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How rich is Priyanka Chopra and how does she spend her wealth? Inside The Matrix 4 star’s and husband Nick Jonas’ glamorous Hollywood life

Priyanka Chopra and husband Nick Jonas at their wedding in Jodhpur, India, in 2018. Photo: AP
Priyanka Chopra and husband Nick Jonas at their wedding in Jodhpur, India, in 2018. Photo: AP

With more than 57 million Instagram followers, the Bollywood sensation and former Miss India has gone global, but how did she get there, and how does she enjoy the high life?

After winning the Miss World title in 2000, Priyanka Chopra entered the star-making Bollywood machine, enjoying an illustrious and fruitful career before making the high jump into Hollywood. In the last five years, she has starred in a hit TV show and a string of high-calibre films, and entered into a high-profile marriage to once-eligible bachelor Nick Jonas.
 

If that’s not impressive enough, the 38-year-old actress has amassed 57 million loyal Instagram followers and lucrative brand endorsements. Estimates of her net worth spiral up to US$50 million.

Earning it

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It’s amazing to discover that Chopra only earned US$68 dollars for her first modelling job – a jarring contrast to her future payslips. After playing a wide range of roles in more than 50 films – including Krrish (2006), Barfi! (2012) and Mary Kom (2014) – Chopra has cemented herself as the actress behind some of Bollywood’s most-solid box office reports, with the Krrish franchise grossing more than US$70 million alone.

 

Despite immense success in India, Pee Cee (her pet name) set her eyes on bigger goals. In 2015, she played Alex Parrish in ABC’s hit-drama, Quantico, earning a US$3 million salary every season. This landed her on the Forbes’ 2016 chart of the highest-paid TV actresses in the world, and she raked in US$11 million that year.

Upcoming Hollywood appearances include the long-awaited The Matrix 4, starring opposite the still smoking hot at 56 Keanu Reeves, and Cowboy Ninja Viking with Chris Pratt. Her fee? Chopra currently charges US$1.6 million per film, according to Filmfare.

When she is not busy acting, Chopra also dons a producer’s hat. Launched in 2015, her production house, Purple Pebble Pictures, made its name with small but meaty films such as Ventilator (2016) and The Sky is Pink (2019). Both earned US$10 million at the box office.

 
Umesh Bhagchandani is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Jakarta, where he spent the better part of his life writing for Indonesia Tatler. Currently, he still writes film reviews on his blog (meshthemoviefreak) and is developing Jakarta Veg Bible along the way.