Priyanka Chopra, armed with long legs and the Miss World crown, followed the precedent set by other beauty contest winners by joining the Bollywood bandwagon. Priyanka Chopra Photogallery
The Nomadic Mimi
Priyanka Ashok Chopra was born on 18 July 1982 in Jamshedpur and is fondly known as Mimi. Her father is Capt.
Dr.Ashok Chopra and her mother is Dr.Madhu Chopra. She has a younger brother, Siddharth. Her father’s origin is a mix of Punjabi, Bengali, and Marathi while her mother’s is a mix of Tamil, Malayali, and Kannada.
Her family was always on the move as her father was in the army. Few of her growing up years were spent in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. She studied at the La Martiniere Girl’s School in Lucknow before re-locating to the United States of America. While there, she studied at the Newton North High School in Massachusetts and later in North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta. On returning back to India, she continued her schooling in the Army School at Bareilly. She joined the Jai Hind College in Mumbai but dropped out when she won the second place in the Miss India beauty pageant. She went on to bring home the Miss World crown in 2000, becoming one of the five Indians to have won that title.
Priyanka was dating Harman Baweja. They were seen together in Love Story 2050. The couple broke up. Though it was never official, it is said that she was dating Shahid Kapoor, her co-star from Kaminey. Gerard Butler was supposedly enamoured by her and even proposed to Chopra during a party.
Belle of Bollywood
Priyanka Chopra’s first film was in Tamil. Thamizhan released in 2002. This was followed by two films The Hero: Love Story of a Spy and Andaaz. Her part in the latter won her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004, she met with success in Mujhse Shaadi Karoge and Aitraaz, which was inspired by the Hollywood hit Disclosure. Her performance as Mrs Sonia Roy was recognized with the Filmfare Best Villain Award. Her biggest hit in 2005 was Bluffmaster with Abhishek Bachchan.
In 2006, she starred in two of the year’s biggest box office successes like Krrish with Hrithik Roshan and Don – The Chase Begins Again with Shahrukh Khan. Her consequent releases in 2007 like Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love and Big Brother were flops. The year 2008 was no better. She starred in big budget movies like the sci-fi Love Story 2050 with Harman Baweja, God Tussi Great Ho with Salman Khan and Drona with Abhishek Bachchan. None of these movies matched the set expectations.
In 2008, she played Meghna Mathur, a small-town girl who tastes success in the glamour industry in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion. Her performance was delivered with such conviction that she walked away with the Filmfare Best Actress Award. The comedy, Dostana, with John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan also did well.
She began 2009 in an item number for Billu. She wow-ed the audience in Ashutosh Gowariker’s What’s Your Raashee? with Harman Baweja, in which she was seen in twelve different looks, each representing a zodiac sign. In Kaminey, she did justice to her role as Sweety and was seen completely transformed into a Marathi Mulgi.
Starring Priyanka
Priyanka Chopra and Uday Chopra will play the beauty and the beast respectively in Pyaar Impossible (2010). She will also play a black widow of sorts in Vishal Bharadwaj’s Seven Husbands (2010). She will be seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor for the first time in Anjana Anjani (2010). She is the voice of Margina in the animated flick, Alibaba Aur 41 Chor.
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AWARDS
2009: Star Screen Award for best Actress(Fashion)
2009: Filmfare award (Fashion)
2009: Stardust award
2008: Reebok Zoom Glam Awards for Glam Actress
2008: Zee Astitva Awards for Contribution to Indian Cinema
2007: Most Searched Female Actor on Internet: GIFA Awards
2007: Kelvinator's Gr8 Women Award: Contribution to Indian Cinema.
2007: Star's Sabsey Favorite Kaun Awards Sabsey Tez Sitara
2007: Northern India Film Journalist Association Best Leading Lady
2007: POGO Awards Most Amazing Actress; Krrish
2007: IIFA Awards Best On-Screen Beauty; Krrish
2006: Sabse Favouite Kaun: Tez Sitara.
2006: POGO Awards: Most Amazing Actress; Krrish
2006: Stardust Award for Superstar of tomorrow(Wakt)
2005: Stardust Awards: Superstar of Tomorrow - Female; Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
2005: Zee Cine Award for Best actress Negative roles(Aitraaz)
2005: IIFA Award Best villian(Aitraaz)
2004: Star Screen Awards: Best Villain; Aitraaz
2004, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Actress (Hindi Movies); Aitraaz
2004: Stardust Awards: Best Supporting Actress; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
2004: Filmfare Awards: Best Villain; Aitraaz
2004: Zee Cine Award best Female Debut(Andaaz)
2004: IIFA Star Debut (Andaaz)
2003: Filmfare Awards: Best Debut; Andaaz
Others
Honour
2006: Style Diva of 2006
2006: Sexiest Asian Women
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