Priyanka Chopra to star in pilot of ABC's 'Quantico'

Washington: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has been cast in ABC studio's drama pilot Quantico.

Executive produced by Mark Gordon, Josh Safran and Nick Pepper, the show centers on a group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia, Deadline.com reported.

The 32-year-old actress-singer and former Miss World will play the role of a brilliant but haunted FBI trainee named Alex Weaver, whose past resurfaces soon after her arrival at Quantico.