Freida Pinto

A professional model and Indian actress Freida Pinto born on 18 October, 1984 is best known for her character of Latika in the 2008 Academy Award winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. Freida Pinto has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a cast in a Motion picture.


In 2010, Freida featured in movies like You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. Freida Pinto was also featured in many television and print ad campaigns for products like Skoda, Vodafone India, Airtel, Wrigley’s Chewing Gum and DeBeers. Pursuing modeling for four years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers, she learned acting from The Barry John's Acting Studio in Andheri and was trained by theatre filmmaker Barry John. She will also appear in the 2011 fantasy-action-drama flick, Immortals, in which the actress will play the role of the oracle priestess Phaedra. The actress has been approached to act opposite Aamir Khan in Bollywood film Dhoom 3.

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Freida Pinto's Biography

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 has been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.



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. Freida Pinto currently resides in the Malad suburb of Bombay.