Freida Pinto

Indian actress

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2025 Freida Pinto returns for Season 2 of the Apple TV+ series 'Surface', playing the role of Grace
2022 Appeared in Mr. Malcolm's List.
2021 Signed a first-look TV deal with Entertainment One through her production company Freebird Films
2021 Starred in 'Intrusion' as Meera and 'Needle in a Timestack' as Alex Leslie
November 2021 Freida Pinto gave birth to her first child, a son, with her husband Cory Tran.
January 2021 Announced to play the lead in a biopic of SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan, based on the book Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan.
2020 Starred in the film Hillbilly Elegy.
2020 Pinto married Cory Tran at the Honda Center.
2020 Began voiceover work as Queen Shanti in the Disney Channel animated series 'Mira, Royal Detective', continuing until 2022.
November 2019 Freida Pinto became engaged to photographer Cory Tran.
2018 Starred in two significant films: 'Love Sonia' as Rashmi and 'Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle' as Messua
2018 Appeared in Love Sonia and had a recurring role in the Hulu series The Path.
2018 Freida Pinto won the IFFM Diversity in Cinema Award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
2018 Freida Pinto was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne for her role in Love Sonia
2017 Starred in the Showtime miniseries Guerrilla.
February 2016 Announced involvement with the nonprofit organization 'We Do It Together', which provides financing for films and media focused on women's empowerment.
2015 Became one of 100 narrators in the documentary Unity, exploring relationships between Earth's species.
2015 Freida Pinto appeared in the nature documentary 'India: Nature's Wonderland' on BBC Two, presenting herself in the series.
2015 Appeared in Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, which premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Also narrated the documentary Unity and starred in the action film Blunt Force Trauma.
2015 Worked on Andy Serkis' Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, portraying Mowgli's adoptive mother, Messua.
March 2015 Spoke out against the Indian government's ban on the documentary 'India's Daughter', advocating for its public release and discussing its importance in addressing societal issues.
2014 Participated in the 'Girls' rights summit' in London, calling for progress to end female genital mutilation and child marriage.
2014 Starred in Desert Dancer, further establishing her reputation as a critically acclaimed actress.
December 2014 Pinto and Dev Patel amicably separated after a six-year relationship.
2013 Appeared in Bruno Mars' 'Gorilla' music video, which was criticized by Indian media for 'dirty dancing'.
2013 Appeared in Bruno Mars' 'Gorilla' music video and was a narrator in the documentary film Girl Rising.
2013 Bruno Mars released the song 'Gorilla' from the album Unorthodox Jukebox
2013 Appeared in a video clip for Gucci's 'Chime for Change' campaign to raise funds and awareness about women's issues in education, health, and justice.
2012 Featured consecutively in AskMen's 'Top 99 Most Desirable Women' poll from 2010 to 2012.
2012 Appointed as the global ambassador of Plan International's 'Because I am a Girl' campaign, which promotes gender equality and aims to lift millions of girls out of poverty.
2012 People magazine named her one of the 'Most Beautiful at Every Age'.
2011 Starred in Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caroline Aranha, a primatologist. Prepared for the role by researching Jane Goodall's work. The film became her highest-grossing movie.
2011 Appeared in Day of the Falcon as Princess Lailah, a period drama set in the 1930s Middle East alongside Antonio Banderas and Mark Strong.
2011 Played the title character in Trishna at the Toronto International Film Festival, portraying a teenage Rajasthani peasant. The performance was praised by some critics for being 'touchingly beautiful' and her 'most substantial' role.
2011 Starred in Immortals as the oracle priestess Phaedra, a fantasy-action film that received mixed-to-positive reviews.
2011 Appeared in two significant films: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which was a commercial success, and Trishna, which received critical acclaim.
2011 Named the only Indian celebrity in the Los Angeles Times Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful Women in Film' list.
2011 Controversial L'Oréal advertisement sparked debate about skin tone editing.
2010 Joined Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf to support the Agassi Foundation, raising $75,000 for 'The 15th Grand Slam for Children' fundraiser aimed at providing education for underprivileged children.
2010 Starred in Woody Allen's comedy-drama You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
2010 Starred in the films Miral and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, earning critical acclaim for her performance in Miral.

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