Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra Biography

Priyanka Chopra, is an Indian actress and Miss World 2000.

Priyanka was born on July 18, 1982 in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India to Ashok and Madhu Chopra née Sankaran, both doctors.She also has a brother.Her father is a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi and her mother is a Tamil-Malayali-Kannada from Tamil Nadu. Her mother's family members were from Madurai and Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, Udupi in Karnataka and Kozhikode in Kerala.

She spent part of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Her family frequently moved since her father was in the Army. She studied at La Martiniere Girls' College in Lucknow, as a young girl and later came to the United States, where she was a student at Newton North High School, in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary High School in North Delta before returning to India to complete high school at Army Public School (Bareilly). She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant. Priyanka's Father is also a very good singer.

Priyanka was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta and Diya Mirza, both from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple.When she 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.

After winning the Miss World title, Priyanka became an actress. She first acted in a Tamil film Thamizhan (2002) and since then has acted in many Bollywood films. She then acted in a series of flops until Mujhse Shaadi Karogi in (2004) which was her second hit. She followed it up with Aitraaz, a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure which was yet another box office success

In 2006, she worked in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again. She has also recently been on the hit chat show "Koffee with Karan".

Priyanka Chopra was voted Sexiest Asian Woman of 2006 in Eastern Eye, an Asian newspaper published in Britain.

Filmography as Actor

Chamki Chameli (2008)

Chamku (2008)

Drona (2008)

God Tussi Great Ho (2008)

Happy New Year (2008)

Love Story 2050 (2008)

Om Shanti Om (2007) - special appearance

Big Brother (2007)

Salaam-E-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007) - Kkamini

Don (2006) - Roma

Aap Ki Khatir (2006) - Anu

Alag (2006) - Special Appearance (Song)

Bluff Master (2006) - Simran "Simmi" Ahuja

Ek Haseena Ek Deewana (2006)

Krrish (2006) - Priya (Journalist)

Taxi Number 9211 (2006) - Special appearance

Barsaat (2005) - Kajal

Blackmail (2005) - Mrs. Rathod

Karam (2005) - Shalini (John's wife)

Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) - Pooja 'Mitali'

Yakeen (2005) - Simar

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) - Rani Singh

Aitraaz (2004) - Mrs. Sonia Roy

Asambhav (2004) - Alisha

Kismat (2004) - Sapna Gosai

Plan (2004) - Rani (Mussa's girlfriend)

Andaaz (2003) - Jiya

The Hero (2003) - Shaheen Zakaria

Thamizhan (2002) - Priya