Freida Pinto

Biography

Freida Pinto is an Indian actress whose screen work has been mostly in American and British films, and she broke through with her debut as Latika in Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Born and raised in Mumbai, she acted in amateur plays while studying at St. Xavier's College and later worked as a model and a travel show host before winning a Screen Actors Guild Award with the cast of that film and a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to lead Miral (2010) and Trishna (2011), and appeared in You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Immortals (2011), Knight of Cups (2015), Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018), Hillbilly Elegy (2020) and Mr. Malcolm's List (2022), as well as the miniseries Guerrilla (2017) and a recurring role on The Path.

42years old

Turns 43 on October 18in 342 days

Born October 18, 1984Mumbai
Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Also credited as Freida Selena Pinto

Movie Career

Films: 20
Career span: 18 years2008 to 2026

Genres

Drama70%, 14 films
Romance35%, 7 films
Action20%, 4 films
Comedy20%, 4 films
Adventure15%, 3 films

First and latest

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Big break
After a casting director asked, Pinto's modeling agency chose her and six other models in 2007 to try out for the female lead in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. Six months of auditions followed, and she won the part of Latika.
A role that slipped away
Pinto tried out for Shimit Amin's Bollywood sports film Chak De! India and for the Bond girl Camille Montes in Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace, but the auditions did not succeed.

Freida Pinto movies on Netflix

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender2026IMDb rating 7.7as Avatar Sonam (voice)
My Mother's Wedding2025IMDb rating 5.5as Jack
Mr. Malcolm's List2022IMDb rating 6.0as Selina Dalton
A Christmas No. 12021IMDb rating 5.6as Meghna Rai
Intrusion2021IMDb rating 5.3as Meera
Needle in a Timestack2021IMDb rating 5.4as Alex Leslie
Hillbilly Elegy2020IMDb rating 6.7as Usha
Love Wedding Repeat2020IMDb rating 5.6as Amanda
Only2019IMDb rating 5.1as Eva
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle2018IMDb rating 6.5as Messua
Blunt Force Trauma2015IMDb rating 4.6as Colt
Knight of Cups2015IMDb rating 5.6as Helen
Girl Rising2013IMDb rating 7.1as Narrator (voice)
Day of the Falcon2011IMDb rating 6.6as Princess Leyla
Immortals2011IMDb rating 6.0as Phaedra
Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011IMDb rating 7.6as Caroline Aranha
Trishna2011IMDb rating 6.0as Trishna
Miral2010IMDb rating 6.2as Miral
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010IMDb rating 6.3as Dia
Slumdog Millionaire2008IMDb rating 8.0as Older Latika

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Slumdog Millionaire2008 Drama, Romanceas Older Latika
IMDb rating 8.0916K votes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011 Action, Drama, Sci-Fias Caroline Aranha
IMDb rating 7.6610K votes
Immortals2011as Phaedra
IMDb rating 6.0185K votes
Intrusion2021as Meera
IMDb rating 5.325K votes
Hillbilly Elegy2020as Usha
IMDb rating 6.762K votes
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010as Dia
IMDb rating 6.349K votes
Love Wedding Repeat2020as Amanda
IMDb rating 5.623K votes
Knight of Cups2015as Helen
IMDb rating 5.632K votes

Most often with

Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Antonio Banderas

Cate Blanchett

Mickey Rourke

Christian Bale

Andy Serkis

Riz Ahmed

Films together

Antonio Banderas3 films together, 2010 to 2015
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- Knight of Cups2015IMDb rating 5.6Pinto as HelenBanderas as Tonio
- Day of the Falcon2011IMDb rating 6.6Pinto as Princess LeylaBanderas as Emir Nesib
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010IMDb rating 6.3Pinto as DiaBanderas as Greg
Cate Blanchett3 films together, 2013 to 2018
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- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle2018IMDb rating 6.5Pinto as MessuaBlanchett as Kaavoice
- Knight of Cups2015IMDb rating 5.6Pinto as HelenBlanchett as Nancy
- Girl Rising2013IMDb rating 7.1Pinto as NarratorvoiceBlanchett as Narrator - Haitivoice
Mickey Rourke2 films together, 2011 to 2015
Mickey Rourke's page
- Blunt Force Trauma2015IMDb rating 4.6Pinto as ColtRourke as Zorringer
- Immortals2011IMDb rating 6.0Pinto as PhaedraRourke as King Hyperion
Christian Bale2 films together, 2015 to 2018
Christian Bale's page
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle2018IMDb rating 6.5Pinto as MessuaBale as Bagheeravoice
- Knight of Cups2015IMDb rating 5.6Pinto as HelenBale as Rick
Andy Serkis2 films together, 2011 to 2018
Andy Serkis's page
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle2018IMDb rating 6.5Pinto as MessuaSerkis as Baloovoice
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011IMDb rating 7.6Pinto as Caroline AranhaSerkis as Caesar
Riz Ahmed2 films together, 2011
Riz Ahmed's page
- Day of the Falcon2011IMDb rating 6.6Pinto as Princess LeylaAhmed as Ali
- Trishna2011IMDb rating 6.0Pinto as TrishnaAhmed as Jay
Also two films together2 more actors
- Isabel LucasKnight of Cups (2015) and Immortals (2011)
- Leslie Odom Jr.Needle in a Timestack (2021) and Only (2019)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What Freida Pinto's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.1 billion

9 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.

9Worldwide figure
2US gross only
2Never in cinemas
3Streaming, short cinema run
4Figure not found

Top grosser

Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011Caroline Aranha$482 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011as Caroline Aranha
$482M42.6% of the total
2
Slumdog Millionaire2008as Older Latika
$378M33.4% of the total
3
Immortals2011as Phaedra
$227M20.1% of the total
4
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010as Dia
$36M3.2% of the total
5
Day of the Falcon2011as Princess Leyla
$5.4M0.5% of the total
6
My Mother's Wedding2025as Jack
$1.2M0.1% of the total
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Miral2010as Miral
$1.1M0.1% of the total
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Knight of Cups2015as Helen
$566K0.1% of the total