subject: Career And Professional History Of Freida Pinto [print this page] Freida Pinto was born on 18 October, 1984Freida Pinto was born on 18 October, 1984. Her parents are from Mangalore, a coastal town in southern India. Her father is a banker, while her mother is the principal of a High School. Her sister, Sharon, is a producer with the Indian news channel, NDTV. She 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.
Freida Pinto was engaged to her fianc Rohan Antao from 2007 until January 2009. They had been in a relationship since 2003 and after her success; she broke up with Rohan Antao in January 2009, now she is in relationship with Dev Patel (Actor in the movie Slumdog Millionaire).
Freida Pinto is an Indian actress and professional model, is 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 prestigious BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Currently, Freida Pinto is working in the movie You Will meets a Tall Dark Stranger by Woody Allen. She has already completed the work on movie Miral', which is directed by American director Julian Schnabel. It is a Franco-Israeli film based on the plight of Israeli and Palestinian women from early years of the state to the early 1990s.
Freida Pinto is now the style icon of red carpet. After Danny Boyles Slumdog Millionaire bagged 8 Academy Awards the actress has become the talk of the town across the world. She is considered as the highest paid actress of Bollywood circuit. After she made it in the sexiest top ten celebrities list of FHM, she is now listed in WHO magazines sexiest people of Australia. She is the only Indian to feature in the list along with international hot ties Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Beyonce and Angelina Jolie. The other well known faces to feature in the list are Gerard Butler and Ryan Reynolds, who made it to the list. Describing Freida Pinto, the magazine said, This one in a million ex-model is simply gorgeous, but she believes shes your typical Indian girl. In the fashion circuit also Freida Pinto is gaining popularity. She has attended fashion shows by Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton. She has also been nominated for Vogues best dressed list.
Freida Pinto personally quoted once, "This industry is for fighters and those who do not give up! It is very important to believe in yourself. Even when a hundred people rejected me, I did not lose hope and finally one of the biggest directors of all times (Danny Boyle) believed in me! Furthermore, working in this film (Slumdog Millionaire) has taught me a lot, not just in terms of acting but also about myself, which is an integral part of being a good actor!"
