Priyanka Chopra says she went into a 'deep depression' after a nose job went awry and got her dropped from 3 movies: 'It was a dark phase'

• Priyanka Chopra Jonas said in an interview that a botched nose job to remove a polyp cost her work. 
• Her subsequent firing from three movies sent her into a "deep, deep depression." 
• The actor has since adjusted to her face: "I've made peace with this slightly different me."

Priyanka Chopra Jonas recently opened up about a botched nose job that cost her work and sent her into a "deep, depression." 

During an appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" earlier this week, Chopra Jonas recalled the summer of 2001, when the "Citadel" star first learned she had a polyp in her nasal cavity that her doctor recommended be removed.

But the surgery left her looking "completely different," a situation that Chopra Jonas said caused her to be fired from three films, leading her to believe her acting career was "over before it started." 

"It was a dark phase," admitted Chopra Jonas. 

During that period, the actor said it was difficult for her to leave her home. Her late father, however, encouraged her to go under the knife again for corrective surgery.

Chopra Jonas eventually made her film debut in the fourth movie project she'd signed onto, the 2002 film "Thamizhan." But the actor partly credits director Anil Sharma and her appearance in the 2003 film "The Hero: Love Story of a Spy" for helping her find her footing once again in acting. 

"He, while the tide was against me, said, 'It will be a small part but give it your all," she said. "And I did." 

To say Chopra's career has recovered since then would be an understatement. The Miss India World pageant winner went on to star in the ABC series "Quantico" — a landmark role that featured a South Asian actor in the lead role of an American network TV show for the first time. The series, which explored the lives of FBI recruits at the Quantico base in Virginia, ran from 2015 to 2018. 

Chopra Jonas has also appeared in the 2019 romantic comedy "Isn't It Romantic," with Rebel Wilson, and "The Matrix Resurrections." She currently stars alongside Richard Madden in Prime Video's lavish spy series "Citadel," which was renewed for a second season ahead of its late April debut. 

As the actor's acting career soared, Chopra Jonas also became accustomed to her nose, which underwent "several corrective surgeries" in the years since. 

"Now when I look in the mirror, I am no longer surprised," she said. "I've made peace with this slightly different me."