Priyanka Chopra to present award at Oscars 2016

Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra is indeed going places. After launching his singles and making her American TV debut with ‘Quantico’ last year, the former Miss World has now joined the presenters’ line-up for the 88th Academy Awards.

The Desi girl, who presented an award at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAGA), will now make her Oscar debut.

The official handle of the Academy Awards took to Twitter to announce the news:

Big #Oscars news! Thirteen more presenters announced! https://t.co/ACwuPaPCPP pic.twitter.com/pUCmgjUhXR — The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 1, 2016

An ecstatic Priyanka responded to the announcement by tweeting:

Looking forward @TheAcademy !! This will be an insaaaane night! https://t.co/zaHmPsK6HC — PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 1, 2016

The starry event will be hosted by Chris Rock and will be aired live on Sunday, February 28, on ABC.