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Freida Pinto
Pinto in November 2008
OccupationActress
Years active2006 — present

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.

Personal life and background

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] 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][4] She currently resides in Malad, a suburb of Mumbai.[5]

She is also trained in different forms of Indian classical dance as well as Salsa.[6]

She admitted that she was once engaged to her former publicist, but that there was no secret marriage as widely reported. [7] She is currently dating Slumdog Millionaire co-star, Dev Patel.[8][9][10][11] She was also featured in People Magazine's Most Beautiful People List.[12]

Career

Pinto with Dev Patel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Before starring in Slumdog Millionaire, Pinto 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, Vodafone India, Airtel, and DeBeers. Pinto modeled for four 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 her mentor Barry John.[13][14] 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 first 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.[15] 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,[16] 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.[17]

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.[18][19]

On 13 May, 2009 it was announced that Pinto was to become the new 'face' of L'Oréal in spite of rumours that she was due to sign a "six figure deal" with competitor Estee Lauder.[20][21]

Awards and honours

Won

Nominated

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Latika English Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi
Naanum Kodieswaran in Tamil
Murikiwada Koteswarudu in Telugu
2010 Miral[23] French/Hebrew/English
2010 Untitled Woody Allen London Project (2010) English

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. ^ Norbert Rego. "Unplugged: Freida Pinto". The Times of India. Retrieved 2009-05-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ "'Comedy is difficult'". Rediff.com. 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  7. ^ http://www.zeenews.com/news513374.html
  8. ^ "Dev and Freida are a couple, Patel's mother says". Indopia. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  9. ^ "Dev's mum confirms son's off-screen romance with Freida". Indian Express. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  10. ^ "Dev Patel and Freida Pinto Romance Confirmed by Family". Hollyscoop. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  11. ^ "Dev Patel - Patel's mum confirms Pinto romance". Contactmusic.com. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  12. ^ http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20267544_20274176_20614653,00.html
  13. ^ "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)
  14. ^ "About Barry John's Acting Studio". The Barry John's Acting Studio. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
  15. ^ 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)
  16. ^ a b "Film Nominations in 2009". BAFTA. Retrieved 2009-02-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "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)
  19. ^ Michael Speier, Tatiana Siegel (2009-02-23). "Watts, Pinto join Woody Allen film". Variety. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  20. ^ "Pinto thinks L'Oreal is worth it". Daily Express. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  21. ^ "Freida Pinto And Evangeline Lilly Are New L'Oreal Spokeswomen". LimeLife. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  22. ^ "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)
  23. ^ "Freida Pinto to appear in film on Israeli-Palestanian women". A Pakistan News. 2009-13-25. Retrieved 2009-04-27. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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