--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Priyanka Chopra by Dwayne Johnson: TIME 100 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0127beddc2bd450/69888f8a524fc07c64df79d7/time-100-2016-priyanka-chopra.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 19, 2016 # Priyanka Chopra by Dwayne Johnson  Ben Hassett for TIME Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards—a massive star. When we connected around the time she started _Quantico_, we immediately hit it off. She has drive, ambition, self-respect, and she knows there’s no substitute for hard work. We always quote the saying “Wear your success like a T-shirt, not like a tuxedo,” and she really does—as big a star as she is, as global as she is, as beautiful as she is, there’s this interesting quality of relatability. Now I’m lucky enough to be working with her on _Baywatch_. It’s an amazing time to watch as she pierces the U.S. market. She has an ability to inspire people to do more and achieve more. When I look at her success from the 50,000-ft. view and see everything that Priyanka has already done, is currently doing and has the desire and the bandwidth to do, I can see that her impact is going to be invaluable. _Johnson is an actor and producer and a co-founder of Seven Bucks Productions_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/"},"headline":"Priyanka Chopra","datePublished":"2016-04-19T20:01:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:13:21.093Z","description":"A star rising higher","url":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0127beddc2bd450/69888f8a524fc07c64df79d7/time-100-2016-priyanka-chopra.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0127beddc2bd450/69888f8a524fc07c64df79d7/time-100-2016-priyanka-chopra.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/","name":"Priyanka Chopra"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME 100: Priyanka Chopra","description":"Priyanka Chopra on Breaking out of the Bollywood Stereotype","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mxwifpoU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-15T15:59:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mxwifpoU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/","duration":"PT4M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```