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In the United States, she didn’t become really popular until she starred as the main character in the
ABC show
Quantico where she played Alex Parrish, who joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and becomes a prime suspect in a terrorist attack on Grand Central Terminal. The show ran from 2015 to 2018, but her fame runs way beyond that. Before lending her talent to America she was one of the biggest stars in India, making her Bollywood debut back in 2003– but she recognizes how hard that crossover can be
“I realized that South Asian actors get put into a box. As soon as you say you’re a Bollywood actor, all I’m expected to be good at is dancing and big, theatrical acting,” she
told Elle in 2019. “So I thought, the way to make a dent would be to not play Indian characters at all.”
She’s part of the Chopra family, which is one of the most dominant film producing family’s in Asia, and her work has earned her awards like on
Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list and
Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Oh, and did we mention that she was
Miss World in 2000?
Chopra is also huge in the philanthropic world, and as one of the highest-paid actresses, she’s been putting that money to good use working with organizations like UNICEF. She speaks loudly towards children’s rights and even created her own foundation to help the underprivileged kids of India.
Since becoming famous in the states, she has married pop star
Nick Jonas and rightfully graced the cover of many magazines. In celebration of her 41st birthday, we gathered some of our favorite pictures of the beautiful actress.
