Biography:

Preity Zinta was born on January 31, 1975 in Shimla. She is a middle child with one younger brother and one older. Her parents were in a tragic car accident which killed her father. Her mother was left with severe injuries but she made it.

Growing up Zinta went to the Jesus and Mary boarding school in Shimla. After that she attended St. Bede’s college where she studied English. Then she earned a degree in Criminal Psychology.

Preity Zinta broke into show business after being featured in the Cadbury Perk’s commercial. She went on to become the Liril girl and starred in various other ads.

She broke into the film industry in 1997. She had a role in the film ‘Tara Rum Pum Pum.’ The film was actually cancelled and never released but it still jumpstarted Zinta’a film career.

In 1998, her acting breakthrough came in the film ‘Dil Se.’ That same year she starred in ‘Soldier’ where she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. Following this Preity Zinta starred in a slew of films, such as ‘Kya Kehna’ and ‘Mission Kashmir.’ Her latest film set to release this year is ‘Har Pall’ and stars Shiney Ahuja.

Preity Zinta may be a great actress but that is not all she is known for. Zinta wrote about women’s issues for the BBC News Online. She is also heavily involved in multiple causes and charities, such as AIDS awareness, clean up drives in Mumbai, and human trafficking.

As part of NDTV’s Jai Jawan, she was one of the celebrities to visit the army men based in Hisar, Haryana.

She is also the owner of cricket team. In 2008, she became the first female to own a franchise of the Mohali based Twenty20 cricket team of the Indian Premier League. She made headlines for her support extended to the players during the matches.

She is currently dating businessman Ness Wadia. The two have been dating since February 2005.

Source: www.desihits.com/celebs/view/preity+zinta