Mar 01, 2009 02:48 AM
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Just months ago she was a nobody, but with the eight Oscar sweep by her debut film Slumdog Millionaire, Indian model-turned-actress Freida Pinto is now hot property for magazine covers.
The new darling of Hollywood, Freida has also become a muchin-demand magazine cover girl back home for obvious reasons, reportsdailymail.co.uk.
The actress will dominate the newsstands across India in March, with men's magazine Maxim opting to put her face and knock-out body on its cover, as will women's magazines Cosmopolitan and Vogue.
Basking in her new found success, the 24-year-old, who hasdescribed her meteoric rise to fame as a "dream", also appears on thecover of industry bible Entertainment Weekly alongside her co-star from the underdog drama Dev Patel.
Posing for the covers didn't come hard for the actress as shestarted out her career posing in advertisements for products likeWrigley's Chewing Gum.
"I used to anchor a travel show in India, which is clearly notacting, and I had done a little bit of modeling. Both of those thingshelped me with the camera, " she said.
Freida, however, always had acting at the back of her mind as acareer. "I always wanted to act in films, but in India it's verydifficult to become an actress if you haven't got a godfather - someonewith influence, always a man, in the industry to help get you intoauditions.
"But I didn't need a godfather for Slumdog I just went along, did the audition with Dev and then Danny picked me, " she explained.
Despite the success of her first film and her passion for acting, she is not sure of her career in the profession.
"I have no idea whether acting is a future for me, but I would like to do more film work. The reaction to Slumdog has been beyond my wildest expectations."
In what will be only her second film, Freida is now lined up tostar in Woody Allen's next alongside Hollywood stars Josh Brolin, NaomiWatts and Anthony Hopkins. Filming will start in London this summer.
