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

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

Eexecutive 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.