Priyanka Chopra: India actress wins People's Choice Award

Priyanka Chopra with her People's Choice AwardGetty Images

Chopra won the "favourite actress" award for her role as an FBI agent in the US thriller Quantico.

Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has become the first South Asian actress to win a People's Choice Award.

Chopra won the "favourite actress in a new TV series" award for her role as an FBI agent in the US thriller Quantico.

Other actresses nominated for the award included Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele and Marcia Gay Harden.

Chopra tweeted an image of herself with the award, thanking fans for voting for her and said she was "fortunate".

I am so fortunate!Thank U to everyone who voted for me at the #PCAs! My #PCManiacs-I am nothing without you!Big loveTwitter

Chopra also presented the award for favourite action movie to Furious 7, along with actor John Stamos.

Other winners at the awards include pop stars Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber, and Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory.

Chopra's win has pushed #PeoplesChoiceAwards, which is not followed widely in India, to the top of Twitter trends in the country:

Huma Qureshi: You go girl !! @priyankachopra #proudproudproudTwitter
Faridoon Shahryar: Congratulations 2 @priyankachopra for doing #India proud by winning at #PeoplesChoiceAwards this is d sort of News that makes India SHINE!Twitter
Manisha Mandal: Omg @priyankachopra you make us so proud..And my god what confidence u have...admire.more power to @QuanticoTVTwitter

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