Parineeti Chopra, Childhood

Her Childhood (1988–2010)

Chopra was born into a Punjabi family in Ambala, Haryana. Her father, Pawan Chopra is a business man and supplier of the Indian Army her mother is Reena Chopra, she has two brothers, and actress Priyanka Chopra is her cousin.^[Chopra did her schooling at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, in the Ambala Cantonment. According to her, she was a topper in school.

She is trained in Hindustani classical music. Having always wanted to become an investment banker, she went on to study at the Manchester Business School in the UK and obtained a triple honours degree in Business, Finance and Economics.  Due to the 2009 economic recession, she was unable to get a job and returned to India.Chopra, who described herself as a nerd and added that she was always fat, has reiterated that she never wanted to become an actress and even used to hate actors, stating that if the recession had not happened, she would never have landed in Mumbai.

Chopra had originally intended to do an internship for a short time and then return to the UK. She joined the film production company Yash Raj Films and worked as a PR consultant in the marketing department,coordinating interviews for other actors. While working there and observing actors at close range, her perception about acting changed, with Chopra citing that she felt like "I could do this as well". Her colleagues would later tell that she was a "misfit in an office situation".