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Pam Dawber
• Faith: reportedly Roman Catholicism, but no public information found confirming whether she is involved and active
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
• Birth name: Pamela Dawber (born in Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• Children: 2
• Husband: Mark Harmon (actor, resulting in sons Sean Thomas Harmon and Ty Christian Harmon)

Pam Grier
• Faith: apparently liberal Christianity, raised Catholic and later baptized as a Methodist; self-describes as “spiritual”
• Birth name: Pamela Suzette Grier (born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)
• Children: none
• Close friend: Rosey Grier (actor, singer, Protestant minister, former football player / She denies rumor that they are related.)
• Ex-Partners:
—Freddie Prinze (comedian, actor)
—Richard Pryor (comedian, actor)
—Jimmie Wheeler
—Don Cornelius
—Wilt Chamberlain
—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
—Kevin Evans (ex-Fiancé, RCA Records executive)
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Pamela Anderson
• Faith: Atheism, Secularism
• Birth name: Pamela Denise Anderson (born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada)
• Children: 2
• Ex-Husbands:
—Tommy Lee (musician, resulting in sons Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger)
—Kid Rock
—Rick Salomon
—Jon Peters (producer)
—Dan Hayhurst (bodyguard)
• Ex-Fiancé: Marcus Schenkenberg
• Ex-Partner: Adil Rami

Pat Morita …DIED age 73 (2005)—Kidney failure
• Faith: apparently Secularism, no record of him practicing any religion
• Worldview: Unknown, no known party affiliation, candidate endorsements, or organized activism
• Birth name: Noriyuki Morita (born in Sacramento, California, USA)
• Children: 3
• Wife: Evelyn Guerrero (actress)
• Ex-Wives:
—Kathleen Yamachi (resulting in daughter Erin Morita, aka Erin Rodd)
—Yukiye Kitahara (resulting in daughters Aly Morita and Tia Morita)

Patricia Arquette
• Faith: Judaism; expressed interest in Eastern philosophies; attended Catholic school and wanted to be a nun at that age
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Women’s Rights (vocal supporter), LGBTQ+ Causes (supporter)
• Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Father: Lewis Arquette (actor, director, puppeteer; Islam convert; ex-Catholic)
• Mother: Mardi Arquette actress, artist; Jewish)
• Grandfather: Cliff Arquette (aka Charley Weaver, actor, comedian)
• Sister: Rosanna Arquette (actress)
• Brothers:
—David Arquette (actor)
—Robert Arquette (aka Alexis Arquette, transgender actress activist)
• Children: 2
• Ex-Husbands:
—Nicolas Cage
—Thomas Jane (resulting in daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane)
• Ex-Partners:
—Eric White (painter)
—Paul Rossi (Argentinian musician, resulting in son Enzo Rossi)

Patricia Clarkson
• Faith: apparently Secularism, ethnically of partial Jewish descent
• Worldview: Liberalism, pro-LGBTQ
• Birth name: Patricia Davies Clarkson (born in New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Children: none
• Mother: Jackie Clarkson (aka Jackie Brechtel, Democrat politician)
• Husbands: none

Patricia Heaton
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Conservatism leaning, Pro-life
• Birth name: Patricia Helen Heaton (born in Bay Village, Ohio)
• Children: 4
• Father: Chuck Heaton (journalist, sports news columnist, commentator)
• Husband: David Hunt (actor, producer, director, marriage resulted in sons Samuel Hunt, John Hunt, Joseph Hunt and Daniel Hunt)
• Ex-Husband: Constantine Yankoglu

Patricia Neal …DIED age 84—Lung cancer
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism convert 4 months before her death)
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Patsy Louise Neal (born in Packard, Kentucky, USA)
• Children: 5
• Ex-Husband:
Roald Dahl (British author, resulting in daughters Olivia Twenty, Chantal Sophia, Ophelia Magdalena, and Lucy Neal, and son Theo Matthew)
• Ex-Partner:
Gary Cooper (actor, resulting in an aborted child)

Patrick Dempsey
• Faith: apparently Secularism, lapsed-Catholic
• Worldview: Philanthropist toward support of people affected by cancer (his mother Amanda died of ovarian cancer in 1997)
• Birth name: Patrick Galen Dempsey (born in Lewiston, Maine, USA)
• Children: 3
• Wife: Jillian Fink (makeup artist, resulting in daughter Talula Fyfe Dempsey, and twin sons Darby Galen Dempsey and Sullivan Patrick Dempsey)
• Ex-Wife: Rochelle Parker (aka Rocky Parker, manager, actress)

Patrick Stewart
• Faith: Atheism
• Worldview: Globalism, Socialism, Secular Humanism (patron of Humanists UK), Assisted suicide advocate
• Children: 2
• Wife: Sunny Ozell
• Ex-Wives:
—Sheila Falconer (resulting in actor son Daniel Stewart, and daughter Sophie Alexandra Stewart)
—Wendy Neuss (producer)
• Ex-Partner: Lisa Dillon (actress)

Patrick Swayze …DIED age 57—Pancreatic cancer
• Faith: Soka Gakkai Buddhism, Scientology and New Age; attended Catholic school; ultimately rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Patrick Wayne Swayze (born in Houston, Texas, USA)
• Children: none, except for 1 miscarriage
• Mother: Patsy Swayze (American film choreographer, dancer, dance instructor)
• Brother: Don Swayze
• Wife: Lisa Niemi (actress, dancer, choreographer)

Patrick Warburton
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), raised in a reportedly “very religious” “conservative” Catholic family
• Worldview: Political Centrist, both Conservative and Liberal, depending on the issue, describes himself as a “lifelong conservative” with “very liberal views” on some issues
• Born in Paterson, New Jersey, USA
• Children: 4
• Wife: Cathy Jennings (resulting in sons Talon Warburton, Shane Warburton, and Gabriel Warburton, and daughter Alexandra Warburton)

Patrick Wilson
• Faith: Unclear, quoted as saying, “I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.” “I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it’s interesting.” “If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that’s great. If someone wants to go because they believe…Jesus rose after three days, then that’s great, too.” “I’m a spiritual person.”
• Worldview: Unknown (does not talk about his political views)
• Birth name: Patrick Joseph Wilson (born in Norfolk, Virginia, USA)
• Children: 2
• Brother: Paul Wilson (actor)
• Wife:
Dagmara Domińczyk (Polish-born American actress, resulting in sons Kalin Patrick Wilson and Kassian McCarrell Wilson)
• Sister-in-law: Marika Domińczyk (actress)
• Brother-in-law: Scott Foley (actor, director)

Patty Duke …DIED age 69—Sepsis from a ruptured intestine
• aka Anna Duke-Pearce
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), raised in Catholicism; dabbled in Christian Science, Buddhism, Judaism, and Unity Church
• Birth name: Anna Marie Duke (born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA)
• Children: 3 (2 biological, 1 adopted)
• Husband: Michael Pearce (resulting in adopted son Kevin Pearce, and stepdaughter Raelene Pearce)
• Ex-Husbands:
—Harry Falk Jr. (director)
—Michael Tell (resulting in son Sean Astin)
—John Astin (actor, director, resulting in actor son Mackenzie Astin)
• Ex-Partner: Desi Arnaz Jr. (actor)

Paul Bettany
• Faith: Atheism, raised in Roman Catholicism, and sometimes attended Methodist and Church of England in his youth
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist)
• Born in London, England
• Father: Thane Bettany (actor)
• Children: 2 biological, 1 stepson
• Wife: Jennifer Connelly (resulting in son Stellan Bettany, and daughter Agnes Lark Bettany, and stepson Kai Dugan from Connelly’s previous relationship)

Paul Giamatti
• Faith: Atheism; wife was Jewish and is raising their son in Judaism
• Birth name: Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born in New Haven, Connecticut)
• Children: 1
• Father: Angelo Bartlett Giamatti (Yale University president and professor)
• Brother: Marcus Bartlett Giamatti (actor, musician, writer, director)
• Ex-Wife: Elizabeth Cohen (resulting in son Samuel Giamatti)

Paul Newman …DIED age 83—Lung cancer due to heavy smoking
• Faith: Agnosticism, his father was Jewish and mother Christian Scientist and Roman Catholic; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Paul Leonard Newman (born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
• Children: 6
• Wife: Joanne Woodward (actress, relationship began in adultery, marriage resulted in daughters Elinor Teresa Newman, and Melissa Stewart Newman, and Claire Olivia Newman)
• Ex-Wife: Jackie Witte (resulting in son Alan Scott Newman, and daughters Susan Kendall Newman and Stephanie Kendall Newman)

Paul Rudd
• Faith: Reformed Judaism, but has said he is not “particularly religious”
• Worldview: Liberalism, Gay Rights (supporter)
• Birth name: Paul Stephen Rudd (born in Passaic, New Jersey)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Julie Yaeger (screenwriter, producer, resulting in son Jack Sullivan Rudd, and daughter Darby Rudd)

Paul Sorvino …DIED age 83 (2022)—Natural causes
• Faith: Unknown
• Worldview: Conservative-leaning; Patriot, strongly supportive of the military and veterans; public supporter of Donald Trump; publicly criticized the intensity of anti-Trump sentiment among some Hollywood actors
• Birth name: Paul Anthony Sorvino (born in Jacksonville, Florida, USA)
• Children: 3
• Wife: Dee Dee Benkie (aka Dee Dee Sorvino, actress, Republican political pundit)
• Ex-Wives:
—Lorraine Davis (resulting in daughter Mira Sorvino—has spoken openly about her own Christian faith, describing herself as a believer in Jesus and drawing strength from it, and daughter Amanda Sorvino, and son Michael Davis Sorvino)
—Vanessa Arico

Paul Walker …DIED age 40—Car crash
• Faith: Christianity (non-denominational); attended Village Christian School (Sun Valley, California); ex-Mormon church member (raised LDS); “I’m a Christian now… I’m always around nature. I look at everything and think, ‘Who couldn’t believe there’s a God? Is all this a mistake?’ It just blows me away.”
• Worldview: Founded the humanitarian aid nonprofit charity Reach Out Worldwide
• Birth name: Paul William Walker IV (born in Santa Clarita, California, USA)
• Children: 1
• Brother: Cody Walker (actor)
• Ex-Partners:
—Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell
—Rebecca Soteros (resulted in daughter Meadow Walker, an actress, model)

Pedro Pascal
• Faith: Agnosticism
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activism), Socialism, LGBTQ+ (outspoken advocate)
• Birth name: José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (born in Santiago, Chile)
• Children: none
• Brother: Lux Pascal (born Lucas Balmaceda Pascal, and now a transgender “actress” and transgender activist whose partner is José Antonio Raffo)
• Sister: Javiera Balmaceda (producer)

Penelope Ann Miller
• Faith: Unknown
• Worldview: Unclear, raised in a liberal Democrat family
• Birth name: Penelope Andrea Miller (born in Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Children: 2
• Father: Mark Miller (actor, writer, producer)
• Mother: Beatrice Ammidown (costume designer, publicist, journalist, an editor of Harper's Bazaar, goddaughter of Aristotle Onassis)
• Husband: James Huggins (resulting in daughters Eloisa May Huggins and Maria Adela Huggins)
• Ex-Husband (divorced 1995): Will Arnett (actor)

Paula Patton
• Faith: Christianity (Protestant non-denominational)
• Birth name: Paula Maxine Patton (born in Los Angeles, California)
• Children: 1
• Ex-Husband: Robin Thicke (singer, songwriter, record producer, resulting in son Julian Fuego Thicke)

Penélope Cruz
• aka Penelope Cruz
• Faith: Unclear, says she believes in God and prays at night, but has no specific religion; raised in Roman Catholicism, but does not practice it; later felt closest to Buddhism / Well-known quote: she was raised Catholic, discovered Buddhism, dated a Scientologist, and felt, “You can have all three religions at once and it’s okay.”
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Liberal Feminism, LGBTQ+ Rights, Environmental protection, Climate change, Charitable work
• Sister: Mónica Cruz (actress)
• Birth name: Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born in Alcobendas, Spain)
• Husband: Javier Bardem (resulting in son Leo Encinas Cruz and daughter Luna Encinas Cruz)
• Ex-Partner: Tom Cruise
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Penn Badgley
• Faith: Baha'i (since 2015)
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, LGBT activism, Black Lives Matter movement
• Birth name: Penn Dayton Badgley (born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• Children: 3 biological, 1 stepchild
• Wife: Domino Kirke (resulting in a son and twin sons, and stepson Cassius)
• Ex-Partners:
—Blake Lively
—Zoë Kravitz (aka Zoe Kravitz)

Pete Postlethwaite …DIED age 64 (2011)—Pancreatic cancer, life-long smoker since he was 10
• Faith: Unclear, possibly Secularism, born in a Catholic family, and had attended Catholic seminary with the goal of becoming a priest
• Worldview: Liberalism (Labour Party), Climate Alarmism (vocal),.Marched against the Iraq War
• Birth name: Peter William Postlethwaite (born in Warrington, Lancashire, England)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Jacqueline Morrish (former BBC producer, resulting in actor son Billy Postlethwaite, and daughter Lily Postlethwaite)

Peter Boyle …DIED age 71—Multiple myeloma, cardiovascular disease
• Faith: Roman Catholicism; For much of his adult life and acting career, he described himself as lax in the practice of his Catholic faith. After suffering a heart attack in 1999, he returned to the practice of his faith. Raised in Roman Catholicism; attended Catholic schools and for about 3 years was a student monk named Brother Francis de Sales
• Birth name: Peter Lawrence Boyle Jr. (resulting in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Loraine Alterman (journalist, resulting daughters Lucy Boyle and Amy Boyle)
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Peter Coyote
• aka Hosho Jishi
• Faith: Zen Bhddhism, ordained as a Zen Priest (2015); of Jewish descent
• Worldview: Leftism (activist); a founding member of the Haight-Ashbury counterculture community; former member of the Free Family Black Bear Ranch commune; Conservationism; Climate Alarmism (activist)
• Birth name: Robert Peter Cohon
• Children: 2
• Ex-Wives:
—Marilyn McCann (resulting in daughter Ariel Coyote, and son Nick Coyote)
—Stefanie Pleet

Peter Dinklage
• Faith: Atheism, Secularism; ex-Catholic, attended Catholic prep school
• Worldview: Liberalism, Enivromentalism, PETA supporter, Vegetarianism
• Birth name: Peter Hayden Dinklage (born in Morristown, New Jersey)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Erica Schmidt (resulting in a daughter Zelig Dinklage, and son Peter Dinklage Jr.)

Peter Falk …DIED age 83 (2011)—Pneumonia, with complications of Alzheimer’s disease
• Faith: Judaism
• Birth name: Peter Michael Falk (born in New York City)
• Children: 2 adopted
• Wife: Shera Danese (actress)
• Ex-Wife: Alyce Mayo (actress, resulting in the adoption of daughters Catherine—a private investigator, and Jacqueline, aka Jackie who died of suicide in 2026)

Peter Finch …DIED age 60 (1977)—Heart attack
• Faith: Buddhism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (born in London, England)
• Children: 5
• Wife: Eletha Barrett (resulting in daughter Diana Finch)
• Ex-Wives:
—Tamara Tchinarova (ballerina, resulting in daughter Anita Finch)
—Yolande Turner (née Yolande Eileen Turnbull, actress, resulting in daughter Samantha Finch and son Charles Peter Finch)
• Ex-Partners:
—Vivien Leigh (actress, adultery)
—Shirley Bassey (singer, adultery, resulting in daughter Samantha Bassey)

Peter Fonda …DIED age 79 (2019)—Respiratory failure due to lung cancer
• Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
• Birth name: Peter Henry Fonda (born in Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Children: 2 biological, 1 stepchild
• Father: Henry Fonda (actor)
• Sister: Jane Fonda (actress)
• Wife: Margaret DeVogelaere
• Ex-Wives:
—Susan Jane Brewer (resulting in daughter Bridget Fonda, son Justin Fonda, and stepson Thomas McGuane)
—Portia Rebecca Crockett

Peter Gallagher
• Faith: apparently Secularism; raised in Roman Catholicism
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Peter Killian Gallagher (born in New York City)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Paula Harwood (resulting in son James Gallagher and daughter Kathryn Gallagher, an actress and singer)

Peter O'Toole …DIED age 81 (2013)—Natural causes during recurrence of stomach cancer
• Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Birth name: Peter Seamus O'Toole
• Children: 3
• Ex-Wife: Siân Phillips (actress, resulting in daughters Patricia O'Toole and actress Kate O'Toole)
• Ex-Partner: Karen Brown (model, actress, resulting in actor son Lorcan O'Toole)

Peter Sarsgaard
• Faith: Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism and attended a Jesuit high schoool, but is no longer a practicing Catholic)
• Worldview: Veganism
• Birth name: John Peter Sarsgaard (born in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, USA)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Maggie Gyllenhaal (resulting in daughters Ramona Sarsgaard and Gloria Ray Sarsgaard)

Peter Sellers …DIED age 54 (1980)—Massive heart attack
• Faith: Secularism; explored various religions including Buddhism; attended Catholic school; father was Anglican and mother Jewish, but Peter never practiced Judaism
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Richard Henry Sellers (born in Southsea, Portsmouth, England)
• Children: 3
• Wife: Lynne Maria Frederick (model, actress)
• Ex-Wives:
—Anne Howe (resulting in son Michael Sellers and Sarah Sellers)
—Britt Ekland (aka Britt-Marie Ekland, Swedish actress, resulting in daughter Victoria Sellers)
—Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry (aka Miranda Macmillan, model, socialite, Countess of Stockton)

Peter Stormare
• Faith: Mysticism and Secularism, not a true Christian, and says he doesn’t necessarily believe in a god. “But there is something out there, a big force that created all this. I get asked whether I believe in aliens and UFOs, and I say, yeah, because it’s more fun to believe…” When he was young, he participated in Baptist meetings in Sweden. However, since that time he says he developed psychic powers and “a strong spiritual side, both inherited from his mother, who he has said was a medium, and who supposedly inherited that ability from her own father.”
• Worldview: Environmentalism and Climate Action (activist)
• Birth name: Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm (born in Kumla, Sweden)
• Children: 1
• Wife: Toshimi Murakami (aka Toshimi Stormare) (marriage resulted in daughter Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare)
• Ex-Wife: Karen Sillas (actress)

Peter Vaughan …DIED age 93—Natural causes
• Faith: apparently Secularism
• Birth name: Peter Ewart Ohm (born in Wem, Shropshire, England)
• Children: 1 biological, 2 stepchildren
• Wife: Lillias Walker (aka Lilias, actress,
resulting in jazz drummer son David Vaughan, and stepdaughters Alexandra—worked in television production, and Victoria, aka Vicki—actress and producer)
• Ex-Wife: Billie Whitelaw (actress)

Peter Weller
• Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Liberalism (outspoken)
• Birth name: Peter Frederick Weller (born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Shari Stowe (actress, resulting in son Teddy Weller)
• Ex-Partners:
—Ali MacGraw (actress)
—Barbra Streisand (actress, singer)
—unnamed woman (resulting in daughter Kate Linden Weller)

Philip Seymour Hoffman …DIED age 46—Acute mixed drug intoxication
• Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Philip Seymour Hoffman (born in Fairport, New York, USA)
• Children: 3
• Ex-Partner: Mimi O'Donnell (costume designer, resulting in actor son Cooper Alexander Hoffman, and daughters Tallulah Hoffman and Willa Hoffman)

Phoebe Cates
• aka Phoebe Cates Kline
• Birth name: Phoebe Belle Cates (born in New York City)
• Children: 2
• Uncle: Gilbert Cates (director, producer)
• Husband: Kevin Kline (resulting in actor/filmmaker son Owen Joseph Kline and musician/singer daughter Greta Kline)
• Ex-Partner: Stavros Merjos

Pierce Brosnan
• Faith: reportedly attends Roman Catholicism mass, but also loves “the teachings of Buddhist philosophy,” which he referred to as his “own private faith”
• Worldview: Liberalism, Environmentalism (activist)
• Birth name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born in Drogheda, Ireland)
• Children: 5 (3 biological, 2 adopted)
• Wives:
—Keely Shаye Smith (aka Keely Shaye Brosnan, resulting in sons Dylan Thomas Brosnan, an actor and model, and Paris Beckett Brosnan, a model)
—Cassandra Harris (actress, died of cancer 1991, marriage resulted in actor son Sean William Brosnan, and adopted from her previous relationship were son Christopher Ivan Brosnan and daughter Charlotte Emily Brosnan—died 2013)
• Ex-Partners:
—Kathryn Kinley (TV news anchor)
—Tatjana Patitz (model)
—Julianne Phillips (model)
—Barbara Orbison (producer)
—Denice D. Lewis (model)
—Brenda K. Starr (singer)

Piper Perabo
• Faith: reportedly liberal Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Leftism (outspoken), Progressive Liberalism (activist), LGBT advocacy, Climate Alarmism
• Birth name: Piper Lisa Perabo (born in Dallas, Texas)
• Children: 1 stepdaughter
• Husband: Stephen Kay (actor, writer, director—marriage resulted in actress stepdaughter Lilli Kay)

Polly Bergen …DIED age 84—Emphysema and natural causes
• Faith: converted from Southern Baptist to Judaism upon marrying Freddie Fields ; apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Liberalism (activist), Liberal Feminism, Abortion supporter
• Birth name: Nellie Paulina Burgin (born in Knoxville, Tennessee)
• Children: 3 + 1 aborted child
• Ex-Husbands:
—Jerome Courtland (actor, director)
—Freddie Fields (theatrical agent, producer, resulting in adopted children Pamela Kerry Fields and Peter William Fields, and stepdaughter Kathy Fields)
—Jeffrey Endervelt

Powers Boothe …DIED age 68—Cardiac arrest, pancreatic cancer
• Faith: raised in Christianity (Church of Christ)
• Worldview: Conservatism, Philanthropy
• Birth name: Powers Allen Boothe (born in Snyder, Texas)
• Children: 2
• Wife: Pamela Ann Cole (aka Pam Cole, resulting in daughter Parisse Boothe, and son Preston Boothe)

Priyanka Chopra Jonas
• Faith: Hinduism (practicing)
• Birth name: Priyanka Chopra (born in Jamshedpur, India)
• Children: 1
• Husband: Nick Jonas (singer, actor, resulting in daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas)