Preity Zinta

Name: Preity Zinta
Birthday: Friday, January 31, 1975
Star Sign : Aquarius
First Film : Kya Kehna










BIOGRAPHY

Born in Shimla, native of Rohru, she studied at the Jesus and Mary Simla Convent School after getting a degree in criminal psychology at the St. Bedes College, Zinta began her career as a model, and commercial (ad films) actress (she was seen in Lyril (soap ad film). Her father died when she was thirteen in a car accident in which her mother was also involved. Her mother was bedridden because of this incident. Zinta has two brothers, a year younger and a year older respectively.

Her first movie was supposed to be Kya Kehna but due to delay Dil Se was released first. The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance.

In 2003, Zinta had two smash hits, Koi... Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho. She is currently among the most successful actresses in Bollywood. In the year of 2003, she won many awards for her role in the film, Kal Ho Naa Ho. Her performance got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. Since then she has appeared in two other box office hits Veer-Zaara and Salaam Namaste.

She joined a group of top stars (Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, and Priyanka Chopra) in the Temptation 2004 concert, which was a huge international success.