Priyanka Chopra, perhaps the biggest star of our time and one of the most significant women achievers to have made the country proud, needs no introduction. The Miss World winner with a lineage not quite similar to her contemporaries broke every rule that ever existed for a star. She made her Bollywood debut with a rather insignificant role, more on the lines of being a supporting actor, and then rose to fame after playing a negative role in Aitraaz. Not the one to go by the norms, she outdid herself when she picked her first national award for Fashion, and then at the peak of her career played an autistic girl in Barfi.
Even in real life, right from speculatively dating her famous co-stars, many of whom happened to be married, to marrying someone who is almost a decade younger to her, she has flaunted her choices like no one's business. And the lady truly believes in the sky being the limit.
After an enormously successful Bollywood career, she pursued her passion for singing, starring with the likes of Pitbull and Akon. And just when we thought this was too big an accomplishment, she made a dazzling Hollywood debut with her first TV drama, Quantico, the first Bollywood actress to have ever attempted something as huge as this.
The actress boasts of a 43 million-plus followers on Instagram, the highest from her fraternity while getting mentioned in some of the biggest fashion, beauty, and entertainment publications across the globe like Vogue, Seventeen, Forbes, Elle, Grazia among several others.
She achieved another rare feat after she was placed at #94 on Forbes' List of 100 Most Powerful Women of 2018, one of the only four Indians to have made it to that list.
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Her sartorial choices at the Cannes International Film Festival 2019 red carpet along with her husband Nick Jonas and their public display of affection was another high point for her in 2019.
More recently the new member of the Jonas clan was seen shedding a tear or two (in happiness) as her brother-in-law Joe Jonas got hitched to girlfriend and Game of Throne star Sophie Turner.
In an interview with a new channel, Priyanka had said that her wedding attires were not about fashion and she wanted to wear something which was unique. "I am unique the way I think," said Priyanka.
"Both my dresses, white and red, were very personalised to me. I have names, dates, my parents names, things that matter to me, my mother-in-law's wedding dress embroidered on my dress. I had 'Om Namah Shivay' written on my dress, things that matter to me compassion, love." She said wanted to have the longest veil and she got it on her wedding.
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Priyanka who loves doing things "out of the box" is a "tech fan" and has an investment in dating app, Bumble. For Priyanka, the app would be an "incredible platform" for women. She said the app empowers women.
Bumble app, often known as a feminist dating app, is a social network that empowers women and allows them to make friends, date, as well as growing professional network.
The lead up to Priyanka cementing her international stardom started in 2018 that will in many ways remain a standout year in the actor’s life. From being one of the celebrities in attendance at Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle to her engagement to Nick Jonas and subsequent Udaipur wedding, the year saw quite a few memorable pit stops in the former Miss World’s life and career.
Priyanka’s claim to international fame is, however, not restricted to her marriage to Nick Jonas. The actor, by her own right, had already made inroads into Hollywood with the highly successful ABC drama Quantico, becoming, in the process, the first South Asian actress to lead an American series. Who would have thought, that a girl born in humble Jamshedpur would one-day headline news across the World.
Born on July 18, 1982, in Jamshedpur, to physicians Ashok and Madhu Chopra, her early life was spent travelling to various places since her parents were serving in the Indian Army. She lived in places including Delhi, Chandigarh, Ambala, Ladakh, Lucknow, Bareilly, and Pune. According to various media reports, Priyanka has fond memories as a child of playing in the valley of Leh and considers Bareilly her home town and maintains strong connections there.
At the age of 13, Priyanka Chopra moved to the United States to study there. She lived with her aunt and attended schools in Newton, Massachusetts, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Priyanka has later in her life, revealed, that during her teen years in the United States, she sometimes faced racial abuse and was bullied for being an Indian by African-American classmates.
After three years in the States, Priyanka returned to India where she completed her high school education from the Army Public School in Bareilly. It is believed that Priyanka originally aspired to be an aeronautical engineer before her career took off, following Miss World.
After returning to India, she won the local May Queen beauty pageant in Bareilly and in the year 2000, her mother entered her name in the Femina Miss India contest of 2000, where she finished second, winning the Femina Miss India World title. There was no looking back for Priyanka.
Priyanka went on to win the Miss World pageant, being crowned Miss World 2000 and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty – Asia & Oceania at the Millennium Dome in London on November 30, 2000.
Soon after winning the title, Priyanka would go on to star in a string of Bollywood films, debuting with ‘The Hero: Love Story of a Spy’ in 2003. Priyanka has starred in more than 50 Indian films since then taking on the roles of a boxer, a model, an autistic teenager, and a royal princess. Her 2008 portrayal of a model in the film ‘Fashion’ received a lot of backlash from the media, revolving around her trying to lose excess weight for the part.
The actress has been linked with several men in her illustrious career. From Aseem Merchant who dated her during her modelling days and whom she ditched after becoming Miss World to ultimately marrying Nick Jonas, she has been linked to several men in her life. However, none were as controversial as her alleged affair with the Badshah of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan. Rumours have it that Priyanka was in a secret relationship with the ‘Zero’ actor and when his wife Gauri came to know about it, she threw her out of her circle and reportedly warned Shah Rukh from ever working with her.
We all remember the moment when Priyanka made headlines for her brown leather jacket which she wore on a chat show Dirty Laundry. Showing the jacket to host of the Show Laura Brown, Priyanka revealed that she was a bit apprehensive about bringing it on the show but finally decided to carry it. "This is a jacket that I literally live in. It’s my airport jacket but it belonged to an ex-boyfriend. It stopped being his after it stayed back in my house one day and I wore it," Priyanka further said.
Moments after the show was aired, people started making claims that Priyanka's jacket once belonged to Shah Rukh Khan. Pictures of Shah Rukh donning a similar jacket appeared online and netizens began to speculate if Priyanka and Shah Rukh were involved in the past.
Apart from Shah Rukh, the other men who featured in her life included Akshay Kumar, Harman Baweja, and Shahid Kapoor. It is believed that when Akshay’s wife Twinkle Khanna got wind of their alleged affair, she gave a strong warning to the ‘Khiladi’ actor and the two still avoid making eye contact to this date.
As for Shahid Kapoor, when IT officials raided Priyanka Chopra’s house, Shahid reportedly opened the door wearing only boxers. The two never made it public and soon after parted ways.
A few years back, in 2009, Hollywood heartthrob Gerard Butler had asked PeeCee out. Apparently, he came down to India, and Priyanka hosted a party in honour of him at her Versova residence. Through the course of the evening, the smitten Gerard made all attempts to woo Priyanka, but to no avail.
The ‘Bajirao Mastani’ actress has a very unique tattoo on her right wrist that continues up her hand, specifying her love for her father. The actress inked ‘Daddy’s lil girl’ on her right wrist as a tribute to her father, Dr. Ashok Chopra who passed away on June 10, 2013, from cancer. Priyanka got the tattoo done during the shoot of her debut movie album in 2012. The tattoo is her way of expressing her love and emotions towards her father.
In a show, Priyanka Chopra has said that before she became an actress, she met a producer-director, looking for a possibility in acting, then she was said by him that everything was wrong in her, her nose was not proportionate. Watch the video here:
India’s official UNICEF goodwill ambassador for child rights in 2010, Priyanka became the first Bollywood star signed by Creative Artist Agency and in 2016 received the People’s Choice Award for favourite actress in a new TV series for her role in Quantico. It was in 2017, that Priyanka shocked the world by attending the Met Gala with Nick Jonas by her side. While they were just friends at that point of time, they would soon start dating and in 2018 the duo got hitched in Udaipur.
Priyanka, who married Nick in 2018 started texting each other in 2016, finally meeting each other in real life at a Vanity Fair Oscar’s party in 2017. The subsequently attending the 2017 Met Gala together but did not meet again till 2018 and it was then the relationship really took off. Priyanka got engaged to Nick Jonas in July 2018. The couple got married Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
The question for Priyanka Chopra in her final round was prepared by Miss Turkey. The question was, who does she consider to be the most successful woman living in the world today and why?
Priyanka answered, "There are lot of people who I admire and believe in, but I think one of the most successful woman who have achieved a lot notches for herself or other countries, I think would be Mother Teresa." Applauses and cheers followed the answer.
She added, "I admire her from the bottom of my heart for being so considerate, compassionate, kind, giving up her life for people in India. To give up everything she ever had to make others lives beautiful. To bring smiles on people's face. That's what I believe in."
Shah Rukh Khan was one of the jury members in the year Priyanka Chopra was crowned Miss India. In one of the question and answer rounds, the Badsha of Bollywood asked a question to Priyanka and before the question he said he was as nervous as she was, "I go weak in the presence of the beauty."
SRK said his question is long but answer would be quite simple. He said, "This is hypothetical. Who would you rather marry - a great Indian Sportsman with all the records in Indian cricket like Azhar bhai (Mohammad Azharuddin) here, who would make our country proud, take you all around the world and make you swell with pride. Or an artistic businessman with a difficult name to pronounce like Swarovski who will bedeck you with jewels, fine necklaces and you will never have to buy a chandelier for your house ever again or a Hindi film star like me who has nothing better to do then to give you complicated multiple choice questions about a hypothetical wedding like this."
Shah Rukh added, "Before you answer, none of this is going to prejudice our marks for you."
Priyanka answered, "If I was to choose one of these three very difficult choices, I think I would go for a great Indian sportsman."
Claps and cheers followed.
Priyanka added, "Because when I come back home, or when he comes back home, I will be there to be his support, to tell him I am proud of him just as much as India is. To be able to tell him, hey look you did your best and you are the best and I will take immense pride in my husband, who will be a man of strong character if he can bring so much pride to my country."
While Priyanka has won numerous film awards, including the National Film Award, the Producers Guild Award, Screen Award, and the Filmfare Award, she has also received India’s fourth-highest civilian honour the Padma Shri Award in 2016 by the then President Pranab Mukherjee.
Dogs are faithful friends of humans and for Priyanka seems to be a complete dog lover as she keeps on updating her photographs on social media with her little buddy. She is often seen posing and playing with dogs.
Also, Priyanka often shares motivating, encouraging and optimistic quotes, posted on social media which clearly indicates that she believes is spreading positive vibes.
The former Miss World even has a film production company Purple Pebble Pictures which in 2016, produced the critically acclaimed comedy-drama Ventilator, which won three National Film Awards.
The Dadasaheb Phalke award winner has also decided to open up like never before in her memoir titled Unfinished that will be a collection of the actress's personal essays, stories and observations and will hit stands in 2019.
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