Priyanka Chopra Jonas is one of the 4 Indians on BBC’s 100 influential women list. Author Geetanjali Shree, engineer and astronaut Sirisha Bandla, and social worker Sneha Jawale are the other 3 women on the list.The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, directed by Anil Sharma, marked this former Miss World’s Bollywood debut. She played the second lead opposite Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta. Her breakthrough in Hollywood came as she made history as the 1st South Asian actress to lead an American network drama series ‘Quantico’ in 2015.The actress is described as one of Bollywood’s biggest film stars, having appeared in more than 60 films. The actress spoke to the BBC about the pay discrimination in the field and how she obtained equal pay to her male co-actor in her 22-year career for her upcoming, US series, Citadel. She also discussed about social issues like body shaming and social reforms like the MeToo moment.Image source- unicef.orgIn addition to having a very successful career the actress does not step down from performing her social duties, she is UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador and works to promote girls’ education and children’s right.She has lived a life that exemplifies how anyone can thrive in any situation with unwavering focus and confidence in their own abilities.
