Priyanka Chopra among world's highest paid TV actresses

Priyanka Chopra among world's highest paid TV actresses

Priyanka Chopra has become the first Indian star to enter the Forbes list of highest paid television actresses in the world, after starring on American series "Quantico".

Priyanka ranks eighth in the coveted list, which has retained American actress Sofia Vergara at the first position fifth year in a row.

The 44-year-old Colombian-American actress brought home a whooping $43 million before management fees and taxes, but not all came from her hit TV show "Modern Family".

Vergara has an impressive array of endorsement deals as well as her line of products.

Priyanka, meanwhile, has earned $11 million. She made her international acting debut last year with ABC's "Quantico" and now is gearing up for its second season.

Back home, the 34-year-old actress has starred in two Bollywood films in the past one year -- "Bajirao Mastani" and "Jai Gangaajal"-- and will make her Hollywood film debut with "Baywatch" alongside Hollywood heavy-hitters including Dwayne Johnson, the world's highest-paid actor.(more)

Priyanka Chopra reaches 13 million Twitter followers

Actress Priyanka Chopra has reached 13 million followers on Twitter and she celebrated the milestone by leaping on the beach in Boca Raton, Florida, where she has been shooting "Baywatch" movie. 

The 33-year-old actress thanked all her fans and hoped that her "crazy ride" continues. 

Anti-pan masala campaign: SRK, Priyanka and others may lose hefty fees

For decades, Bollywood has portrayed the nobility to stand for a cause that benefits public at large. The heroism comes with a price tag too - it taught us. The real life choices may not be very dissimilar for the industry’s top paid actors either. While, Sunny Leone, the porn-star turned bollywood actor, responded positively weeks after she received a request from the Delhi government to not endorse any pan masala brand, the others, if they wish to follow suit, may have to relinquish crores as endorsementfees that they earn – appearing for pan masala brands currently.

Shah Rukh Khan – one of Bollywood’s top paid actor and brand endorser signed a deal for Rs 20 crore in 2014 to promote Pan Vilas. The choice was obvious given the TVC’s message for its target customers – for men who made it big in life on their own. The deal was said to be the highest endorsement fee charged for a single brand at that point in time by any Bollywood actor. 

Priyanka Chopra – who endorses Rajnigandha Silver Pearls – charged a premium on her standard rate of Rs 1 crore for the brand, it is learned.