Freida Selena Pinto is an Indian actress and model. She worked as a television presenter and acted in plays while attending college.
Background
Pinto was born into a Mangalorean Catholic family in Mumbai. Her surname is of Portuguese origin as the result of her ancestors' conversion to Catholicism by missionaries. Her mother, Sylvia, is the principal of St. John's High School (Goregaon), and her father, Frederick, is a senior branch manager at the Bank of Baroda. Pinto has an elder sister, Sharon, who is the associate producer of NDTV, a news channel. Pinto aspired to become an actress since she was five years old. When she was ten, Sushmita Sen won Miss Universe 1994, which turned out to be a defining point in Pinto's life.
Education
Freida Pinto actively participated in sports and sang in the school choir.
Pinto completed a degree in arts with a major in English literature, and minors in Psychology and Economics, from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She is also an accomplished dancer in Salsa and Classical Indian dance. She had also acted in plays and amateur theatre while attending college.
Career
Pinto starred in Woody Allen's comedy-drama film "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger", alongside Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher and Naomi Watts. Pinto played the central character in her next production "Miral", a biographical film based on a novel by Rula Jebreal.