Himachal Pradesh, India

Born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, she hails from a Rajput family of Rohru in Shimla District,
Zinta initially planned to do an English honours but later decided to pursue psychology. Zinta also attended Bombay University. After earning a degree in criminal psychology at the St. Bedes College, Zinta began her career as a model and appeared in several commercials.

The predictions on Preity's horoscope & birthchart brings out some striking facts about her life. Her father, Durganand Zinta was an officer in the Indian Army. Durganand Zinta died when Preity was 13, in a car accident which also involved her mother, Nilprabha Zinta. Her mother broke many bones in the accident, including her spine. Her mother was bedridden for two years because of this incident. Zinta has two brothers, Deepankar Zinta and Manish Zinta, a year older and a year younger, respectively. Deepankar is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army, while Manish is settled in Los Angeles. Preity Zinta is a well known name in Indian film industry. Making her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998), Zinta had her first commercial success with Soldier from the same year, and won a Filmfare Best Debut Award for both of the films. She was widely recognized with her performance as a teenage single mother in Kundan Shah's hit Kya Kehna (2000). After that, she went on to enact diverse kinds of roles, which were usually different from typical roles played by Indian actresses at that point of time, and kept her versatility as an actress.

After a number of critically and commercially successful films, she received her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), as well as numerous other awards. She won acclaim for her role as Zaara in Yash Chopra's romance Veer-Zaara (2004), which turned out to be her biggest commercial success so far, and was praised for playing roles of Indian modern and independent women in international hits like Salaam Namaste (2005) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006).

Balancing commercial successes with critically acclaimed performances, she has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of Hindi cinema. Zinta is placed on the top in the list of the most successful actresses of this generation.

Zinta began her career as a model in the mid 90s, and was seen in several commercials and other advertisements. She met Shekhar Kapur when she accompanied her friend to an audition and was requested to be auditioned too. Coincidentally, after Kapur saw her audition he insisted on her to become an actress. Zinta was meant to make her acting debut with Kapur's Tara Rum Pum Pum opposite Hrithik Roshan but the film never took off. Later, Kapur recommended her for Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.

Technically her first film was Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna but it got delayed till 2000. The delay of another film Soldier meant that she made her acting debut with Dil Se (1998). The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance, which was only twenty minutes long. This was followed by the hit Soldier and the acclaimed Sangharsh, which did not do well at the box office, but gained her recognition as an actress. Zinta also starred in two Telugu films, Premante Idera (1998) and Raja Kumarudu (1999).

Her first release in 2000 was the hit Kya Kehna. Critics began to take notice of her after her performance in this film. Her role as a teenage single mother was well acclaimed and she received various nominations in the Best Actress category.

She was known for enacting diverse roles. Roles like the mentioned CBI officer in Sangharsh, the teenage single mother in Kya Kehna and the prostitute in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke were different from typical roles played by actresses at that point of time, and won her critical acclaim.

Later, she was part of various successful films like Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir (2000) which was the third highest grossing film of the year, and Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai (2001) which entered into the top five highest grossing films of the year.

In 2002, she was the main protagonist in Kundan Shah's Dil Hai Tumhaara. The film marked an important milestone in her career. Although the film did not do well at the box office, her role as an adopted daughter was much appreciated and her performance was well acclaimed. Consequently, she became sought-after by some of the biggest filmmakers in the following years.

Zinta was welcomed with similar success the following year in 2006. Her first release, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna released in August. The film became one of the biggest box office hits in India, and turned out to be the biggest Bollywood hit in the overseas market ever. She played a stylish and modern fashion magazine editor in the film, which was also well received. Her second release, Jaan-E-Mann performed poorly at the box office.

In 2007, Zinta was offered the lead role in the foreign film Marigold, but turned it down. Zinta's first release of 2007 was Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, which did not do well in India. The film did better overseas, especially in the U.K. She received mixed reviews for her performance in the film. Zinta also turned her career professionally, as she started to work more with art film directors, rather than mainly working on commercial cinema. She completed her first English film, Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear, opposite Amitabh Bachchan. She is also set to star in Jahnu Barua's forthcoming film Har Pall.

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