Preity Zinta is a popular Indian film actress who gained popularity with the films like Soldier (1998), Kya Kehna (2000), Kal Ho Naa Ho, Koi … Mi lGaya (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Salaam Namaste(2005) and many more. She is an evergreen star who achieved huge fame in a very short time period
Preity Zinta born on 31-Jan-75(age 47 years old) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Preetam Singh Zinta Age Is 47 Years As In 2022. Talking about Indian actress Preetam Singh Zinta with stunning body measurements. She is sweet,adorable and gorgeous girl who is roughly 5'4" (163cm) tall in height and weighs around 52kg (115 lbs), while her shoe size is eight. She is very attractive with her black eyes and black hair. She has a beauteous Physique of 32 inches breast, 26 inches waist, and 32 inches hips. She is a Indian Hindu . Zodiac Sign is Aquarius. She is very much active on social media.
Preity Zinta Favorite Actress are Rekha and Sushmita Sen, Favorite Places is Greece, New Zealand, Vienna
Preity Zinta Favorite Color Electric blue,Favorite Food is Kadhi Chawal, khatti Himachali dal
Preity Zinta Favorite Movies are Titanic, Hobbies are Dancing, working out at gym, Reading,Writing
Preity G Zinta is an Indian actress and entrepreneur primarily known for her work in Hindi films. After graduating withdegrees in English honours and criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se.. in 1998, followed by a role inSoldier in the same year
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Biography
Rohru, Shimla . She takes a lot of interest in playing basketball during herchildhood. She completed her boarding schooleducation at Convent of Jesus and Mary boardingschool, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
and The LawrenceSchool, Sanawar, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
She is a graduation in English honors
and postgraduation inCriminal Psychology
from St. Bede’s College, Shimla
.Before marriage, she used to live at C/10A, Ranwar,Waroda Road Bandra (west) in Mumbai and now she issettling in the USA but time to time she has comes toher hometown Shimla.
Physical Appearance
Preity is a most-talented and hard-working girl who isknown for her glowing dimples. She is a fi tness freakwith perfect physique of 32-26-32 and is approximately 5’4’’ tall She has light browneyes and brown hair.
Family, Caste, Boyfriends &Husband
Her mother Nilprabha is a homemaker who was alsoinjured in the road accident. This accident made herstrong enough to become mature.
She is the only sister of her two brothers (a year olderand a year younger); Deepankar who is acommissioned offi cer in the Indian Army and Manish ,lives in California.
She does not believe in religion or caste . In aninterview with The Times of India, she comments, “Ibelieve in good deeds, in karma, I don’t believe in goingto temples. For me, religion is very personal. It’s allabout having faith … We have heard and read that allreligions are equal. Now I am increasingly believing inthis.”
She was in a relationship with many celebrities but shedenied such relations. Initially, she was in a relationshipwith the director Shekhar Kapur for a short period.
After that, she had an affair with model and actor MarcRobinson but due to some unknown reasons, they gotseparated.
She started dating Bombay Dyeing heirbusinessman Ness Wadia from February 2005 to May2009. Their reason for the breakup was that Preity wasmolested, threatened and abused by him atan IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on30 May.
She got married to his long-time boyfriend Americanpartner Gene Goodenough
who is a Senior Vice-President for Finance at NLine Energy (a US-basedhydroelectric power company) on 28 February 2016.Both tied the knot as per the Hindu rituals in LosAngeles. On 18 November 2021, the couple welcomedtheir twins Jai Zinta Goodenough & Gia ZintaGoodenough through surrogacy.
Modeling & Acting Career
She started her career as an ad model
In 1996, shewas featured in the Perk’s chocolates ad.
Later she got chance to work with director ShekharKapur in the movie ‘Tara Rum PumPum’ opposite Hrithik Roshan, but the fi lming wascanceled. In 1998, she started her fi lm career from the movie‘Dil Se…’ in which she played the role of just foronly 20 minutes of screen time.
After that, she commenced her acting career by givinghit one by one from the movies like
‘Kya Kehna’,‘Soldier’, ‘Sangharsh’ etc.
Apart from Hindi fi lms, she has also worked in regionalfi lms; Telugu, English and Punjabi languages
. Inbetween 1998 and 1999, she worked in
2 Telugumovies ‘Premante Idera’ and ‘Raja Kumarudu’.
After that, she again appeared in many Hindi movieswhich gave her a recognition in the Bollywood fi lmindustry like
‘Mission Kashmir ‘, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘ChoriChori Chupke Chupke’, ‘ Dil Hai Tumhaara’, ‘ The Hero:Love Story of a Spy’, ‘Koi… Mil Gaya’, ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’,‘Lakshya’, ‘Veer-Zaara’,’ Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen’,‘Salaam Namaste’, ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ and manymore.
She also acted in the
English movies – ‘The Last Lear’(2007) and ‘Heaven on Earth’ (2008).
After 2 years of break, she was featured in the fi lm
‘Ishkq in Paris’
(also co-written by Zinta)
,which received mostly negative reviews.
In appreciation of her work in the Bollywood she wonmany achievements, nominations, awards andaccolades like Filmfare Award for Best SupportingActress (‘Dil Se…’), Filmfare Award for Best FemaleDebut (‘Dil Se…’ and ‘Soldier’), Best Supporting Actressnomination at the Filmfare Awards (‘Chori ChoriChupke Chupke’), Silver Hugo Award for BestActress (‘Heaven on Earth’) etc.
At the time of Chhota Shakeel and Bharat Shah case in2003, she was the fi rst recipient of Godfrey’s Mind ofSteel Award at the annual Red and White BraveryAwards, given to her for the “courageous act” ofstanding against the Mumbai Underworld.
In 2004, she joined a group of South Asiancommentators for BBC News Online in which shestarted writing columns on different social topics. Shehas also participated in many stage shows and worldtours since 2001. Her fi rst concert was ‘Craze 2001’. In2011, she made her TV debut as the host of the show‘Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega’ on ColorsChannel. She also hosted the celebrity-based chatshow ‘Up Close & Personal with PZ’ and has been thejudge of dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye’- Season 7.
In 2011 she commenced her own productioncompany, PZNZ Media
Cricket Involvement Career
After working in the movie ‘Heaven on Earth’, she took2 years of break from Bollywood and started focusingon the cricket team. In 2008,
she bought Kings XIPunjab a Mohali-based Twenty20 cricket team ofthe Indian Premier League alongside her ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia, Mohit Burman and others. She is the only woman to own an IPL team and was theleague’s youngest owner.
In September 2017, she hires ownership ofthe Stellenbosch Kings franchise of South Africa’s T20Global League.
Humanitarian Work
She works for women’scauses in India, blood donation and AIDS awareness.
Controversies
- According to the sources, she was the only causeof divorce between director Shekhar Kapur andSuchitra Krishnamurthy.
- In 2003, she had received extortion threats fromthe Chhota Shakeel, a Mumbai underworld boss forgiving the statements in the court against himduring the shooting of the fi lm of ‘Chori ChoriChupke Chupke’.
- On 13 June 2015, she fi led a case of molestationand abusing her, against her ex-boyfriend NessWadia
Preity Zinta Biography, Age, Height, Family, Salary & Images
| Full Name | ✇ | Preity Zinta |
| Real Name | ✈ | Preetam Singh Zinta |
| Nickname | ✈ | Preity |
| Profession | ✈ | Actress, Producer, Writer, Entrepreneur |
| Date of Birth (Age) | ✈ | 31-Jan-75 |
| Birthplace | ✈ | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India |
| Preity Zinta Nationality | ✈ | Indian |
| Preity Zinta Zodiac sign/Sun sign | ✈ | Aquarius |
| Caste | ✈ | Not Available |
| Hometown | ✈ | Rohru, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), India |
| Religion | ✈ | Hindu |
| Marital status | ✈ | Married |
| Preity Zinta Debut | ✈ | Dil Se.. (1998) |
| Height in Centimeters | ✈ | 162 Cm |
| Preity Zinta Height in Inches | ✈ | 5’ 4” |
| Weight in Kilograms | ✈ | 52 kg |
| Weight in Pounds | ✈ | 114 lbs |
| Preity Zinta Body Measurements | ✈ | 32-26-32 Inches |
| Bra size | ✈ | 32 B |
| Waist Size | ✈ | 26 Inches |
| Hip Size | ✈ | 32 Inches |
| Preity Zinta Dress Size | ✈ | 4 (US) |
| Shoe size | ✈ | 8 (US) |
| Preity Zinta Eye Color | ✈ | Light Brown |
| Hair Color | ✈ | Black |
| Father | ✈ | Late Durganand Zinta (army officer) |
| Preity Zinta Mother | ✈ | Nilprabha Zinta |
| Preity Zinta Brother | ✈ | Deepankar Zinta (elder, army officer), Manish Zinta (younger, lives in California) |
| Sisters | ✈ | Not Available |
| Affair/Boyfriend | ✈ | Shekhar Kapur (director) |
| ✈ | Marc Robinson (actor, model) | |
| ✈ | Ness Wadia (businessman, 2005-2009) Gene Goodenough (Financial Analyst) | |
| Preity Zinta Husband | ✈ | Gene Goodenough |
| Preity Zinta Son | ✈ | Not Available |
| Preity Zinta Daughter | ✈ | Not Available |
| Educational Qualification | ✈ | Graduate (English honours) Postgraduate (Criminal Psychology) |
| Preity Zinta School | ✈ | Convent of Jesus and Mary boarding school, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Solan, Himachal Pradesh |
| Preity Zinta College / University | ✈ | St. Bede’s College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh |
| Favorite Actor | ✈ | Guru Dutt, Sanjay Dutt, Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan |
| Preity Zinta Favorite Actress | ✈ | Rekha and Sushmita Sen |
| Favorite Place | ✈ | Greece, New Zealand, Vienna |
| Preity Zinta Favorite Color | ✈ | Electric blue |
| Favorite Food | ✈ | Kadhi Chawal, khatti Himachali dal |
| Preity Zinta Favorite Movie | ✈ | Titanic |
| Hobbies | ✈ | Dancing, working out at gym, Reading, Writing |
| Preity Zinta Net Worth | ✈ | $32\0 million |
| Preity Zinta Salary | ✈ | Per Movie: 2-3 Crores (INR) |
Controversy Preity Zinta
degrees in English honours and criminal psychology
Years | Movies | Preity Zinta Career cinemas | |
| 1998 | Dil Se.. | Preeti Nair | Mani Ratnam |
| 1998 | Premante Idera | Shailu | Jayanth C. Paranjee |
| 1998 | Soldier | Preity | Abbas-Mustan |
| 1999 | Raja Kumarudu | Rani | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| 1999 | Sangharsh | Reet Oberoi | Tanuja |
| Chandra | |||
| 1999 | Dillagi | Rani | Sunny Deol |
| 2000 | Kya Kehna | Priya Bakshi | Kundan Shah |
| 2000 | Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega | Jahnvi | Raj Kanwar |
| 2000 | Mission | Sufiya Parvez | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Kashmir | |||
| 2001 | Farz | Kajal Singh | Raj |
| Kanwar | |||
| 2001 | Chori Chori Chupke Chupke | Madhubala | Abbas-Mustan |
| 2001 | Dil Chahta Hai | Shalini | Farhan |
| Akhtar | |||
| 2001 | Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke | Sakshi | Deepak Shivdasani |
| 2002 | Dil Hai Tumhaara | Shalu | Kundan |
| Shah | |||
| 2003 | The Hero: Love Story of a Spy | Reshma (Ruksar) | Anil |
| Sharma | |||
| 2003 | Armaan | Sonia Kapoor | Honey |
| Irani | |||
| 2003 | Koi… Mil Gaya | Nisha | Rakesh |
| Roshan | |||
| 2003 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Naina Catherine Kapur | Nikhil |
| Advani | |||
| 2004 | Lakshya | Romila Dutta | Farhan |
| Akhtar | |||
| 2004 | Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa | Dr. Parineeta | Atul |
| Agnihotri | |||
| 2004 | Veer-Zaara | Zaara Haayat Khan | Yash |
| Chopra | |||
| 2005 | Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen | Priti Damani | Harmesh Malhotra |
| 2005 | Salaam Namaste | Ambar ‘Amby’ Malhotra | Siddharth |
| Anand | |||
| Preity Zinta on 2006 | Alag | — | Jim |
| Mulligan | |||
| Ashu | |||
| Trikha | |||
| 2006 | Krrish | Nisha | Rakesh |
| Roshan | |||
| 2006 | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Rhea Saran | Karan |
| Johar | |||
| 2006 | Jaan-E-Mann | Piya Goyal | Shrish |
| Kunder | |||
| 2007 | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Alvira Khan | Shaad Ali |
| Preity Zinta 2007 | The Last Lear | Shabnam | Rituparno |
| Ghosh | |||
| 2007 | Om Shanti Om | Herself | Farah Khan |
| 2008 | Har Pal | Runa | Jahnu Barua |
| 2008 | Heaven on Earth | Chand | Deepa Mehta |
| 2008 | Heroes | Kuljeet Kaur | Samir Karnik |
| 2008 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | — | Aditya |
| Chopra | |||
| 2009 | Kamaal Kayeel Raja | Jaanu | Unknown |
| 2009 | Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | Haseena Jagmagia | Prem Soni |
| 2013 | Ishkq in Paris | Ishkq | Prem Raj |
| 2014 | Happy Ending | Divya | Raj & DK |
| 2018 | Welcome to New York | Herself | Chakri Toleti |
| 2018 | Bhaiaji Superhit | Sapna Dubey | Neeraj Pathak |
Facts
- She was brilliant in studies.
- She escaped from death twice; fi rst when therewas an explosion in “Temptation concert” inColombo (2004) where she was performing, andsecond when she was at the danger area when thedisaster Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004) took place.
- She is the brand ambassador of her hometownstate of Himachal Pradesh.
- She is the co-owner of IPL team, Kings XI Punjab.
- She is a bubbly and jolly nature person and shesaid that she was a tomboy girl during herchildhood.
- She loves to buy kind of shoes every time she goesshopping
- She never works on Sundays.
- Since 2006, Zinta has been the brandambassador for the Godfrey Phillips BraveryAwards since the ‘Chhota Shakeel’ case
- She is the huge fan of Guru Dutt, Sanjay Dutt,Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan.
- Her favorite movies are ‘Titanic’ and ‘DDLJ’.
- Kadhi chawal, khatti Himachali dal, mango pizza,butter chilies with onions are her favorite food.
- She usually uses Valentino, Gucci’s Envy, andRoberto Cavalli brand perfumes.
- She likes to spend her holidays in Greece, NewZealand or Vienna.
- Electric blue and golden are her favorite colors.
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