Priyanka was born on July 18, 1982, in the Chopra family consisting
of her dad, Dr. Ashok and mom, Dr. Madhu (nee Akhauri), and has one
younger brother. Her dad is Punjabi-speaking, while her mom is from
Bihar. As a child, she suffered from Asthma and was very close to her
dad. Her family affectionately called her Mimi.While she was
born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, she also spent her childhood in Bareilly,
in Uttar Pradesh as well as in Lucknow, where she was enrolled in the
La Martiniere Girls' School. These frequent re-locations took place as
Ashok was a doctor in the Indian Army. She subsequently re-located to
the U.S. where she studied in Newton's Newton North High School and then
in Cedar Rapid's John F. Kennedy High School in Massachusetts and Iowa
respectively.In 2000 she returned to India and enrolled in Jai
Hind College and Basant Singh Institute of Science in Churchgate,
Bombay, but had to leave abruptly as she was crowned Miss India. She was
subsequently crowned Miss World in the same year - a year which proved
to be a year for Indian Beauty Queens - as Lara Dutta and Dia Mirza were
also crowned Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific respectively.
Ironically, beauty pageants are banned in India's conservative state,
Uttar Pradesh.After completing her responsibilities as a Beauty
Queen, she first appeared on the tinsel screen in India in a Tamil movie
'Thamizhan'.She made her in Bollywood with 'The Hero' in 2002, and then went on to act in over
28 movies, as well as lent her voice as a playback singer in 'Barsaat
(2005)'. She has won 11 to date for her performance in 'Andaaz', 'Aitraaz', 'The Hero', 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi', & 'Krrish'.As
of June 2007, she is involved in the filming of 'Sahib Biwi Aur
Ghulam', 'Kajri', 'Drona', 'London Dreams', 'Qurbani', 'Chamki Chameli',
'Love Story 2050' amongst others.
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