Priyanka Chopra born on July 18th, 1982 in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand State, India is a talented Bollywood actress and a former beauty queen who won the Miss World title in 2000. Chopra was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000.[6] In the same year, Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza, both also from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple victory for one country.
Miss World...
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. She is nice actress, and does very good acting.
Born to Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra, a surgeon in the Army and mother Dr. Madhu Chopra, Priyanka grew into a multi-talented lady finding her creative joys in singing, writing poetry and short stories, but never ever dreamt of entering the showbiz world. Incidentally her father too is a very good singer and Priyanka seems to have derived her singing talents from her father as she is more attached to him. Priyanka Chopra graduated from La Martiniere Girls' College in Lucknow. Prior to her graduation, she studied in several schools as her father; a serving officer in the Army was on constant move on army duties.
While she was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, she also spent her childhood in Rae Barreilly, in Uttar Pradesh as well as in Lucknow, where she was enrolled in the La Martiniere Girls' School. She also studied at St. Maria Goretti in Bareilly, 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 joined Jai Hind College in Mumbai to pursue degree course but left the college after winning Miss India title.
It was her father who sent Priyanka's photos to Femina Miss India pageant and the reluctant queen finally competed and won the Femina Miss India World title and later went on to win Miss World title in 2000. Soon the crowning beauty became the most sought after debutant in Bollywood with several big name movie deals coming by her way.
Priyanka Chopra began her movie debut with a Tamil film called "Thamizhan" in 2002 and followed it up with a Bollywood movie Andaaz" {2003} starring opposite Akshay Kumar and directed by Raj Kanwar. Making her screen presence felt strongly in "Andaaz", Priyanka won Filmfare's and Star Screen's Most Promising Newcomer award. She gave a commendable performance as a villain in "Aitraaz" {2004} and won all-round praise from critics and general public alike.
She acted in several other block buster movies like "Mujhse Shaadi Karogi" {2004} opposite Salman Khan, "Bluffmaster" {2005} opposite Abhishek Bachchan and Nana Patekar, "Don" {2006} opposite Shahrukh Khan and "Krish" {2006} opposite Hrithik Roshan, which indeed became the biggest hit of all time so far in Indian Cinema. She is also starring in the sequels "Krish 2" and "Don 2".
The former Miss World was also voted as the Sexiest Asian Woman of 2006 in a poll conducted by Eastern Eye, an Asian newspaper being published from Britain.
With age and talent on her side this dusky beauty has a long way to go in Bollywood. With some big releases due very shortly Priyanka’s popularity is surely set to sore to new heights.
List of Priyanka Chopra's awards and nominations
Filmfare Awards
Winner
# 2004: Filmfare Best Female Debut Award; Andaaz[1]
# 2005: Filmfare Best Villain Award; Aitraaz[2]
Nominated
# 2004: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; Andaaz[3]
# 2005: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award; Aitraaz[4]
She is the first actress who was nominated both for the Best Villain and Best Supporting Actress in a single year at the Filmfare Awards in 2005.
Star Screen Awards
Winner
# 2005: Star Screen Award Best Villain; Aitraaz[5]
Nominated
# 2004: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female; Andaaz[6]
# 2005: Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1, along with Akshay Kumar; Aitraaz[7]
Zee Cine Awards
Nominated
# 2004: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy & Andaaz[8]
# 2005: Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role; Aitraaz[9]
International Indian Film Academy Awards
Nominated
# 2004: IIFA Star Debut; Andaaz
# 2005: IIFA Best Villain Award; Aitraaz
Stardust Awards
Winner
# 2004: Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
# 2005: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Nominated
# 2006: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Waqt: The Race Against Time
Global Indian Film Awards
Winner
# 2007: GIFA Awards, Windows Live Search & Movie Talkies Most Searched Actress[10]
Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards
Winner
# 2004, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress (Hindi Movies); Aitraaz
Other Awards
# 2007: Star's Sabsey Favorite Kaun Awards Sabsey Tez Sitara
# 2007: POGO Awards Most Amazing Actress; Krrish
# 2007: IIFA Awards Best On-Screen Beauty; Krrish
# 2007: Northern India Film Journalist Association Best Leading Lady[1]
Honors
# 2006: Style Diva of 2006[11]
# 2006: Sexiest Asian Women[12]
# 2007: Kelvinator's Gr8 Women Awards: Contribution to Indian Cinema
# 2008: Reebok Zoom Glam Awards: Glam Actress
# 2008: Zee Astitva Awards: Contribution to Indian Cinema.
Priyanka Chopra’s Filmography:
In 2003:
1)The Hero: Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta
2)Andaaz: Akshay kumar, Lara dutta
In 2004:
1)Plan: Sanjay Dutt
2)Kismat: Bobby Deol
3)Asambhab: Arjun Rampal
4)Mujhse Shaadi Karogi: Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar
5)Aitraaz: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor
In 2005:
1)Blackmail: Sunil Shetty, Ajay Devgan, Diya Mirza
2)Karam: John Abraham
3)Waqt: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay kumar
4)Yakeen: Arjun Rampal
5)Barsaat: Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu
6)Bluffmaster: Abhishek Bachchan, Ritiesh Deshmukh
In 2006:
1)Taxi No 9211(special appearence): John Abraham, Nana Patekar
2)36 China Town(special appearence): Akshay Khanna, Upen Patel, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor
3)Krrish: Hritik Roshan
4)Aap Ki Khatir: Akshay Khanna, Amisha Patel, Sunil Shetty, Dino Morea
5) Don- The Chase Begins: Shahrukh Khan, Isha Kopikar, Kareena Kapoor
In 2007:
1)Salaam-E-Ishq: Salman Khan, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Govinda
2)Big Brother: Sunny Deol
In 2008:
1)Chamku: Bobby Deol
2)Drona: Abhishek Bachchan
3)God Tussi Great Ho: Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan
4)Love Story 2050: Harmaan Baweja
5)Dostana: Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Bobby Deol
6)Fashion: Kangana Ranaut, Mugdha Godse
In 2009:
1)Kaminey: Shahid Kapoor
2)What's Your Rashee: Harmaan Baweja
3)Pyaar Impossible: Uday Chopra.
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