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5 Bollywood actresses worked in Hollywood movies

Priyanka Chopra

No list starts without mentioning Priyanka Chopra name, when it’s something to do with the West. Priyanka received much love from playing the lead role of Alex Perish for the American television series Quantico. She was part of the 2013 movie called Girls Rising and did a voice role of Ishani for the animated comedy film Planes in the same year. Priyanka was also part of the American action comedy film Baywatch in 2017; she played the role of Victoria Leeds.


Mallika Sherawat

It might sound a bit surprising but Mallika Sherawat also did two movies in Hollywood. She appeared in a popular horror film in 2010 called Hisss, directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch. A year later she played the role of Aretha Gupta in Politics of Love. This movie is about unexpected romance between an American and Indian.

Aishwarya Rai

Miss World 1994 Aishwaray Rai, also appeared in Hollywood movies. She was part of 2007 movie The Last Legion with Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley. Another movie she did was in 2009, called The Pink Panther 2 as Sonia Solandres who is a criminology expert.

Shabana Azmi

The veteran actor Shabana Azmi did Hollywood movies in the lates 80s and early 90s. She was part of Madame Sousatzka in 1988, playing a role of a Bengali immigrant, which was based on a novel with the same name. Another movie Shabana did was in 1992 called City of Joy, where she played the role of Om Puri’s wife.

Deepika Padukone

Deepika is undoubtedly one of the most successful and talked about actresses of Bollywood currently. The beauty also worked in Hollywood for the xXx: Return of Xander Cage in 2017. She played the role of Serena Unger who supports Xiang.

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