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Freida Pinto
Pinto in November 2008
OccupationActress
Years active2008 — present
Websitehttp://www.freidapinto.com/

Freida Pinto (born October 18, 1984) is an Indian actress and professional model, best known for her performance as Latika in her debut film Slumdog Millionaire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2009. Pinto won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Biography

Freida Pinto was born in Mumbai to Sylvia Pinto, a principal of St. John’s Universal High School (Goregaon), and Frederick Pinto, a senior branch manager at the Bank of Baroda. Freida Pinto's father is from Neerude and mother from Derebail, both towns in Mangalore.[1]. The name "Pinto" is of Portuguese origin, which is the result of the Portuguese influence in Mangalore. Nevertheless, that does not imply that Freida Pinto has Portuguese ancestors. Her elder sister Sharon Pinto is an associate producer on the NDTV news channel. [2]

Pinto studied at Carmel of St. Joseph School in Malad and completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[2][3] She currently resides in Malad, a suburb of Mumbai.[4]

She is also trained in different forms of Indian classical dance as well as Salsa.[5]

Pinto met Rohan Antao while attending St Xavier's College in Mumbai. The two began dating and got engaged in 2008, but Pinto called off the engagement in January 2009.[6][7]

Career

Pinto with Dev Patel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Before starring in Slumdog Millionaire, Freida anchored the international travel show, Full Circle on Zee International Asia Pacific in English between 2006-08. Pinto was also featured in several television and print advertisements for products such as Wrigley's Chewing Gum, Škoda, Hutch, Airtel, and DeBeers. Pinto modeled for ten years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers.[1] She learned acting from The Barry John's Acting Studio in Andheri and was trained by his mentor Barry John.[8][9] After six months of auditions, she received a call to audition for Slumdog Millionaire. Pinto auditioned for Danny Boyle and was short-listed and finally selected to star in Slumdog Millionaire.[3]

Pinto made her film debut in 2008. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on a game show and exceeds people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials. In the movie, Pinto played the role of Latika, the girl with whom Jamal (Dev Patel) is in love. At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, the movie won the Cadillac People's Choice Award.[10] At the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, the movie won four awards. Pinto herself was nominated for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" at the 2009 BAFTA Awards,[11] and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside ten other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.[12]

Pinto has been cast in Woody Allen's next film set in London. Other cast members include Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, and Naomi Watts. Shooting for the film starts in July 2009.[13][14]

Personal life

She was dating Rohan Antao, a Mumbai based marketing executive. Reports have recently surfaced saying Pinto and Antao had secretly wed in 2007 and have now been separated. [15] Pinto has revealed several times, including in an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 19, 2009, that she has had a romantic crush on Leonardo DiCaprio ever since she was in 8th grade school after seeing Titanic. [16]

Awards and honours

Won

Nominated

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Latika English Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi
Naanum Kodieswaran in Tamil

References

  1. ^ a b Gerry D’Mello (2008-11-25). "The Newest Star on the Mangalorean Horizon—Freida Pinto". Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore. Retrieved 2008-25-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ a b Team Mangalorean, USA (2009-09-24). "Freida Pinto shines in Slum Dog Millionaire". Mangalorean.Com. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  3. ^ a b "It's natural to want to become an actress after living in Mumbai". Rediff.com. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  4. ^ Nikhil Taneja (2009-01-21). "'I would be more than willing to work with Mr Bachchan some day'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-02-01. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "'Comedy is difficult'". Rediff.com. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  6. ^ Neha Sharma (2009-02-18). "Here's proof, Freida". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-02-28. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto 'dumped her secret husband after becoming a star'". DailyMail.
  8. ^ "Freida Pinto thanks mentor Barry John for success". Daily News & Analysis. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-02-23. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "About Barry John's Acting Studio". The Barry John's Acting Studio. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  10. ^ Liam Lacey (2008-09-13). "Slumdog Millionaire wins as audience favourite". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2009-01-19. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ a b "Film Nominations in 2009". BAFTA. Retrieved 2009-02-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ a b "Slumdog Millionaire bags 2 more US film awards as well as picking up 8 awards at the oscars". CNN IBN. 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  13. ^ "Slumdog's Pinto lands role in Woody Allen film". Channel News Asia. 2008-2-23. Retrieved 2008-2-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  14. ^ Michael Speier, Tatiana Siegel (2009-02-23). "Watts, Pinto join Woody Allen film". Variety. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  15. ^ "Freida-Rohan's secret wedding revealed!". Times of India. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  16. ^ "Frieda Pinto's first crush Leonardo DiCaprio". FilmiCafe. 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  17. ^ "Cadillac, Slumdog & Bees are Triple Threats Black Reel Awards". Daily Express. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2008-02-23. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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