Published: 07:35 AM, 26 June 2026
Priyanka feels her Hollywood career doesn't match her Bollywood journey
Actor Priyanka Chopra is among the few Indian actors to have found success in both Bollywood and Hollywood. At the peak of her Hindi film career, she moved to the US to pursue international opportunities. However, despite several global projects to her name, Priyanka feels her work in Hollywood still pales in comparison to the body of work she has built in Indian cinema.
Priyanka looked back at her career in Hollywood while speaking at the Cannes Lions conference on Wednesday and expressed her desire to expand it with more diverse projects.
Despite an impressive list of international credits, including Baywatch, The Matrix Resurrections, and the recently released The Bluff, the actor said she believes her most defining work in the English-language space is still ahead of her. She added that she is now focused on taking her global career to the next level and exploring new opportunities.
She said, “In my Hindi-language career, I’ve worked with all the best filmmakers and the best actors, I’ve told amazing stories and done a variety of genres. Whereas in America, in Hollywood, in my English-language work, I haven’t really done that as much.”
She added that the next phase of her reinvention would be focused on achieving, in her English-language career, the same range and diversity of roles that she has already explored across Indian cinema.
She said her “next reinvention” is “figuring out how, in (her) English-language work” she can bring that “kind of variety to my characters that I have been able to do in India.”
During the conversation, the actor also opened up about her life since getting married and becoming a mother, admitting that her “life has changed tremendously.”
“Your priorities really change. I don’t just pack my bags and go off for a movie anymore. I don’t do five films a year. I don’t travel the way I used to. I’m really, really selective about the time I spend and who I spend it with… I’m navigating working-mom life. I have so much more respect for my mother now,” she added.
