Priyanka Shah
{{Short description|Indian netball player and actress}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2009}}
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| birth_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India
| occupation = Actress, netball player
| years_active = 2015–present
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Priyanka Shah is an Indian former netball player, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of Miss Tourism India 2007 and a finalist in Femina Miss India 2007. She is also the winner of Get Gorgeous 2005.
Early life and career
Shah's parents are Maharashtrian and Gujarati.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/get-gorgeous-winner-priyanka-shah-makes-her-tamil-film-debut_100191809.html |title=Get Gorgeous Winner Priyanka Shah Makes Her Tamil Film Debut |access-date=26 September 2009 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040545/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/get-gorgeous-winner-priyanka-shah-makes-her-tamil-film-debut_100191809.html |url-status=dead }} Shah is an Engineering graduate from MIT College Pune.
Shah made her netball debut at the Asian Youth Championship in Malaysia in 2002.{{cite news |title=Priyanka selected |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/priyanka-selected/articleshow/23048750.cms |website=The Times of India |date=23 September 2002 }} She is also the former captain of the India national netball team.{{cite news |author=Anand, Shilpa Nair |title=Kochi's date with fashion week |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2057175.ece |date=29 May 2011 |accessdate=30 May 2011}} She captained the national team at the 2005 Asian Netball Championships.{{cite news |title=Malaysia will be my winning ground |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/malaysia-will-be-my-winning-ground/articleshow/2561374.cms |website=The Times of India |date=23 November 2007 }}
In 2005, she won the second edition of the reality television show Get Gorgeous.{{cite news |title=Getting gorgeous, in style |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/getting-gorgeous-in-style/cid/1275272 |website=The Telegraph |date=13 June 2005}}
She was supposed to make her debut through a Tamil film titled Kalla Kadhalan opposite actor Sibiraj and Kannada actor Vishal Hedge in 2008, but the film was shelved. Shah has completed a course in acting at the Kishore Namit Kumar acting school in Mumbai.
Filmography
- I Love Desi (2015) as Simran
- Server Sundaram (upcoming)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3793069}}
- {{Bollywood Hungama person|priyanka-shah}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Indian beauty pageant winners
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Female models from Maharashtra
Category:Sportspeople from Pune
Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra
Category:Participants in Indian reality television series
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:21st-century Indian actresses
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