About Preity Zinta
The Gorgeous Preity Zinta is a top bollywood actress. A criminal psychology graduate Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se in 1998, followed by Soldier in the same year. She won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for both films, and was later recognised for her performance as a teenage single mother in Kya Kehna.
She is the Winner of Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in Kal Ho Naa Ho in 2003 and among the most sought after actresses in Bollywood.

Life
Born on January 31, 1975 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Zinta hails 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. According to Zinta, her father's early death was one of her most terrible experiences and a turning point in her life, as she was forced to grow up. Zinta has two brothers, Deepankar and Manish, a year older and a year younger, respectively. Deepankar is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army, while Manish is settled in Los Angeles.

Zinta, a self-confessed tomboy in the early stages of her life, was influenced primarily by her father. Groomed in an army household, Zinta grew up with values such as discipline and punctuality. She studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary boarding school in Shimla. In an interview, Zinta told her loneliness in the boarding school was compensated by "...perfect set of friends." 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. Afterwards, she appeared in other catalogs and commercials, such as that of Liril.






Lovely Actress. One of the best all around actresses in Bollywood actually