Freida Selena Pinto (born 18 October 1984) is an Indian actress and model. From a Mangalorean Catholic family, she wanted to become an
actress from a young age. Prior to making her cinematic debut, she worked as a
model and television presenter, and acted in plays while attending college.
Pinto continued modeling for four years and enrolled herself in an acting
course at the "Barry John's Acting Studio" in Mumbai, where she was trained by Barry John.
Pinto
rose to prominence by playing the leading
lady in the 2008 British drama
film Slumdog Millionaire,
a film that marked her debut. Her performance was well received, and she won
the "Breakthrough Performance Award" at the Palm Springs International Film
Festival and Screen Actors Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In addition, she was
nominated at various award ceremonies such as British
Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) and MTV Movie Awards. Since then she has
starred in a number of British and American productions, notably You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes( 2011), Immortals (2011), and Trishna (2011), where she played the titular
character.
Pinto
is a part of the Agassi Foundation, a philanthropic organization started by Andre Agassi and Steffi
Graf which looks after providing
education for deprived children.
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