It is a wonderful time for Priyanka Chopra, as the 'Quantico' actress finds herself featured in Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People in the World, matching shoulders with tennis ace Sania Mirza, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. She also made one of the six cover pages of the magazine.
Others from the entertainment industry in the list included Leonardo DiCaprio, Adele, Aziz Ansari, Gael García Bernal, Taraji P Henson, Gina Rodriguez, Charlize Theron etc. Her 'Baywatch' co-star Dwayne Johnson spoke highly of her in an interview. He said, “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 knows there's no substitute for hard work.” He also called himself “lucky enough” to be working with the actress.
“It’s an amazing time to watch as she pierces the US market. She has an ability to inspire people to do more and achieve more. When I look at her success from the 50,000 feet 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 said.
The list also included Pope Francis, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla, Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama, French President François Hollande, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
