Facts
- Priyanka Upendra was born as Priyanka Trivedi.
- She won the Miss Kolkata title in 1996.
- She spent part of her childhood and school years in the United States and Singapore.
- Her mother is from West Bengal, while her father is from Uttar Pradesh.
- She started her career with modelling and television advertisements.
- Her Bengali film debut was Hothat Brishti in 1998.
- She has worked across Bengali, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Odia cinema.
- She first worked with Upendra in the Telugu film Raa and later appeared with him in H2O.
- Priyanka and Upendra married in 2003 and have two children.
- She has also appeared in commercials for brands including Britannia, Dettol, MTR and Pillsbury.
- She has continued taking on challenging female-led roles, including the lead in Detective Teekshana.
