8. Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka was born on July 18, 1982, in the Chopra family. She grew up in many different cities in India, as well as spending a few years in the United States.
Before starting her acting career, she gained fame after winning the Miss India and Miss World titles in 2000. During her career, Chopra has received one National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards. Chopra made her Bollywood debut with The Hero in 2003. She followed that with the hit Andaaz, for which she won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She subsequently earned critical acclaim for her performance in Aitraaz (2004), and appeared in the commercially successful projects Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Krrish (2006) and Don (2006). The year 2008 marked the beginning of a new phase in Chopra’s career, as her portrayal of a troubled model in the film Fashion earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She also done notable performances in Kaminey (2009), What’s Your Raashee? (2009), 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), which garnered her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress, and for Barfi! (2012). Having done so, Chopra established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Bollywood.
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