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Selena Freida Pinto (born October 18, 1984) is an Indian actress and model. Born in Bombay, who aspired to become an actress at an early age. Before making his feature film debut, he worked as a model, TV presenter, and acted in amateur theater while attending college. Pinto continued modeling for four years and enrolled herself in a course of action in the "Barry John Acting Studio" in Mumbai.

He painted rose to fame by playing the protagonist in the film of 2008 British drama Slumdog Millionaire, a film that marked his debut. Her performance was well received and won the "Newcomer Award" at the Film Festival Palm Springs and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He was also nominated for several awards as the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards. Since then he has participated in several British and American productions including Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) Immortals (2011) and Trishna (2011), where she played the main character.

Although criticized by the Indian media for not acting in Indian films, Pinto is credited with breaking the stereotypical image of an Indian woman in foreign films. Outside of acting, she is a part of the Agassi Foundation, a philanthropic organization started by Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, providing education for disadvantaged children. His humanitarian causes include features such as global ambassador Because I am a girl, a campaign to promote gender equality. It is also known for expressing opinions on women's empowerment.

Pinto was born in a Catholic home Mangalorean in Mumbai. His mother, Sylvia, is the director of the Universal School of San Juan, Goregaon while his father, Federico, a manager of the main branch of Bank of Baroda. Pinto has an older sister, Sharon, who works as associate producer NDTV. Pinto aspired to be an actress when she was five years old. He studied at Carmel of St. Joseph School in Malad, Mumbai, where he actively participated in sports and sang in the school choir. When Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe 1994, Pinto recalled having inspired her. He completed a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English literature and minor in Psychology and Economics, University of San Xavier, Mumbai in 2005.

Pinto was active in theater and amateur theater while attending college. After his graduation, he joined the Elite Model Management, a modeling agency and modeled after two and a half years years.During this time, she appeared in several television commercials and newspaper supporting products such as gum Wrigley, Škoda, Vodafone India, Airtel, Visa, eBay and DeBeers. She followed the pattern of four years and appeared in fashion shows and magazine covers, including Femina and FNL. In a 2015 interview with the Daily Mirror, she said that she aspired to become a waitress, calling it his "dream job". However, he had to give up his dream and ended up becoming an entertainer at birthday parties for children, at the insistence of his mother, which he considered more "respectable" a waitress. Between 2006 and 2008, Pinto anchored Full Circle, a show of international travel that aired on Zee International Asia Pacific. As part of the show, she visited many countries in Afghanistan, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, therefore, exploring different cultures and traditions.She studied acting in a study led by John Barry in Mumbai, and consider John as her mentor.

Since 2006, Pinto auditioned for numerous movies, including the role of Camille Montes in Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace (2008). However, all attempts were unsuccessful. Later, in an interview, when asked about their rejections would comment: "I'm glad things happened the way it happened I had to be rejected, and I needed to learn that part of the game ... I can. have 100 rejections, but I'm sure it will be a particular thing that is almost destined for me to have. "

Pinto together with the team of Slumdog Millionaire
Pinto together with the team of Slumdog Millionaire for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival 2008
After a series of failed attempts, Pinto received a call from Danny Boyle in 2007 to play the female lead in his next film Slumdog Millionaire, which was supposed to be shot in India. After six months of extensive auditions, he managed to land the lead role. The film co-starring Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. Pinto played "Latika" the love interest of the protagonist Jamal, played by Patel. Dubbed as India's answer to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the film was made with a modest budget of $ 15 million. Slumdog Millionaire proved an unexpected success, receiving universal acclaim primarily for her plot and soundtrack. The film opened to international acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival 2008, he won the Cadillac People Award. He emerged as the most successful film in the 81st Academy Awards (2009) winners of eight of the ten nominations, including the major categories for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition, the film won nominations in various awards, including the Golden Globes, where it won four awards. Pinto she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2009 BAFTA Awards.In also won the "Breakthrough Award Performance" in the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by an Cast in a Motion Picture alongside other cast members of the film. The film was instrumental in launching the careers of Pinto in Hollywood.


Pinto (left) and Rula Jebreal (right) attend the screening of Miral at the Hamptons International Film Festival 18th Annual in October 2010.
Pinto played a supporting role in the film of Woody Allen comedy drama meet the man of your dreams, co-starring Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher and Naomi Watts.The film premiered at the Film Festival Cannes 2010 and received negative reviews. He played the central character in his next adventure Miral, a biographical film based on a novel by Rula Jebreal. Set in the backdrop of Jerusalem plagued war, he played an orphaned Palestinian woman growing up in the refugee camp. The film opened to negative reviews, however, Pinto's performance received positive reviews from critics. A review of East Bay Express said: "Pinto manages the central role with a certain dignity," while The Independent wrote "Miral she plays very attractively by Freida Pinto as a mischievous and idealistic teenager with a keen sense of natural justice. "

Pinto was next version of the science fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), a reboot of the Planet of the Apes series. She played Caroline Aranha, a primatologist, and was cast opposite James Franco. To prepare for his role, he saw the videos of Jane Goodall, English anthropologist.The film was a commercial success, but the performance of the main players were criticized. A review of Slant Magazine said the main characters, played by Franco Pinto, are "substitutes moral platitudes."


Pinto second release of 2011 was British drama film Trishna Michael Winterbottom. She played the lead character in the film. An adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Trishna opened for the first time in the Toronto International Film Festival 2011. Described by The Guardian as a "study of seductive, allegorical relations man woman ", the film features Pinto as the daughter of a peasant who falls for a hotel based in London, played by Riz Ahmed along. Unlike his previous films, Trishna got positive response from critics. The film was universally acclaimed as it was nominated for the Best Film Award at the 55th Film Festival BFI London and Grand Prix at the 24th International Film Festival in Tokyo. The same year, she played "Princess Lailah" in the 1930s-set period drama film Day of the Falcon, one in which he was cast alongside Banderas and the final version of Mark Strong.Pinto of 2011 was the Immortals movie fantasy action and drama, in which she played the oracle priestess Phaedra. According to her, the extensive use of CGI film allowed him to prepare for his role in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

In October 2013, Pinto was seen in one Gorilla Bruno Mars. She was criticized by the media in India for a sequence involving the flinging her clothes and get intimate with Mars. However, MTV described the act as "a glorious scene of the film" while channel James Montgomery added, "Thanks to power Pinto" solitary .Pinto 2014 release was the biographical drama Desert Dancer, a film that revolves around Iran to life Afshin Ghaffarian choreographer. He underwent rigorous dance training consists of eight hours of daily trials lasting 14 weeks, as required by the role. His next film, Knight of Cups, where he starred alongside Christian Bale was screened in the competition section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015. The film is scheduled for release in March 2016 in the United States. Pinto finished 2015 as narrator in the unit, a documentary that explores the relationship between the life of all species on earth.

In September 2015, Pinto is working on Andy Serkis' Jungle Book: Origins, an action adventure fantasy film based live Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. His other film Blunt Force Trauma, where she stars opposite Mickey Rourke is awaiting release.


Before making his film debut in the Pinto she was engaged to former publicist Rohan Antao; the relationship ended in January 2009.After that, she began dating her Slumdog co-star Patel who is six years younger than she. The couple lived together in Los Angeles, United States. Later, in an interview, Pinto said she does not act like she feels Patel not be able to meet the "chemistry" they had in their debut film. In December 2014, the couple announced that they had ended their relationship for almost six years.

Pinto joined Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf to support their philanthropic organization, "Agassi Foundation". She is the only Indian actress to have participated in the annual fundraiser entitled "The fifteenth Grand Slam for Children", which aims to raise funds for the education of disadvantaged children. In 2012, he joined International Plan Because I am a Girl campaign as a Global Ambassador, promoting gender equality lift millions of girls out of poverty. After that, she appeared in a video clip Gucci "Chime for Change" campaign to raise funds and awareness of the problems of women in terms of education, health and justice in 2013. The same year, he collaborated with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim for the call to action - Girl Rising campaign. Girl Rising documentary by Oscar nominee Richard E. Robbins, showing the power of education to transform lives of girls worldwide. In July 2014, she spoke at the "summit of the rights of girls" in London, where he called for more progress towards the end of female genital mutilation and child marriage. The following year, it extended its support and expressed his opinion against the Indian government ban the daughter of India, a documentary based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape, directed by Leslee Udwin.


Freida Pinto is smiling at the camera.
Pinto attend the 41st International Film Festival of India in Goa (2010)
Shortly after the release of Slumdog Millionaire, Pinto won immense popularity and was often included in the "most beautiful women in the world" list. In 2009, she appeared in the "List of Most Beautiful People" by People magazine, and "Best Dressed List of world women." The same year, The Daily Telegraph reported that Pinto was the highest paid actress in India, but never appeared in a Bollywood movie. It was also included in the 2009 list of Vogue of the "top ten most elegant women." The May 13, 2009, Pinto became a new L'Oreal spokesman. A controversy arose when it appeared in a television commercial promoting L'Oreal, as many thought it was racial discrimination against countries that are possessive with fair skin. The commercial showed Pinto in what many perceive as a lighter skin tone due to makeup or editing.

In 2011, Pinto was included as the only Indian celebrity among the "50 Most Beautiful Women in Film", a list compiled by Los Angeles Times list magazine.The following years, people named one of the "most beautiful at any age" . She appeared in the "Top 99 Most Desirable Women" survey by AskMen three consecutive times between 2010 and 2012. After that, Pinto was chosen as the "hottest Indian chick" in a survey conducted by the magazine GQ controversy in 2013.

Pinto is credited with breaking the stereotypes of a lady wearing Hollywood.In an interview in 2012 with Hindustan Times, she said she is aware of the choice of papers representing a stereotypical image of an Indian woman. However, the Indian media for having criticized the Indian film industry "rejected". In response, Pinto said that she is unable to find roles that his suit in Bollywood while stating that she enjoys watching Bollywood movies and are willing to work in the industry in the future.