieved May 22, 2020.
19. Wedding #newlook: Priyanka Chopra's engagement sari (Russian). Elle
    (August 19, 2018). Retrieved December 9, 2020.
20. Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas engaged, see pics: Highlights (English). hindustantimes.com (18 August 2018). Retrieved May 22, 2019.
21. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas got married in India. Intermedia.ru
    (1 December 2018). Retrieved December 2, 2020.
22. Karen Mizoguchi.
    Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Are Married! Couple Ties the Knot Months After Engagement. People (December 01, 2018). Retrieved May 22, 2020. Archived December 1, 2020.

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