Name : Freida Pinto
Born : October 18, 1984
Place of Born : Mumbai, !
Occupation : Actress
Freida Pinto is an Indian actress and professional model, 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 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Suppo! rting Role.
Before starring in Slumdog Millionaire, Pinto anchored the international travel show,
Freida Pinto learned acting from The Barry John's Acting Studio in Andheri and was trained by her mentor Barry John. After six months ! of auditions, she received a call to audition for Slumdog Millionaire. Pinto auditioned for Danny Boyle and was short-listed and finally selected to star in Slumdog Millionaire.
Freida 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 Outsta! nding Pe rformance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside ten other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.
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