Freida Pinto Biography
Summary
"Freida Pinto" (born October 18, 1984) is an Indian actress and professional model, known for her performance as Latika in her debut film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), for which she has 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, now a principal of St. John's Universal High School (Goregaon), and Frederick Pinto, a senior branch manager at the Bank of Baroda. Her family hails from the Mangalorean Catholic community, a Christian community in Mumbai. Her Father Frederick was born in Neerude and Mother Sylvia in Derebail, both towns in Mangalore. Her elder sister Sharon Pinto is an associate producer on the NDTV news channel. Pinto completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in "English Literature" from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She currently resides in the Malad suburb of Bombay.
Career
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Before starring in "Slumdog Millionaire", Freida anchored the international travel show, "Full Circle" on Zee International Asia Pacific in English between 2006-07. Pinto was also featured in several television and print commercials for products such as Wrigleys Chewing Gum, ?koda, Hutch, Airtel, and De Beers. Pinto modeled for two years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers. After six months of auditions, she received a call to audition for "Slumdog Millionaire". Pinto was auditioned for Danny Boyle and was short-listed and finally selected to star in "Slumdog Millionaire".
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. 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, 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".
In a free wheeling interview to ANI, Freida revealed that she wouldn't mind doing sex scenes for Hollywood directors.
Personal
She was dating Rohan Antao, a Mumbai based marketing executive. Reports have recently surfaced saying the Pinto and Antao had secretly wed in 2007 and have now been separated.
Awards and honours
"Won"
2009: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for "Slumdog Millionaire"
"Nominated"
2009: 62nd BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Slumdog Millionaire"
External links
(Danny Boyle, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto Interview with Pyro Radio about Slumdog Millionairre)
(Freida Pinto) at Complex Magazine
Credit
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