Freida Pinto, Actress: Slumdog Millionaire,  traversed the modeling circuit in Mumba (born October 18, 1984) is an Indian actress and professional model, best known for her performance as Latika in her debut film Slumdog Millionaire, an eight time Academy Award winner, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2008. 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 Supporting Role.

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* 1 Biography
* 2 Career
* 3 Awards and honours
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links

 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. Her family hails from the Mangalorean Catholic community, a Christian community in Mumbai. Her father is from Neerude and mother from Derebail, both towns near Mangalore. Her elder sister Sharon Pinto is an associate producer on the NDTV news channel.Pinto studied at Carmel of St. Joseph School, Malad and completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She currently resides in the Malad suburb of Mumbai.

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She is also trained in different forms of Indian classical dance as well as Salsa.

Career
Pinto with Dev Patel at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

Before 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. She learnt 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.

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.In a free wheeling interview to ANI, Freida revealed that she wouldn't mind doing sex scenes for Hollywood directors.

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Awards and honours

Won

* 2009: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Slumdog Millionaire

Nominated

* 2008: Black Reel Awards of 2008 - Best Ensemble for Slumdog Millionaire
* 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

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