TRISHNA

After becoming a fixture on the big screen with the critically and commercially acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire, FREIDA PINTO is quickly becoming an international film star and household name. She garnered international attention for her debut film role as Latika in Slumdog Millionaire and was nominated for "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture” for her role at the 2009 BAFTA Awards. The movie itself won 8 Academy Awards including "Best Motion Picture” and had another 100 wins and 51 nominations. Pinto can currently be seen in The Weinstein Company's Miral, a drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict from Oscar-nominated director Julian Schnabel. Pinto stars opposite James Franco in the hugely successful summer blockbuster Rise of the Planet of the. In October Black Gold, starring Antonio Banderas, will have its world premiere in Doha, Qatar at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. In November, she can be seen starring in Immortals opposite Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke which is loosely based on the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and the Titanomachy.

She recently finished shooting Trishna in India for director Michael Winterbottom.

This film is a modern day retelling of Tess of the d'Urbervilles. It has it's world premiere at Toronto and will also be screened at the London Film Festival. Prior to these films, Pinto starred in Sony Pictures Classics ensemble You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger from director Woody Allen alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin. Before hitting the big screen, Pinto made her mark anchoring Full Circle a travel show which was telecast on Zee International Asia Pacific. She went on assignments to Afghanistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Fiji among other countries. Pinto currently resides between Mumbai and London and is a spokesperson for L'Oreal Paris.

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