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Academy Awards: Priyanka Chopra to present award at the 88th Oscars

| | Feb 02, 2016, at 05:55 pm
Los Angeles, Feb 2 (IBNS) Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra who was in the US shooting for Quantico, an American soap is on a roll as the actress has now been named as one of the presenters for the 88th Oscars slated for Feb 28.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in their official websiteoscars.org declared the list of presenters on Monday.

The list of presenters include:

Steve Carell


Priyanka Chopra
 
Quincy Jones
 
Byung-hun Lee
 
Jared Leto
 
Julianne Moore
 
Olivia Munn
 
Margot Robbie
 
Jason Segel
 
Andy Serkis
 
J.K. Simmons
 
Kerry Washington
 
Reese Witherspoon

Speaking about the choice of presenters, Oscars producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin said, "These artists have enriched the international moviegoing experience with a range of memorable work from the comic to the profound. In the process, they have won over millions of fans, and we count ourselves among them."

Receiving the big news, Priyanka reacted on Twitter with, "Looking forward @TheAcademy !! This will be an insaaaane night! "

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