Priyanka Chopra Jonas (born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress, producer and former Miss World. She is one of India’s most internationally successful entertainers. She won Miss World 2000 and became a leading Hindi film star with films such as Fashion, Barfi!, Mary Kom and Bajirao Mastani. She was then the first South Asian actor to lead an American network drama, Quantico. She has since built a Hollywood career with Citadel, Heads of State and The Bluff. She received the Padma Shri in 2016.
Quick Facts
| Full name | Priyanka Chopra Jonas |
| Born | 18 July 1982, Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India |
| Age | 44 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, singer, entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Title | Miss World 2000 |
| Parents | Ashok Chopra, Madhu Chopra (both Indian Army doctors) |
| Spouse | Nick Jonas (m. 2018) |
| Children | 1 (Malti Marie, born 2022) |
| Production company | Purple Pebble Pictures |
| Known for | Aitraaz, Fashion, Barfi!, Mary Kom, Bajirao Mastani, Quantico, Citadel |
Early Life
Chopra was born in Jamshedpur. Her parents, Ashok and Madhu Chopra, were both physicians in the Indian Army, so the family moved often around India. At 13 she went to live with relatives in the United States and attended schools in Massachusetts and Iowa. She later returned to India and finished school at the Army Public School in Bareilly. In 2000 she won Femina Miss India World and then Miss World, which led to film offers.
Career
Chopra made her debut in the Tamil film Thamizhan (2002). Her first Hindi film was The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). Her breakthrough came as a scheming seductress in Aitraaz (2004), and she had hits with Krrish and Don (both 2006). In Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion (2008) she played a model whose career rises and falls, and she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. She was widely praised for Kaminey (2009), 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), Barfi! (2012), in which she played an autistic young woman, and the biopic Mary Kom (2014). In Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani (2015) she played Kashibai, the wife of the Maratha general Bajirao, played by Ranveer Singh.
In ABC’s thriller Quantico (2015–2018) Chopra played an FBI recruit, becoming the first South Asian actor to headline an American network drama. The role won her a People’s Choice Award. She appeared in Baywatch (2017), The White Tiger (2021) and The Matrix Resurrections (2021), and she led the Amazon spy series Citadel (2023). She co-starred with John Cena and Idris Elba in the action comedy Heads of State (2025) and starred as a former pirate in the swashbuckler The Bluff (2026). She is also working on S. S. Rajamouli’s Varanasi with Mahesh Babu, due in 2027.
Producer, Writer and Business
In 2015 Chopra founded Purple Pebble Pictures, which produces regional Indian films and international projects. She published a memoir, Unfinished, in 2021. She has also started a haircare brand and a restaurant in New York.
Personal Life and Philanthropy
Chopra married the American singer Nick Jonas in December 2018, in Christian and Hindu ceremonies in Jodhpur. Their daughter, Malti Marie, was born in January 2022. She has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2010, working on children’s rights and education.
Awards and Honours
Selected Filmography
Frequently Asked Questions
When and where was Priyanka Chopra Jonas born?
Priyanka Chopra Jonas was born on 18 July 1982 in Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India and is 44 years old.
What is Priyanka Chopra Jonas known for?
Known for: Aitraaz, Fashion, Barfi!, Mary Kom, Bajirao Mastani, Quantico, Citadel.
Featured image: Priyanka Chopra Jonas at the Global Education and Skills Forum, Dubai, 18 March 2018. Photo by Fuzheado (Andrew Lih), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
