Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta  Biography

Date of Birth: 31 January 1975
Place of Birth: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Marital Status: Partner for 2 years, Ness Wadia
Occupation: Actress
Starred in Over 30 Movies and Has been Nominated for 15 Film Awards and Won 5 of them.

Preity comes from a Hindu Rajput family of Rohru in Shimla district, her father, Durganand Zinta was an officer in the Indian Army. Durganand died when Zinta was thirteen in a car accident also involving her mother, Nilprabha, who was severely injured and remained bedridden for two years. Zinta has two brothers, Deepankar and Manish, a year older and a year younger, respectively.
Zinta, a self-confessed tomboy in the early stages of her life, was influenced primarily by her father. She studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary boarding school in Shimla. As a student, she developed a love for literature, particularly William Shakespeare and poetry, and even tried writing poetry herself. She enjoyed spending time outside, and was interested in sports, particularly basketball.
Zinta completed school at the age of 18, and enrolled at the St Bede's College in Shimla. She initially studied English honours (major), but later pursued an advanced programme in psychology. Although she earned a degree in criminal psychology, Zinta later took up modelling. Zinta's first commercial for Perk chocolates happened in 1996 when she met a commercials director at a friend's birthday party. Zinta attended the audition at the persuasion of the director, and was selected for the commercial.

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