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Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा. Pronunciation: /priːt̪ɪ zɪɳʈaː/ born January 31, 1975) is an award-winning Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most popular actresses in the industry.

A criminal psychology graduate, Zinta, made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998), and had her first commercial success with Soldier in the same year. She won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for both of the films, and was later widely recognized with her performance as a teenage single mother in Kundan Shah's hit Kya Kehna (2000). Following this, she went on to demonstrate her versatility and flexibility as an actress, portraying a diversity of different characters, which were usually distinct from typical roles played by Indian actresses at that point of time, and introduced a new image of a Hindi film heroine.