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Oscar presenter, Baywatch villain, Quantico star, talk show queen... Priyanka Chopra is on fire.
And thought she's the first South Asian woman to take the lead in an American network drama, the gorgeous star and GQ favourite made her case for not being typecast as "Indian" or a "Bollywood celebrity". One look at Priyanka's sexy new photoshoot and we'd have to agree.
In an interview with an international publication, she said, "I'm proud of being Indian, but I don't think I need to be labeled based on where I am from. It's divisive in many ways, and we're already so divided. By saying 'Bollywood'--first of all, we're not an offshoot of Hollywood, we're the Indian film industry that produces a tremendous array of films every year--it's using a word that encapsulates a stereotype of what we are. And we don't really do that with any other countries. We don't say, 'Spanish celebrity Penelope Cruz' or 'Italian star Sophia Loren.' So why make it a defining point for me? I'm trying to be global and trying to push us, as a society, to becoming colorblind, and so I'm very grateful to ABC for casting me in Quantico. It was based on my merit, not on my ethnicity. The part wasn't written for an Indian girl, it was just written for an ass-kicking, mess of a girl, and I happen to portray her best."
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