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Priyanka Chopra Bags People's Choice Awards Nomination

Priyanka Chopra Bags People's Choice Awards Nomination
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Priyanka Chopra poses at the Disney ABC Television Group party during the 2015 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES -- Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has made it to the final nomination in the Favourite Actress in a New TV Series category of People's Choice Awards 2016.

The 33-year-old Mary Kom (2014) actress, who has made it to the top five, will be competing with big names like Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Marcia Gay Harden and Lia Michele.

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Priyanka Chopra in Quantico new poster.

"Wow my first nomination for #Quantico... Feel like a true debutante again. Thank u @peopleschoice http://goo.gl/xibY9Z fingers crossed," Priyanka tweeted the voting link.

My first nomination for #quantico .. Only six episodes in.. Let the voting begin... #pcashttps://t.co/aLBc6wCs9w

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) November 4, 2015

In her debut American TV thriller Quantico the Gunday (2014) star plays the lead role of a young FBI recruit Alex Parish.

The news of her being one of the 15 actresses vying for a final nomination in the category came last month.

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Priyanka Chopra posted a Quantico selfie on Instagram.

This is the first nomination the former Miss World has earned for the show.

"My first nomination for #quantico. Only six episodes in.

Let the voting begin.#pcas https://instagram.com/p/9piaqUJswv/," she wrote.

Apart from the actress, the show has also bagged the final nomination in the Favourite New TV Drama category.

"Double whammy! #Quantico nominated too! Yay," Priyanka posted.

Quantico has also received an order for six more episodes from ABC.

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Priyanka Chopra's 'Quantico' Shoot In The US
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Priyanka Chopra plays an FBI agent named Alex Parrish (or is it Weaver?) on the show. (credit:@priyankachopra/Instagram)
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The star posted this picture on her Instagram account two weeks ago, with the caption: "On set shenanigans!!! #Quantico @joshsafran @thedogchuck @hunterfryellis". (credit:@priyankachopra/Instagram)
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She took a whole bunch of pictures of her surroundings as well. These are from the show's shooting schedule in Atlanta, Georgia. (credit:@priyankachopra/Instagram)
(04 of06)
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In NYC, PepsiCo's chief design officer, Mauro Porcini, sent her specially-customised Pepsi cans with her face and signature on them. Aww. (credit:@priyankachopra/Instagram)
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Here's a selfie she took on the last day of shoot in NYC. (credit:@priyankachopra/Twitter)
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And here she is at lunch with the entire cast and crew of 'Quantico' in NYC, looking like one big, happy family. (credit:@priyankachopra/Twitter)
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