Priyanka Chopra wins at People’s Choice for Quantico

Furious 7 wins 2 top honours while Big Bang Theory gets 3 trophies

Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has become the first Indian actress to win at the People’s Choice Awards for her performance of an FBI recruit on American show Quantico.

Priyanka won the trophy at the awards, which are decided by fans’ votes, in the favourite actress in a new TV series category. She beat popular Hollywood and TV stars like Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele and Marcia Gay Harden to bag the award.

The 33-year-old actress, who looked stunning in a silver-gold metallic Vera Wang dress, thanked her fans for voting and said she feels great to be accepted by the American audience. “I would like to thank all those who voted for Quantico. My first year in America... And to come to another country and to get this kind of acceptance is I guess what America is all about. So, thank you all for accepting me,” Priyanka said in her acceptance speech as the celebrity audience cheered for her. She also took to Twitter to thank her fans. Meanwhile, Vin Diesel-starrer 2014’s action blockbuster Furious 7 won two top honours, including the favourite movie, while popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory bagged three trophies at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards. The second award for Furious 7 is in the category of favourite action movie. Channing Tatum won the favourite movie actor honour, while San-dra Bullock was named the favourite movie actre-ss, said The Hollywood Reporter. Pitch perfect 2 took away the favourite comedic movie award. Kevin Hart bagged two trophies, favourite comedic movie actor and favourite cable TV actor. Melissa McCarthy was declared the favourite comedic actress. The Martian won the favourite dramatic movie award. Johnny Depp bagged the favourite dramatic actor trophy, while Dakota Johnson, won the favourite dramatic movie actress honour. The Big Bang Theory won in the categories of the favourite TV show, the favourite network TV comedy and the best comedic actor trophy for Jim Parsons.

It is the sitcom’s third favourite TV show honour and fourth favourite network TV comedy since it first aired in 2007.

John Stamos bagged the favourite actor in a new TV series trophy. The Simpsons was announced as the favourite animated TV show. In music, pop star Taylor Swift was the lead winner with two awards, favourite female artist and favourite pop artist. Ed Sheeran won the favourite male artist honour, while Nicki Minaj took home the favourite hip-hop artist award. Meghan Trainor’s Title won the favourite album trophy and Justin Bieber’s hit single What Do You Mean was voted as the favourite song. Queen of pop Madonna was announced as the favourite music icon.