Parineeti Chopra

Parineeti Chopra (born 22 October 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who primarily works in Hindi films.

Chopra is a recipient of several accolades, including a Filmfare and a National Film Award.

Chopra was born on 22 October 1988 in Ambala, Haryana into a Punjabi Hindu family.

Her father, Pawan Chopra, is a businessman and supplier to the Indian Army at Ambala Cantonment and her mother is Reena Chopra.

She has two brothers: Shivang and Sahaj; actresses Priyanka Chopra, Meera Chopra and Mannara Chopra are her cousins.

Chopra was educated at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala.

In an interview published in The Hindu, she revealed that she was a very good student and had always wanted to become an investment banker.

At the age of 17, Chopra moved to England, where she received a triple honours degree in business, finance and economics from Manchester Business School.

She used to take orientation classes for new students at the university.

While studying, she worked part-time for the Manchester United Football Club as the team leader of the catering department.

Chopra is also a trained Hindustani classical singer with a B.A. Honours in music.

She used to perform on stage with her cousin, Priyanka, and their fathers in her childhood.

Chopra remembered "fooling around with a camera" and delivering lines by the character Geet from the film Jab We Met (2007).

When YRF producer Aditya Chopra saw the tape he was impressed with her acting.

Chopra was then signed to a 3-film deal.

After obtaining a triple honours degree in business, finance and economics from Manchester Business School, Chopra returned to India during the 2009 economic recession and joined Yash Raj Films as a public relations consultant.

Later, she signed a deal with the company as an actress.

In 2009, she returned to India in the wake of the economic recession and moved to Mumbai.

Chopra obtained an internship in the marketing department of Yash Raj Films, joining the production company as a public-relations consultant.

She considered it a perfect job, because she could use what she had learned and work in films.

While working on promotions for Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), Chopra realized that she wanted to become an actress and decided to resign from her executive position with Yash Raj Films to attend acting school.

After meeting the company's casting director, she was asked to do a "dummy audition for fun".

She made her acting debut with the 2011 romantic comedy Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut, in addition to a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2011, Chopra made her screen debut in a supporting role in debutant Maneesh Sharma's romantic comedy Ladies vs Ricky Bahl starring Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma in lead roles.

The film describes how three girls who are tricked by a con artist take revenge on him by plotting the same trick for him.

Chopra played the Delhi-based "rich and spoiled brat" Dimple Chadda, who is betrayed by the film's central character.

The film emerged as a moderate commercial success at the box-office, and received mixed reviews from critics; however, Chopra's performance received high praise.

Komal Nahta said, "Of the three other girls, Chopra is undoubtedly the best. She has the best role, the best lines and hers is the best performance among the three."

Priyanka Roy of The Telegraph described Chopra as "natural" and wrote "Among the ladies, debutante Chopra almost steals the show from Sharma."

She followed it by garnering acclaim for her starring roles in the box-office hits Ishaqzaade (2012), Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) and Hasee Toh Phasee (2014).

The first of these won her the National Film Award – Special Mention while the former two earned her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

This success was followed by several poorly received films and a three-year hiatus.

Chopra has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list since 2013.

Her only successful films since this period were the horror-comedy Golmaal Again (2017), which became her highest-grossing release; and the war drama Kesari (2019), in which she had a brief role.

In 2021, Chopra earned critical praise for her leading roles in the black comedy Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar and the sports biopic Saina, earning her third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the former.

She has since played a supporting role in the ensemble film Uunchai (2022).

In addition to her acting career, Chopra is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.

She has sung some of her film songs, including "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin" and "Teri Mitti".

In 2022, Chopra ventured into television by judging the reality show Hunarbaaz: Desh Ki Shaan on Colors TV.

Chopra is married to politician Raghav Chadha.