Oct 1, 2024, 11:12 AM IST

Impressive educational qualifications of Parineeti Chopra

Manisha Chauhan

Parineeti Chopra was born on October 22, 1988, in Ambala, Haryana, into a Punjabi Hindu family.

Parineeti Chopra was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Ambala. In an interview with The Hindu, she shared that she was a top student and aspired to be an investment banker. 

At 17, Parineeti moved to England and earned a triple honors degree in business, finance, and economics from Manchester Business School. 

 While studying, she also led orientation classes for new students and worked part-time for Manchester United Football Club as the team leader of the catering department.

Additionally, Parineeti is a trained Hindustani classical singer with a B.A. Honours in music, and she performed on stage as a child with her cousin Priyanka and their fathers.

In 2009, Parineeti Chopra returned to India after the economic recession and moved to Mumbai. 

sShe landed an internship in the marketing department of Yash Raj Films as a public-relations consultant, which she felt was the perfect job to utilise her skills and work in the film industry. 

. While promoting Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), she realised her passion for acting and decided to resign to attend acting school.

After meeting the company's casting director, she was invited to do a "dummy audition for fun." During this audition, she remembered delivering lines from the character Geet in Jab We Met (2007). 

Impressed by her performance, YRF producer Aditya Chopra signed her to a three-film deal, marking the beginning of her acting career.