When Priyanka Chopra Slammed Publication For Calling Her "Wife Of Nick Jonas"

Actor and model Priyanka Chopra celebrates her 40th birthday today. Over the course of her career, Chopra has branched out into producing and was listed as one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes. Awarded the Padma Shri award in 2016, Chopra has been vocal about gender equality, feminism, and the gender wage gap. In 2021, Chopra slammed a news media report for introducing her as “Wife of Nick Jonas” rather than by her name and minimising her accomplishments.

Actor Priyanka Chopra posted an Instagram story with screenshots of an article that referred to her as the wife of singer and actor Nick Jonas. She wrote, “Very interesting that I’m the one promoting one of the most iconic film franchises of all time, and I’m still referenced as ‘the wife of…’”

Chopra brought up how even as a prolific actor, she was referenced as “Wife of Nick Jonas” rather than by her own name. At the time, Chopra was promoting the film The Matrix Resurrections.

Priyanka Chopra Slammed Publication

Referring to the award winner Chopra as Jonas’ wife minimises her accomplishments and reduces her to the role of the singer's wife. As Chopra asked, “Please explain how this still happens to women? Should I add my IMDB link to my bio?”

The Bollywood and Hollywood star Priyanka Chopra has not only featured in films but has also released three singles as a recording artist. Chopra is a founder of Purple Pebble Pictures, a production company under which she produced several Indian regional films. She has worked with United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) since 2006 and was appointed as the global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for child rights in 2010 and 2016.

With such an extensive list of accomplishments and notable work, it is confusing why she was referred to as “Wife of Nick Jonas” when the publication could have mentioned her work instead. Chopra has been named the World's 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes twice and was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time.

Even then, Chopra's extensive accomplishments were minimised and ignored by the publication. Instead, of using her accomplishments when describing her, the publication repeatedly referred to her as Jonas' wife.

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