Priyanka Chopra to Deepika Padukone: Bollywood actors who have made it big in Hollywood

Bollywood celebrities have time and again proved that their talents know no bounds. In the last couple of years, we have seen B-town actors enhancing their skills by featuring in international movies. From celebrities like Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deepika Padukone to Irrfan Khan, here’s a list of Bollywood actors who have upped their game and made it big in the Hollywood industry.

Bollywood actors who have made it big in Hollywood:

1. Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is currently at the peak of her career. She made her Hollywood debut in 2015 with the TV show Quantico and it was well-received in the United States and in India. She later starred in Baywatch alongside Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron. Since then, there has been no looking back for PeeCee. Recently, she also featured in the American film, The Matrix Resurrections.

 

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2. Ali Fazal

Ali Fazal’s Bollywood journey is filled with hits. He made his Hollywood film debut with a special appearance in the action film Furious 7, the seventh installment in The Fast and the Furious film series. He also went on to play the lead in Victoria and Abdul. Next, the actor will soon be seen in Death On The Nile.

 

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3. Deepika Padukone

Deepika made her big Hollywood debut in 2017 with Vin Diesel in XXX: Return of Xander Cage. She played the character of the badass Serena Unger and it garnered her an international fanbase.

 

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4. Irrfan Khan

The late actor rose to international success after playing the role of a police inspector in the critically acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Later, he had supporting roles in the Hollywood films The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Life of Pi (2012), Jurassic World (2015), and Inferno (2016). His stellar performances have been appreciated by Hollywood celebrities as well.

 

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5. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai ruled Hollywood much before Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone ventured into the West.In 2007, Rai appeared in her first Hollywood production—the unremarkable The Last Legion. She has quite a few Hollywood projects in her bag, including The Pink Panther 2, Bride and Prejudice, The Last Legion and The Mistress of Spices.

 

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6. Anil Kapoor

Anil’s first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle’s Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He was also seen in 2011 film, Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, crime and thriller Hollywood television series 24.

 

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7. Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher has worked in over 500 films in several languages and many plays. Apart from working in Hindi films, he has also appeared in many acclaimed international films such as the Golden Globe nominated Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Ang Lee’s Golden Lion–winning Lust, Caution (2007), and David O. Russell’s Oscar-winning Silver Linings
Playbook (2013).

 

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