Priyanka Chopra poses in the press room with the award for favorite actress in a new TV series at the People’s Choice Awards at the Microsoft Theater Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Los Angeles. PTI
Los Angeles: Bollywood actress and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra made India proud yet again by winning a People’s Choice Award for her international debut as FBI agent Alex Parish in American TV thriller series Quantico. She is said to be the first South Asian actress to win the honour.
Priyanka was named the Favourite Actress in a New TV series at the gala Wednesday night. Ecstatic with the victory, she said: “I’d like to thank everyone who voted for Quantico. It is my first year in the US, and to come to another country and actually get this kind of acceptance is I guess what America is all about. “So, thank you for accepting me, thank you to my mom, my manager, the cast and crew, the writer, ABC…everyone. I’m really overwhelmed.”
The 33-year-old star was given the trophy by Hollywood action star Vin Diesel, who also gave a touching tribute to his late Fast and Furious co-star Paul Walker by singing the song See you again during the course of the show. Furious 7, Walker’s last film before he passed away in November 2013 in a car accident, was named the Favourite Movie and the Favourite Action Movie at People’s Choice Awards 2016.
Other Hollywood celebrities who received awards at the ceremony held here at the Microsoft Theater were Ellen DeGeneres, Sandra Bullock, Chris Hemsworth, Johnny Depp and Meghan Trainor. IANS