Priety got her first break in a TV commercial for Perk Chocolate. She met a director at her friend's party who convinced her to choose acting as her profession.
She gained limelight with yet another commercial of Lyril Soap and was known as the Lyril Girl.
She accompanied a friend for an audition where she met director Shekhar Kapur who insisted her to give audition. Shekar was impressed and Priety would have made her debut with his film but the film was shelved.
It was alleged that Priety and Shekhar Kapoor were in a relationship and his wife Suchitra Krishnamoorty claimed that Priety was the reason behind her seperation.
She married businessman Ness Wadia but broke off later. She even filed a case of molestation against him.
In 2016, she married her US based boyfriend Gene Good Enough in Los Angeles.
Priety ran into a financial crisis with the Kings XI Punjab controversy and was helped by Salman Khan. She later turned producer with a film titled Ishq in Paris in which she acted as well. The film was a failure and writer-director Abbas Tyrewala sued her for non-payment of dues.
Her debut film would have been Kya Kehna but the film wasn't released until 2000. She made her debut with Maniratnam's Dil Se in 1998.
Priety is also known for her kindness. She had adopted 34 girls in Hrishikesh from an orphanage named Mother Miracle.
During one of his interviews in Koffee with Karan, Tusshar Kapoor said that Priety had a botox. She was pissed off and slammed Tusshar saying that it was all rubbish.
Priety's father passed away in a car accident when she was 13. Her mother was also bedridden for almost two years due to the accident.
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