Preity G Zinta is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi films. She made her debut in 1998 with a supporting role in the drama Dil Se... Later that year, she starred in the commercially successful thriller Soldier. For the films, she won a Filmfare Award in the Best Female Debut category. In 1999, Zinta played the role of a CBI officer in the psychological thriller Sangharsh. She followed this with the role of a teenage single mother in the Kundan Shah-directed drama Kya Kehna (2000), a sleeper hit. That same year, she starred in the romance Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, and the crime drama Mission Kashmir, the third highest grossing Bollywood film of the year.

In 2001, Zinta featured in the dramedy Dil Chahta Hai, which is cited in the media as a defining film of Hindi cinema. Later that year, she portrayed a prostitute-turned-surrogate in the romantic drama Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. Her only screen appearance of 2002 was in the box-office flop Dil Hai Tumhaara. Zinta featured in four films in 2003. Her first role of the year was opposite Sunny Deol in Anil Sharma's drama The Hero—the most expensive Bollywood film to that point. She played a negative role in the romantic drama Armaan, which saw her portray a rich, schizophrenic woman. Following this, she starred in two blockbusters—the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya and the drama Kal Ho Naa Ho. For the latter, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Zinta played a journalist in the 2004 war drama Lakshya, which performed poorly at the box-office. Also in 2004, she played the titular female role in Yash Chopra's star-crossed romance Veer-Zaara opposite Shah Rukh Khan. The film emerged as the year's highest grossing Bollywood film. She then appeared in the 2005 romantic comedy Salaam Namaste and the 2006 romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, both of which performed well outside India. While she played a radio jockey in Salaam Namaste, Zinta was seen as an unhappily married woman in the latter. She followed it with roles in the commercial failures Jaan-E-Mann (2006) and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007). Zinta appeared in the Canadian film Heaven on Earth (2008), her first international production.

In 2011, Zinta hosted the reality show Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega and the chat show Up Close & Personal with PZ. That same year, she also launched her production company, PZNZ Media, under which she produced and starred in the 2013 romantic comedy Ishkq in Paris, which performed poorly at the box-office.

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
1998	Dil Se..	Preeti Nair	Mani Ratnam
	Premante Idera	Shailu	Jayanth C. Paranjee	Telugu film
	Soldier	Preity	Abbas–Mustan
1999	Raja Kumarudu	Rani	K. Raghavendra Rao	Telugu film
	Sangharsh	Reet Oberoi	Tanuja Chandra
	Dillagi	Rani	Sunny Deol	Guest appearance
2000	Kya Kehna	Priya Bakshi	Kundan Shah
	Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega	Jahnvi	Raj Kanwar
	Mission Kashmir	Sufiya Parvez/Sufiya Altaf Khan	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
2001	Farz	Kajal Singh	Raj Kanwar
	Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	Madhubala	Abbas–Mustan
	Dil Chahta Hai	Shalini	Farhan Akhtar
	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
	Armaan	Sonia Kapoor	Honey Irani
	Koi... Mil Gaya	Nisha Malhotra	Rakesh Roshan
	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Naina Catherine Kapur	Nikhil Advani
2004	Lakshya	Romila Dutta	Farhan Akhtar
	Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa	Dr. Parineeta	Atul Agnihotri
	Veer-Zaara	Zaara Hayaat Khan	Yash Chopra
2005	Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen	Priti Damani	Harmesh Malhotra
	Salaam Namaste	Ambar 'Amby' Malhotra	Siddharth Anand
2006	Alag	—	Jim Mulligan Ashu Trikha	Special appearance in song "Sabse Alag"
	Krrish	Nisha Malhotra	Rakesh Roshan	Special appearance
	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Rhea Saran	Karan Johar
	Jaan-E-Mann	Piya Goyal	Shrish Kunder
2007	Jhoom Barabar Jhoom	Alvira Khan	Shaad Ali
	The Last Lear	Shabnam	Rituparno Ghosh	English language film
	Om Shanti Om	Herself	Farah Khan	Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi"
2008	Heaven on Earth	Chand	Deepa Mehta	English language Canadian film
	Heroes	Kuljeet Kaur	Samir Karnik
	Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	—	Aditya Chopra	Special appearance in song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte"
2009	Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	Haseena Jagmagia	Prem Soni	Special appearance
2013	Ishkq in Paris	Ishkq	Prem Raj	Also producer and writer
2014	Happy Ending	Divya	Raj & DK	Cameo appearance
2018	Welcome to New York	Herself	Chakri Toleti	Cameo appearance
	Bhaiaji Superhit	Sapna Dubey	Neeraj Pathak
2024	Lahore 1947 †	TBA	Rajkumar Santoshi	Filming

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega	2011	Host
Up Close & Personal with PZ	2011	Host
Nach Baliye	2015	Judge	Season 7
Fresh Off the Boat	2020	Meena	Episode "The Magic Motor Inn"
The Night Manager	2023	Producer

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Preity Zinta