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, an eight time Academy Award winner, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2008. Pinto won a Screen Acto...
Carmel of St. Joseph School, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, Barry John Acting Studio, Mumbai
Nationality
India
Parents
Frederick Pinto, Sylvia Pinto
Siblings
Sharon Pinto
Nicknames
Freida Selena Pinto , Fro
Awards
Breakthrough Performance Award, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Nominations
Teen Choice Awards, BAFTA Awards, Black Reel Awards, MTV Movie Awards, Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards for Best Ensemble (2009)
Movies
"Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" (2010), "Miral", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011), "Jungle Book" (2018)
I call upon women to raise each other up, to make each other's welfare a priority and to never shame a woman for the choices she makes
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[on preparing to play a primatologist in Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)] Like most people, I only knew what I'd been taught in school about chimps, and that's not enough. So I watched a ton of videos about Jane Goodall, who I'd love to meet. All her research was fascinating and so useful, especially in how she studied human behavior in comparison to chimp behavior.
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I'm just so used to calling it Bombay. I know everything has changed. It's India's way of trying to brush off colonialism and make it what it originally was, but unfortunately for me I called it Bombay for 16 years, and I think that's a long time in a 26-year-old's life to automatically start calling it Mumbai. It's very confusing for a lot of people. My agent thought Bombay and Mumbai were two different places. And I was like, "No, it's the same thing."
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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! Also working in this film [Slumdog Millionaire (2008)] 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!
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Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)' since 2016.
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She appeared in the music video of the song " I Promise You" by the band Dal Dil Vog, featuring Dal Hothi. The video was shot in Mumbai, India. Dal is an Indo Canadian singer, who has been singing since the early 1990s. Freida Pinto did the music video before the release of Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
Was formerly in a relationship with Dev Patel (from February 2009 to December 2014). The two met on the set of Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
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She studied at Carmel of St. Joseph School in Malad and completed her bachelor of arts (BA) degree in English literature at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
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The surname Pinto is a Portuguese name meaning "Chick" (little bird). The first European colonizers and settlers of India, the Portuguese arrived in 1497.
Was engaged to Rohan Antao from 2007 until January 2009. They were in a relationship from 2003 to 2009.
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Trained in some forms of Indian classical dance as well as salsa.
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Freida's parents are from Mangalore, a coastal town in southern India. Her father is a banker; her mother is the principal of a high school. Her sister, Sharon, is a producer with an Indian news channel, NDTV.
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