Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra Biography

Personal Information

• Full Name: Priyanka Chopra Jonas (née Chopra)
• Date of Birth: 18 July 1982
• Birthplace: Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India
• Nationality: Indian
• Occupations: Actress, film producer, singer, author
• Years Active: 2002–present
• Spouse: Nick Jonas (married December 2018)
• Children: 1 daughter, Malti Marie Chopra Jonas (born January 2022, via surrogacy)
• Parents: Dr. Ashok Chopra (d. 2013) and Dr. Madhu Chopra, both physicians in the Indian Army
• Sibling: Siddharth Chopra (younger brother)
• Cousins: Actresses Parineeti Chopra, Meera Chopra and Mannara Chopra
• Home Town: Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

Priyanka Chopra – Career Highlights

Pageant Success

• 2000: Won the Femina Miss India World title, then was crowned Miss World 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London on 30 November — the fifth Indian to win the pageant.

Film Debut & Breakthrough

• 2002: Acting debut in the Tamil film Thamizhan.
• 2003: Bollywood debut in The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, followed by Andaaz, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
• 2004: Breakout role as the antagonist Soniya Roy in the romantic thriller Aitraaz, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.
• 2006: Starred in two of the year’s top-grossing films — Krrish and Don — later reprising both roles in Don 2 (2011) and Krrish 3 (2013).

Critical Acclaim

• 2008: Played the model Meghna Mathur in Fashion, winning both the National Film Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
• 2009–2012: Praised for Kaminey (2009), 7 Khoon Maaf (2011, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress) and Barfi! (2012).
• 2014: Played the boxer Mary Kom in the biopic Mary Kom, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
• 2015: Appeared in Dil Dhadakne Do and played Kashibai in Bajirao Mastani, winning the Filmfare, IIFA and Screen awards for Best Supporting Actress.
• 2016: Played a police officer in Jai Gangaajal.

Hollywood Recognition

• 2015–2018: Starred as Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller series Quantico, becoming the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series, and the first South Asian actress to win a People’s Choice Award.
• 2017: Hollywood film debut as the antagonist Victoria Leeds in Baywatch.
• Later appeared in Isn’t It Romantic (2019), The White Tiger and The Matrix Resurrections (both 2021), Love Again (2023), Heads of State (2025) and The Bluff (2026).
• 2023–present: Stars as Nadia Sinh in the Prime Video action thriller series Citadel — the first role of her career for which she received pay equal to her male co-star.

Producer & Entrepreneur

• Founded Purple Pebble Pictures in 2015 to back small-budget regional films.
• Its Marathi comedy-drama Ventilator (2016) won three awards at the 64th National Film Awards.
• Paani (2019) won the National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation at the 66th National Film Awards.
• Also produced Pahuna: The Little Visitors (2018) and the Hindi biopic The Sky Is Pink (2019), in which she starred.

Music & Writing

• Released the singles “In My City” (2012) and “Exotic” (2013).
• Published her memoir Unfinished (2021), which reached The New York Times Best Seller list.

Global Recognition

• 2016: Awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, and named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
• Listed by Forbes among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, and named in the BBC 100 Women list in 2022.
• UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador — national since 2010, global since December 2016; received UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award in 2019.

Priyanka Chopra’s Recent and Upcoming Work

• Citadel Season 2 – Reprising Nadia Sinh in the Prime Video spy thriller.
• Varanasi – S. S. Rajamouli’s action-adventure opposite Mahesh Babu, previously known as GlobeTrotter/SSMB29, slated for 2027. It is her first Indian film since 2019.
• Judgment Day – A comedy with Zac Efron, which she joined in 2025.
• Continuing to produce under Purple Pebble Pictures and to work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Priyanka Chopra Awards List