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Priyanka Choudhary is an Indian television actress and model. She gained immense popularity with the Hindi TV serial ‘Udaariyaan’ (2021) in which she played the role of Tejo Sandhu.
Wiki/Biography
Priyanka Chahar Choudhary was born on Friday, 12 July 1996 (age 26 years; as of 2022) in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She did her schooling at Navi Mumbai High School. She then attended University of Delhi.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 6″
Weight (approx.): 50 kg
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Brown
Figure Measurements: 32-26-30
Parents & Siblings
Her father, Mahavir Singh Chahar, is an honorary captain in the Indian Army. She has six siblings out of which her brother Vikas Choudhary is a managing director at SRM Hospital and Laboratories, Jaipur. One of her sisters’ names is Preeti Choudhary and one of her brothers’ names is Yogesh Choudhary.
Career
She started her career as a host in events.
She has featured as a model in various Punjabi music videos including ‘Online’ (2016) by Babbu Maan, ‘Mai Bewafa’ (2018) by Ishan Kouran, and ‘Hanju’ (2020) by Robin Sidhu. She has acted in a few Hindi films such as ‘Pending Love’ (2018), ‘Lateef to Laden’ (2018), and ‘Kandy Twist’ (2019).
She debuted as an actor in the Colors TV serial ‘Gathbandhan’ (2019) in which she portrayed the role of Sejal Parekh.
She appeared in the Ullu App web-series ‘3G Gaali Galoch Girls’ in 2019. She has also acted in the episodic TV serial ‘Savdhaan India.’ In 2020, she played the role of Keerti “Kittu” Jain in the Star Plus serial ‘Yeh Hai Chahatein.’ She came into the limelight with the Colors TV serial ‘Udaariyaan’ in 2021 along with other actors like Ankit Gupta and Isha Malviya.
In 2022, she participated in the reality TV show ‘Bigg Boss 16,’ which aired on Colors TV.
Controversy
An ex-flatmate of Priyanka, Ishita Reha Gupta, accused her of stealing her clothes in April 2023. Additionally, Ishita claimed that Priyanka stalked her and harassed her through her PR firm. Ishita took to Twitter to claim that Priyanka Chahar Choudhary stole her clothing worth 30K Pounds (Rs 30,67,011). Ishita tweeted,
Obsessed lady with a psychotic PR team that can’t stop harassing others. Definition of toxic. Just to impress people, faked an entire personality. She thinks by trying to look like me and by dressing up like my clone she can turn into the person I am. Ha! Perhaps after a zillion reincarnations. Stole my clothes for over 30K pounds, I didn’t say anything (sic).”
Net Worth
As of 2022, she charges Rs 5 lakh per week for Bigg Boss 16.
Facts/Trivia
- In an interview, Priyanka shared that she was brought up in an army family, and she was raised to always stand up for herself and never took disrespect.
- In 2019, on the suggestion of a numerologist, she changed her name from Pari Choudhary to Priyanka Choudhary. She said in an interview,
I have done a lot of good work with my current name, but sometimes, one does feel that destiny might have something better in store. With new domains of work opening up for actors, I hope that my career will do better.”
- In an interview, she shared that her dream was to play the roles of Kareena Kapoor in ‘Jab We Met’ (2007) and Alia Bhatt in ‘Highway’ (2014).
- She is often spotted drinking alcohol in parties.
- She is an avid animal lover and has posted various pictures with cats and dogs on her social media profiles.