in the west. she's one of the bbc�*s 100 women this year. hi! and we're going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you're obviously a successful star in two countries on two continents, but when you were growing up, that was a very different world. when people asked you what you want to be, what did you say? and at what point did you feel that the canvas could be as big as this? no, i never thought the canvas could be as big as this. this was not ever an aim or ever even a thought. i came from a family of doctors, physicians, military — most of my family has been in the service, my father and my mother both were in the military. so, it wasn't a realistic ambition at that time. i come from a small town in india.