Celebrity Biographies
Freida Pinto
First time’s a charm for Freida Pinto, who has conquered audiences around the world with Slumdog Millionaire , her first film. And if the water will have something when it is blessed, an actress will have something when although her career is just beginning, she has already been called by none other than Woody Allen, and they raffle her off in Hollywood.
Freida Pinto was born in the most important port city of India, Bombay, on October 18, 1984. Unlike her character in the Danny Boyle film , she is not a street girl, but comes from a wealthy family, since his father is a bank manager and his mother is a director of an institute. She spent her childhood among the Catholic community in the city of Bangalore, as her parents come from the area, and in Hawaii.
Since in addition to her attractive and healthy body, Freida Pinto also has a ‘healthy mens’, she was a privileged student, who graduated in Art and English Literature, at St. Xavier, in Bombay. She combined her degree with the study of classical Indian dance, although she is also a good salsa dancer.
Freida Pinto took advantage of the fact that the camera adores her, and began a meteoric career as a model. She appeared on the covers of several magazines and hosted a travel program on a television network. But she really wanted to be an actress, so instead of going to sleep she decided to combine her work with acting classes with Barry John, a prestigious teacher.
Willing to do as many auditions as it took to succeed, she auditioned for Quantum of Solace , and although she made a great impression, she was ultimately passed over in favor of Olga Kurylenko . Who did not think twice to hire her was the British director Danny Boyle, who was looking for an Indian actress for the lead female role of Slumdog Millionaire , an adaptation of a novel by Vikas Swarup , which described the harsh reality of the children of the streets of Mumbai. “I was just as impressed watching her as I was when I auditioned Kelly Macdonald for Trainspotting.says Danny Boyle. The film not only swept the box office, but also won eight Oscars, including the one for best film. She wasn’t even nominated, but she did get a BAFTA nomination for Best High School.
Married in 2007 to Rohan Antao, her boyfriend for years, they broke up in January 2009. Subsequently, she began a relationship that has been highly publicized by the media with Dev Patel , her co-star in Danny Boyle’s film.
With the Slumdog Millionaire fever over , the future is quite bright for the actress, who was recruited by Woody Allen for a role in his comedy You’ll Meet the Man of Your Dreams , where she accompanies big names like Anthony Hopkins , Naomi Watts , Josh Brolin and Anthony Banderas . She plays the title character in Julian Schnabel ‘s Miral , about the creation of the state of Israel, and in addition to Tarsem Singh ‘s action drama Immortals , filming is pending on Rise of the Apes , the prequel toThe planet of the apes .