TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 08: Actress Freida Pinto speaks at the “Slumdog Millionaire” press conference during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival held at the Sutton Place Hotel on September 8, 2008 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

She is the daughter of Sylvia, a principal of St. John’s High School, and Frederick Pinto, a senior branch manager at the Bank of Baroda. Her parents hail from the coastal city of Mangalore. She is of Mangalorean Catholic descent. Her older sister Sharon Pinto is an associate producer on the NDTV news channel.

Pinto graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. She modeled for two years before meeting Danny Boyle and being cast in Slumdog Millionaire.

At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival the movie won the Cadillac People’s Choice Award. (Source: Wikipedia).

Freida Pinto has appeared at Jay Leno’s Tonight show, David Letterman’s show. She has been interviewed by NBC together with Dev Patel. Slumdog Millionaire has done good for her.