Preity Zinta Biography

Preity Zinta is an Indian film actress, producer and entrepreneur. 

She is best known as a popular heroine in Hindi films.

Apart from Hindi, she has also acted in Telugu, Punjabi

and English language films. Apart from playing the lead role,

she has appeared in various supporting roles and various

on-screen personalities in films.

She has won several awards for her work in films,

including two Filmfare Awards and Screen Awards, and

three IIFA Awards, Zee Cine Awards and Stardust Awards.

Born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Preity made her big screen 

debut in 1998 with the film Dil Se.. after completing her

graduation in English and Criminal Psychology

and acted in the film Soldier the same year.

She won the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Actress for her 

performances in these films. She later played the role

of a teenage single mother in the film Kya Kehna (2000).

Zinta won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her

performance in the drama Kaal Ho Na Ho in 2003.

She then starred in two of India's highest-grossing films in two 

consecutive years, the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya

in 2003 and the romantic film Veer-Zaara in 2004.

She played the role of an independent modern Indian woman

in Salaam Namaste (2005) and the highest-grossing film

outside India, Kavi Albida Na Kehna (2006).

Her first international film was the Canadian film Heaven

on Earth, for which she won the Silver Hugo Award for

Best Actress at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival.