Acting chops: Priyanka bags nod from People’s Choice Award

Actor nominated in ‘Favourite Actress In A New TV Series’ category for ‘Quantico’

MUMBAI/ LOS ANGELES: Priyanka Chopra, who made her international TV debut with Quantico, has earned a nomination for People’s Choice Awards’ ‘Favourite Actress In A New TV Series’ category for the American thriller series.

Thrilled by the news, Priyanka, who play a rookie FBI recruit with a mysterious past named Alex Parrish, said she feels honoured for bagging a nod in the first year of the show. “Wow, this is such an honour. First year and a nomination! Thank you @peopleschoice what say, people? #Quantico,” she tweeted.

The show also features Jake McLaughlin, Tate Ellington and Graham Rogers, who all play FBI recruits. It will narrate their adventures and experiences as they train at Quantico base in Virginia, as secrets of their pasts start to emerge.

Read: Priyanka shares details about her character in Quantico

People’s Choice Awards is the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favourites in films, music and television. The official website houses the voting platform where fans determine the categories, nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Voting will commence from November 3. In other news, Priyanka has replaced Alia Bhatt to top the list of the ‘most sensational celebrities’, as cyber criminals have been using her name to attract netizens towards malicious websites. The Intel Security Most Sensational Celebrity survey has found Priyanka topping the charts in Indian cyberspace, followed by Shraddha Kapoor, Kapil Sharma, Jacqueline Fernandez and Kangana Ranaut. 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2015.

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