Priyanka Chopra is a successful model, actress, singer, philanthropist, film producer and good-looking winner of the Miss World 2000. She is the most famous Indian actress all over Bollywood and also Hollywood. Recently, one of the highest paid actresses in India. She has one of the hardworking personalities who has gained plenty of awards together with National Film Award and five Film Fare Awards. She was named as the 100 most influential people in the world in Time magazine. Her first appearance in acting career started from the Tamil song ‘Thamizhan’ in 2002. By giving maintenance in acting, she came up with her first Bollywood debut as a supporting actress in the movie ‘The Hero: Love Story of the Spy’ in 2003.
Early Life: Born Date, Father, Mother, Siblings
The successful actress Priyanka Chopra was born on 18 July 1982 in Jamshedpur, Bihar. Her father’s name is Ashok Chopra who was Punjabi from Ambala. Her mother’s name is Madhu Chopra from Jharkhand, the eldest daughter of Ms Madhu Jyotsna Adhikari. Priyanka has one brother, Siddharth Chopra who is seven years younger than her.
Indian actresses Parineeti Chopra, Meera Chopra and Mannara Chopra, are her cousins. Priyanka said that among these places she has fond memories as a childhood of Leh. She was in class 4 when she was in Leh. Her brother Siddharth Chopra was just born.
Education and Early Career as Model
Priyanka attended some schools namely La Martiniere Girls’ School, Lowa and Army School, and John F. Kennedy High School.
She also attended in different college like La Martiniere Girls College in Lucknow, St. Maria Goretti College in Bareilly and Jai Hind College in Mumbai.
Working as a model, Priyanka got a lot of experience and was a success to win the title of ‘Miss World’ in 2000. After winning the peasant, she was offered by many deals to join the Indian film industry. She went abroad, to the United States to study at the age of thirteen. She stayed there with her aunt, attending schools in Newton, Massachusetts and Cedar Rapids, Lowa.
Career as Actress and Philanthropist
Priyanka Chopra was a struggling model in 1999. Working as a model, Priyanka got a lot of experience and was succeeding to win the title of ‘Miss World’ in 2000. After winning the peasant, she was offered by many deals to join the Indian film industry. She kept her first step in acting career from the Tamil song in 2002. Then she continued her act in various movies like ‘The Hero’ and ‘Andaaz’ in 2003, thriller ‘Aitraaz’ in 2004, ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’ in 2004, ‘Krish’ in 2006 and ‘Don’ in 2006.
In 2008 she played a role of the troubled model in the drama ‘Fashion.’ In the thriller movie ‘Aitraaz,’ she showed up with her first negative role together with Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. She is mostly concern about gender equality and feminism. With the support and help of her mother Madhu Chopra, she started company Purple Pebble Productions. She created a Marathi film and Ventilator. She also has sung a song, ‘Baba,’ as her voice was also fantastic in singing.
While living in the United States in Massachusetts, she used to participate in various theatre productions, showed interest in learning Western classical music, choral singing, and Kathak dance. Wherever she goes, she always stood in front to hear something.
She has played in a movie ‘Quantico’ and ‘Baywatch’ in Hollywood with Hollywood stars. On the New York set of ABC’s hit drama, she suffered an injury after performing her stunts. Her hit show ‘Quantico’ has made a huge flow over Hollywood. She is planning to start regional film of Sikkim’s-Nepali titled ‘Paua,’ means ‘guest’ under her production.
Personal Life: Age, Size, Height, Weight, Dating Life
Priyanka (born on July 18, 1982, in Jharkhand) having zodiac sign Cancer, recently her age is 34 years. Her obtained weight is 53 kg and height 5’7”. She follows Hindu religion. She kept a strong relationship with her family. All her family lives together in the same apartment. Mainly she was very close to her father. Even she has a tattoo “Daddy’s Lil Girl,” tattooed in written handwriting by her father. Her father had cancer. Unfortunately, he died in June 2013. This incident brought her on the big shock. With the support of her family, she got strength for the successful life. She never gave up and carried on for the success. Her mother gave up on her occupation to support Priyanka ahead in a film career.
As the latest reports states, she is in a relationship with Tom Hiddleston. Though she has always set aside about her personal life and nothing has been confirmed till now. Her mother said with her clear voice that her daughter’s marriage would be held after her success and also after she will be able to take care of her relationship.
Priyanka Chopra Net Worth
Her net worth is around $8 million. With her hardship in an acting career, modelling, singing, etc. helped to maintain her success. She was honoured by different awards for her performances. She has supported many foundations. Chopra was also fortunate to take over international television. She has massive fans all over Bollywood and Hollywood. Her hard work and talent are meant to be an example of success for her fans.