Priyanka Chopra Jonas Says ‘Citadel’ Is the First Time She’s Had Pay Parity With a Male Co-Star
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been acting for two decades, yet she says her new Amazon Prime Video series “Citadel” represents the first time she’s had pay parity with a male co-star.
Chopra Jonas stars with Richard Madden in the new series, which launches next month. Chopra Jonas was at Austin’s South by Southwest Festival in a keynote conversation with Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke about her upcoming action spy series for the streamer.
She said on stage that she wondered whether the pay parity came out of the fact that Amazon Studios is led by a woman. “I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years and I have done about almost 70-plus features,” she said. “I’ve done two TV shows.
But when I did ‘Citadel,’ it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity with my male co-actor. The first time in 22 years.
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