Priyanka Chopra was born on 18 July, 1982 in Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand in India to Ashok and Madhu Chopra, both doctors by profession. She spent part of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Her family had to shift places from time to time as Priyanka`s father was an army man. Priyanka`s family was of a Punjabi origin. Chopra primarily studied at La Martiniere Girls` College in Lucknow. She later went to the United States and joined the Newton North High School in Newton in Massachusetts. Later she was admitted to the North Delta Senior Secondary High School in Northern Delta before returning to India to complete high school at the Army Public School in Bareilly. After her schooling was complete, she joined Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.

Priyanka Chopra was crowned Femina Miss India 2000 and later went on to win the Miss World title in the same year. Priyanka Chopra became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years.

Film Career of Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka debuted with the Tamil movie Thamizhan released in 2002. Next she ventured into the Bollywood with two movies, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy with Sunny Deol and Andaaz with Akshay Kumar and Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta. In 2004, she met with success in Mujhse Shaadi Karoge and Aitraaz. Her performance in the latter Mrs Sonia Roy won her many accolades. Her biggest hit in 2005 was Bluffmaster with Abhishek Bachchan.

In 2005, she had many releases such as Karam, Waqt, Yakeen, though most did not do well at the box office. In 2006 came the two milestones - Krrish and Don - through which she added a new dimension to the meaning of the term `girl-power`. Nikhil Advani`s multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Priyanka`s first release in 2007. Both Salaam-e-Ishq and another release Big Brother failed to do well in the box office.

Inspite of ups and downs in her variegated acting career, Priyanka has always maintained her hold amidst the gruelling competition of Bollywood. She was trained in martial arts for Don and Krrish. In the year 2008, Priyanka starred in six movies, Love Story 2050, God Tussi Great Ho, Chamku and Drona, Fashion and Dostana. While the first five movies underperformed at the box office, the later ones were a huge success. For the movie Fashoin, directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, Priyanka received several awards. The next movie Dostana was comedy flick starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Bobby Deol. In 2009, she appeared in a Vishal Bhardwaj`s Kaminey alongside Shahid Kapoor and in Ashutosh Gowariker`s What`s Your Raashee?, a film in which Chopra became the first actress in the world to portray 12 distinct characters opposite Harman Baweja. She was also seen in Pyaar Impossible and Anjaana Anjaani in 2010 along side Uday Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor respectively. In 2011 she had two films released; 7 Khoon Maaf and Don 2- The Chase Continues. For the former she won the best actor female award.

Apart from films Priyanka has also participated in the world tour fittingly titled "Temptations 2004" with Bollywood top actors, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerjee, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta and Arjun Rampal. Being among the few Indian actresses to take up challenging action packed roles, Priyanka seems to have a plethora of bright moments in her professional career.

Awards and Honours of Priyanka Chopra
For her commendable performances, Priyanka has been awarded the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for the movie Andaz. Her performance in the movie Aitraaz was recognized with the Filmfare Award for Best Villain. For the movie Fashion Priyanka was bestowed with the Filmfare Best Actress Award and the much coveted National Film Award for Best Actress. the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 2009 for Fashion, the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2009 for Fashion and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress in 2012 for 7 Khoon Maaf.

Filmography of Priyanka Chopra

Year	Film	Awards
2003	The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
2003	Andaaz	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2004	Plan
2004	Kismat
2004	Asambhav
2004	Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
2004	Aitraaz	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
2005	Blackmail
2005	Karam
2005	Waqt: The Race Against Time
2005	Yakeen
2005	Barsaat
2005	Bluffmaster!
2006	Taxi No. 9211
2006	36 China Town
2006	Alag
2006	Krrish
2006	Aap Ki Khatir
2006	Don: The Chase Begins Again
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love
2007	Big Brother
2007	Om Shanti Om
2008	My Name is Anthony Gonsalves (Special appearance)
2008	Love Story 2050
2008	God Tussi Great Ho
2008	Chamku
2008	Drona
2008	Fashion	National Film Award for Best Actress, Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2008	Dostana
2009	Billu (Special appearance in song "You Get Me Rockin & Reeling")
2009	Kaminey
2009	What`s Your Raashee?
2010	Pyaar Impossible!
2010	Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai (Special appearance)
2010	Anjaana Anjaani
2011	7 Khoon Maaf	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
2011	Ra.One (Special appearance)
2011	Don 2
2012	Agneepath
2012	Teri Meri Kahaani (Post-production)
2012	Barfee (Filming)
2013	Krrish 2 (Filming)