Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been named a Rolex Testimonee in cinema, becoming the first Indian to join the elite roster alongside James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Zendaya, and Jia Zhang-Ke. Already a global ambassador for Bvlgari and Bentley, she is now the first figure to simultaneously represent two top luxury houses in jewellery and watches, underscoring her global influence.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is the newest member of the Rolex family. Confirmed on June 16, 2026, she joins as a Testimonee in cinema — the first Indian to hold the title — placed alongside James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Zendaya, and Jia Zhang-Ke.
Earlier this year, she was ranked No. 3 on Fortune India and Interbrand India's India's Most Valuable Celebrities 2026 list, the only woman among the publication's three standalone covers. She has been a Global Ambassador for Bvlgari's jewellery division since 2021 and Bentley's Global Brand Ambassador since earlier this year. With Rolex, she becomes the first global figure to simultaneously represent two of the world's most prestigious luxury houses across jewellery and watches.
Her career makes the case without needing to be argued. Miss World in 2000. National Film Award for Best Actress for Fashion in 2008. First South Asian actress to headline an American network drama with Quantico in 2015. First South Asian to win a People's Choice Award in 2016. First South Asian woman on the cover of Vogue America in 2018. Her production house Purple Pebble Pictures won the National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation in 2024. She starred in and fronted The Bluff globally this year. She has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights since 2016.
Rolex was founded in London in 1905 by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis, before relocating to Geneva in 1919. In 1926, Wilsdorf launched the Oyster, the world's first waterproof wristwatch, a point he proved by strapping one to English Channel swimmer Mercedes Gleitze's wrist during her 1927 crossing. She wore it for over ten hours. It worked. The watch made the front page. In 1931, Rolex invented the Perpetual rotor, the self-winding mechanism that underpins most automatic watches made today. Over 120 years, the brand has registered more than 700 patents and built one of the most recognised names in the world, in any category.
Its relationship with cinema is just as long-standing. The Oyster launched in 1926. A year later, The Jazz Singer changed cinema forever. Rolex held onto that parallel. James Cameron joined the Testimonee programme in 2012, the same year he completed a solo descent to the Mariana Trench at 10,908 metres. Martin Scorsese came on board in 2017; his 26 features and The Film Foundation, which Rolex supports as a partner, anchor his place in the programme. Leonardo DiCaprio joined in February 2025, recognised for a career spanning Titanic, The Departed, and The Revenant, and for his environmental advocacy through his foundation, established in 1998. Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke, whose work has won at Cannes, Venice, and Berlin, joined in 2024. Zendaya, Emmy Award-winner and Time's 100 Most Influential, became a Testimonee in 2025.
Priyanka is the sixth. The first Indian. On a list built over decades and held to six names, that is the only number worth remembering.