Since the premiere of ABC's drama "Quantico" in 2015, Priyanka Chopra has been getting a lot of attention for becoming the first South Asian actress to lead an American series.
In 2016, she was named in Time's new 100 Most Influential People issue alongside the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Leonardo DiCaprio.
When "Quantico" first premiered, most Americans had no clue that she was already a big deal in India. Not only did she place at the Miss India pageant, but she went on to win Miss World. She then had a successful career as a film actress in Bollywood.
In addition to her role as Alex Parrish on "Quantico," she is involved in issues like education, hunger, and equal rights for women.
Like her character on "Quantico," there's more to Chopra than meets the eye.
Here's the fabulous life and rise to fame of Priyanka Chopra:
Priyanka Chopra's parents were doctors in the Indian army, so the family moved often.
Priyanka even attended the 10th grade in Boston, where she said she was bullied.
"It broke my spirit,"she told Glamour. "It made me question who I was. Why was it so uncool being Indian?"
Before winning Miss World, Chopra wanted to be an engineer.
Before winning pageants, she considered being an aeronautical engineer for NASA.
In 2003, Chopra made her first Bollywood movie, "The Hero: Love Story of a Spy."
Chopra has starred in more than 50 Indian films, taking on the roles of a model, a boxer, and an autistic teenager.
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