Preity Zinta

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Date Of Birth : 31 Jan 1975

Parents : Durganand Zinta (Father), Nilprabha Zinta (Mother)

Spouse : Gene Goodenough

Children : Jai Zinta Goodenough, Gia Zinta Goodenough

Movie Name : Dil Se (1998), Soldier (1998), Sangharsh (1999), Dillagi (1999), Kya Kehna (2000), Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega (2000), Mission Kashmir (2000), Farz (2001), Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), Yeh Raaste Hai Pyaar Ke (2001), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Dulhan Dilwale Ki (2001), Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002), The Hero (2003), Armaan (2003), Koi Mil Gaya (2003), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Lakshya (2004), Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (2004), Veer Zaara (2004), Khullam Khulla Pyaar Kare (2005), Salaam Namaste (2005), Krrish (2006), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), Jaan-E-Mann (2006), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007), The Last Lear (2008), Heroes (2008), Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), Kamaal Kayeel Raja (2009), Videsh - Heaven on Earth (2009), Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (2009), Ishkq In Paris (2013), Happy Ending (2014), Bhaiaji Superhittt (2018),

Awards : Preity Zinta is an Indian actress, film producer and entrepreneur who has received several awards for her acting in Hindi films. Her career began in 1998 with Mani Ratnam's acclaimed drama Dil Se.. and the box office hit Soldier. Both films won her the award for Best Female Debut at the 44th Filmfare Awards. Her performance in Dil Se.. also earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the same ceremony, while Soldier won her three more Best Debut awards at other major ceremonies. Preity Zinta received her first Filmfare nomination for Best Actress for her portrayal of a teenage single mother in Kya Kehna. She followed these films with several critically and commercially successful films, such as Mission Kashmir (2000) and Dil Chahta Hai (2001), and her performances in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002) and Armaan (2003)[8] were praised.

Preity Zinta won several awards for her performance in the romantic comedy-drama Kal Ho Naa Ho, including her first and only Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in top-grossing productions in India and abroad, including Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Salaam Namaste (2005) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), all of which earned her different nominations at major award ceremonies, which, in addition to Filmfare, include such organisations as Screen, Zee Cine, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), and Stardust, among others. After a relatively low phase, she started appearing in arthouse films, known in India as parallel cinema. She played her first international film role in Deepa Mehta's Canadian drama Heaven on Earth (2008, titled Videsh in India). Her portrayal in the film won her the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the Chicago International Film Festival, and she was a Best Actress nominee at several award functions in Canada, including the Genie Awards by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, and the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Apart from merit awards for her film performances, Preity Zinta was awarded different non-acting honours at major film award functions. These include IIFA's Style Diva of the Year and Glamorous Star awards. She was named Zee Cine's Queen of Hearts in 2003 and female Superstar of the Year in 2004. In 2009, Zinta was one of five actresses nominated as "Star of the Decade – Female" at the 10th IIFA Awards. In addition to industry honours, Preity Zinta has received several achievement awards for both her film career and her social activities. In 2003, Preity Zinta became the first recipient of Godfrey's Mind of Steel Award at the annual Red and White Bravery Awards, given to her for the "Courageous Act" of standing against the Mumbai underworld after she became the only witness not to retract in court her earlier statements against the Indian mafia during the 2003 Bharat Shah case. In 2010, the University of East London awarded Zinta with an Honorary Doctorate of Arts in honour of both her cultural contribution and her humanitarian work.

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About
Known for her bubbly personality, chirpy nature, and the dimpled smile that won her legions of fans, Preity Zinta is an Indian actress who debuted with a small role in the 1998 movie, Dil Se. The same year she went on to star in the action movie, Soldier. In 2004 she became the first actress to receive a Filmfare nomination for both, the Best Actress and Best Villain awards in a single year. Preity won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival for her first international film role in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth (2008). Apart from being a successful actress, Preity is also a social activist, a stage performer, and a successful business-woman. Her production company PZNZ Media is a co- owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab since 2008.

PERSONAL LIFE
Preity was born to Durganand Zinta, an officer in the Indian Army, and Nilprabha. At 13 she lost her father in a car accident. Her mother was also bedridden for two years after the accident. Preity has an elder brother Deepankar, who is with the Indian Army, and a younger brother, Manish, who lives in California. Preity completed her schooling from The Lawrence School, Himachal Pradesh. Her loneliness in boarding schools lead to her developing a keen interest in literature and she found solace in the works of William Shakespeare. She later graduated with English honors from the St. Bede's College in Shimla and also pursued a graduate program in psychology. She further pursued a postgraduate degree in Criminal Psychology.

Preity married her long-time American partner Gene Goodenough at a private ceremony in Los Angeles on 29th February 2016. Goodenough is Senior VP for Finance at NLine Energy, a US- based hydroelectric power company.

DEBUT & INITIAL YEARS
Preity was introduced to the glamorous world of movies after a chance meeting with a director at a friend's birthday party in 1996. The director offered her a chance to appear in a commercial for Perk chocolates. She accepted and the rest is history.

Preity's Bollywood career however was off to a bumpy start. She was initially set to star in Shekhar Kapur's Tara Rum Pum Pum, opposite Hrithik Roshan. But it got shelved. Preity then started shooting for two films simultaneously- Soldier (1998) and Kya Kehna (2000). As fate would have it, both the movies got delayed and she made her debut with a small role in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998). Within a screen-time of 20 minutes, Preity shared screen space with Shah Rukh Khan and got a Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her first lead role was opposite Bobby Deol in Soldier. In 1998 Preity got her first Filmfare Award, for Best Female Debut, for her role in Dil Se and Soldier. She ventured down South with movies like Premante Idera (1998) and Raja Kumarudu (1999). In Tanuja Chandra's thriller Sangharsh (1999), Preity plays CBI officer Reet Oberoi, who is on the trail of a serial killer. Although she starred alongside seasoned actors like Akshay Kumar and Ashutosh Rana, Preity won a lot of accolades for her performance.

BREAKTHROUGH & BEYOND
In 2000, Preity played Priya Bakshi, a single teen mother, who battles social prejudice, in the movie Kya Kehna. Apart from the Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress, Preity received several other nominations too. She went on to appear in movies such as Mission Kashmir (2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), and Lakshya (2004). Although these movies established Preity as a top actor, her other movies like Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), and Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002), proved to be box-office disasters. In 2003 Preity had lead roles in the top three highest grossing movies of year; The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, Koi Mil Gaya, and Kal Ho Naa Ho. Preity won a lot of praise for her performance in Kal Ho Naa Ho. The same year she also displayed villainous tendencies, by essaying a schizophrenic wife in Honey Irani's Armaan. For her skillful performance in both the movies, Preity earned the Best Actress and Best Villain nominations at the Filmfare Awards. In 2004 Preity starred in Lakshya and Veer Zaara. Both the movies performed incredibly well at the box office and won multiple awards. The next two years saw the actress appear in two hit Yash Raj productions: Salaam Namaste (2005), and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006). She received widespread acclaim for her performance in both the movies.

In 2006 Preity starred in Shirish Kunder's romantic musical Jaan-E-Mann. She received heavy criticism for her role and the movie was a box office disaster. Preity followed it up with, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007). The movie was critically trashed, but did above average business. Preity went into art-house cinema mode with Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear (2007). Starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Arjun Rampal, she received rave reviews. Preity realised her dream of working with director Deepa Mehta, when she made her international debut with Mehta's, Heaven on Earth (2008). Preity won the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival for her portrayal of a battered housewife in a foreign land. The year 2008 also marked a drastic shift in Preity's career. She went on to star in box office duds like Heroes (2008), Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (2009), Ishkq in Paris (2013), and Happy Ending (2014).