Priyanka Chopra Says She Just Received Equal Pay for the First Time in 22 Years
says the first time she was paid the same as her male costar was for her upcoming spy-thriller series opposite Richard Madden.“I might get into trouble for [saying this], depends on who’s watching,” the 40-year-old actor said during a panel at the SXSW film festival on March 10, per . “I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years, and I have done almost 70-plus features and two TV shows, but when I did Citadel, it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity.”She continued, “I’m laughing about this, but it’s kind of nuts.