Priyanka Chopra had a relatively quiet year till she came into the limelight in the last quarter of our period under review. The actress earned rich praise for her performance in the urban comedy drama Dil Dhadakne Do, which is a story about a dysfunctional family. But the icing on the cake was winning global acclaim for her much-awaited international release: The American television serial Quantico in which she is the protagonist, an FBI recruit who is suspected of being involved in a terror attack. While her music career is still work in progress, the number of endorsements in her bag remained flat compared with the previous year.
Fast Fact: She credits American actress Ellen Pompeo of Grey's Anatomy fame for making her fall in love with the world of the small screen.