Priyanka Chopra
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Priyanka Chopra is a two-time Filmfare Award-winning actress. After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Priyanka has become one of the most successful and popular actresses in the industry.
Priyanka was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. After winning the title, Priyanka became an actress. She first acted in a Tamil film Thamizhan and then moved on to Bollywood. In 2003, her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy released and won her good reviews. Despite being given a below average status, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. Her next film, Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar was a success, earning her a Filmfare Best Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
Her next few films failed to do well at the box office. In 2004, her film, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi released and became the third highest grossing film of that year. Her first negative role in her next release, Aitr...

Priyanka Chopra is a two-time Filmfare Award-winning actress. After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Priyanka has become one of the most successful and popular actresses in the industry.
Priyanka was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. After winning the title, Priyanka became an actress. She first acted in a Tamil film Thamizhan and then moved on to Bollywood. In 2003, her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy released and won her good reviews. Despite being given a below average status, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. Her next film, Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar was a success, earning her a Filmfare Best Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
Her next few films failed to do well at the box office. In 2004, her film, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi released and became the third highest grossing film of that year. Her first negative role in her next release, Aitraaz, a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure won her critical acclaim and earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. Her role also got her a second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. In the same year, she participated in a world tour aptly titled Temptations 2004 with Bollywood s leading stars, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal.
In 2005, she had many releases, though most didn t do well at the box office. In 2006, Chopra starred in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again. Nikhil Advani s multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Priyanka s first release in 2007. The movie failed to do well at the box office.
Priyanka was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, to Ashok and Madhu Chopra, both doctors. She also has a brother. She spent part of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Her family frequently moved since her father was in the Army.

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