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. She graduated from St. Xavier’s College.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
Pinto with Dev Patel at the 2008 Toronto International Film FestivalBefore 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, Škoda, 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.
But her start was really in modeling. Ms. Pinto was an India model for products ranging from Wrigley’s chewing gum to jewelry, cosmetics and ice cream. He fashion shoots include layouts in Femina & Femina Girl, FNL. Product endorsements include Chanel perfume and VISA. Her catwalk modeling includes starring in Lakme Fashion Week among countless appearances.
Personal
She was dating Rohan Antao, a Mumbai based marketing executive. After the success of Slumdog Millionaire, she is no longer romantically attached to Antao.
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
Filmography
Year Film Role Language Notes
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Latika English & Hindi Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi
2006-2007- TV SHOW “FULL CIRCLE”
Anchored the International Travel Show, Full Circle on Zee International Asia Pacific in English, successfully completing 52 episodes.
Explored and vibrantly showcased the distinctive cultures and traditions of various countries like Fiji Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore etc.
Presented an unusual and special feature on the raw beauty and destroyed grandeur of the lost paradise Afghanishtan.
2005–2008 Worked as an Artist/Model with ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT INDIA
Tv Commercials : India Today , Wrigleys Chewing Gum , Skoda
Magazine Covers : Femina & Femina Girl, FNL
Print Campaigns : De Beers , Hutch , Airtel , Uni Star Mobile , Renaissance , Azeem Khan , E Bay , Khadim Jewellers , Mother Dairy Ice Cream , Antara Spa , Parachute Jasmine Hair Oil (West Bengal only-2005) , International Print Shoot for Jod & Eacute, London , Karishma , Baggit , Visa Card , Femina Girl , Beautiful People , Femina , Verve , Indiawali Brides , New Woman , Gurlz , FNL , BE, Westside.
Shows : Wendell Rodricks for Lakme Fashion Week 2006
Other Achievements : Fashion show for Deepika Gehani , Promo for MTV , Promo for History Channel , Promo for Sahara , Promo for Lemon , Fashion Shoot for Pakistan TV (Rajpurohit Communications) , Live Press Demo for Chanel , Calendar Shoot for Manmeet Bhatti , Promo for NDTV Imagine , Shoot for music video- dil vog
Dev Patel and that indian chick really rocks on the movie Slumdog Millionaire.;*;
Dev Patel gave a great performance in the movie Slumdog Millionaire.`”;
Dev Patel is a great actor specially on the movie Slumdog Millionaire`”-
i watched Slumdog Millionaire and Dev Patel has great performance on this movie~’;
Dev Patel really has his great performance on Slumdog Millionaire, this kid is a good actor~*;
Dev Patel showed his great acting skills on SlumDog Millionaire, i would love to see more of his movies ‘.’