Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress : Priyanka Chopra Wallpaper

Indian actress : Priyanka Chopra Wallpaper

Indian actress : Priyanka Chopra Wallpaper

Indian actress : Priyanka Chopra Wallpaper

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra (Hindi: प्रियंका चोपड़ा, pronounced Priyanka Chopra born 18 July 1982)] is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000.] She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film Bluffmaster!]

Chopra made her acting debut with the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan. The following year, she made her Bollywood film debut with The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and followed it with the hit Andaaz, for which she won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004, she became the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award, which she received for her critically acclaimed performance in Aitraaz. Chopra would later have commercial success with films like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Krrish (2006) and Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006).] In 2008, Chopra received a National Film Award for Best Actress, as well as a Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] for her portrayal of a model in Fashion and has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Bollywood.]]

    1 Early life and background
    2 Miss World
    3 Acting career
        3.1 Debut and breakthrough (2002–03)
        3.2 Initial success and struggle phase (2004–08)
        3.3 Fashion and recent work (2008–present)
    4 Music career
    5 Other work
    6 Awards and honours
    7 Filmography
    8 See also
    9 References
    10 External links

Chopra was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand to Ashok Chopra and Madhu Akhauri, both physicians by profession. Chopra spent her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh; Newton, Massachusetts; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.] Her father was in the army and thus her family moved quite frequently. Her father hailed from a family of Punjabi origin, settled in Bareilly and her mother comes from a family settled in Jamshedpur. She also has a brother, Siddharth, who is seven years younger than she is.

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Chopra studied at La Martiniere Girls' School in Lucknow as a young girl. She subsequently re-located to the U.S. where she studied in Newton South High School in Newton, Massachusetts and then in John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She returned to India and finished her high school at Army School in Bareilly. She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai, but left after winning the Miss World pageant.

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