Priyanka Chopra is back on the scene for an event close to her heart.
 
During a March 23 appearance at the Celebrate South Asian Excellence event in Los Angeles, the White Tiger actress—who welcomed a baby with husband Nick Jonas via surrogate in January—gave a powerful speech recognizing her South Asian peers in Hollywood.
 
“Today, I stand amongst peers, amongst colleagues, amongst South Asian excellence and I have goosebumps, I’m emotional, it makes me very proud,” she said while acknowledging that she hasn’t been out much since the birth of her baby. “I haven’t been stepping out anywhere, but I had to come out tonight just to say this. That I am highly proud to be rubbing shoulders with all of you, to be encouraging you, to be offering a sense of help, support or anything that might be required on my end.”
 
The Quantico alum then commemorated the fact that 10 Academy Award nominees this year are of Asian descent.