film Slumdog Millionaire, at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2008.
Freida Pinto Trivia -
Freida Pinto is a model turned actress from India.
Pinto is one of the few Indian models to start film career with a Hollywood film.
Freida Pinto's first movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' won the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008.
She ranked #10 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2009.
Freida's parents are from Mangalore, a coastal town in southern India. Her father is a banker, while her mother is the principal of a High School. Her sister, Sharon, is a producer with the Indian news channel, NDTV.
Trained in some forms of Indian classical dance as well as Salsa.
Was engaged to her fiancé Rohan Antao from 2007 until January 2009. They had been in a relationship since 2003.
Auditioned for the part of Bond Girl Camille in Quantum of Solace (2008), but lost out the role to Olga Kurylenko.
The surname "Pinto", is a Portuguese surname meaning "Chick" (little bird). The Portuguese were the first European colonizers and settlers of India, arriving in 1497.
Freida Pinto Detailed Biography -
Freida Pinto is an Indian actress who stars in the film Slumdog
Millionaire. Pinto was born on 30 February, 1983.
Freida Pinto graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Freida
modeled for two years before meeting Danny Boyle and being cast in Slumdog.
At the Toronto International Film Festival, the Freida Pinto
movie won the Cadillac People's Choice Award.
