Priyanka Chopra TIFF Soire Guest of Honour

Toronto Film Festival Gala to Honor Priyanka Chopra

9:46 AM PDT 7/20/2017 by Etan Vlessing

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The stylish event will fete the 'Quantico' and 'Baywatch' star a day before the glitzy event officially gets underway on Sept. 7 with an opening night film.

The Toronto Film Festival is to honor Quantico star Priyanka Chopra at its annual TIFF Soiree on Sept. 6, the day before the prestigious event kicks off with its still-to-be-revealed opening night film.

Helping kick off TIFF's 42nd edition, the stylish event at Bell Lightbox will feature Chopra in conversation with festival artistic director Cameron Bailey. She's expected to talk about her career as a Bollywood icon, before segueing into Hollywood.

Chopra recently made her Hollywood movie debut with Baywatch, after earlier bringing her Bollywood pics to the Toronto festival, like Mary Kom in 2014 and What's Your Raashee? in 2009.

Chopra also joined Selma helmer Ava DuVernay and fellow actors James Franco and Ben Richardson as part of a short films jury for a TIFF competition last year.

Toronto is also honoring Chopra for her activism. When she isn't playing Alex Parrish on ABC's Quantico or walking award show and festival red carpets, Chopra devotes time to UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador.

Proceeds from the TIFF gala will help fund talent development programs at the Canadian festival to get more women behind and in front of the camera. The Toronto Film Festival is set to run from Sept. 7 to 2017.

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