Priyanka shattered the glass ceiling for South Asian actors in Hollywood by landing the lead role in the ABC thriller series Quantico (2015-2018), becoming the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series.

Research regarding in popular media frequently focuses on her transition from a regional Bollywood star to a transnational cultural icon . Her career is often used in academic contexts to study global celebrity identity, neoliberal individualism, and the breaking of cultural stereotypes in mainstream Western media . Core Academic Themes & Papers