Get to Know Freida Pinto

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Get to know actress and activist Freida Pinto! Freida is known for acclaimed films such as ‘Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Trishna,’ 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes,' 'Desert Dancer,' and ‘Knight of Cups.' She has been involved with Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education and empowerment, for 4 years. In this interview she explains where her commitment to activism comes from. This episode is originally aired in October of 2020.

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0:00.0	From the creators of Blues Clues and Team Umizumi, DreamWorks Gabby's Doll House is a delightful show that leads kids room to room through fantastical mini-worlds, irresistible kitty characters, and quirky adventures.
0:12.7	Gabby embraces imperfection and celebrates mistakes, showing kids and kittens.
0:18.0	They can learn as much from their setbacks as they do their successes.
0:21.4	You can even bring the unboxing of this season's brand new room to your home with the Lego
0:26.3	Gabby's Dollhouse Kitty Care Ear. Be sure to enjoy a season full of a meowsing surprises
0:32.3	with Gabby's Dollhouse. All new episodes are now playing on Netflix.
0:40.0	This is Good Stories for Rebel Girls.
0:46.4	Hello and welcome to Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, The Interview.
0:51.5	I'm Taye Dix and I'm talking to Frida Pinto, who brought us a story of Naur Anayat Khan,
0:57.7	a princess who became a spy.
1:00.6	If you haven't listened to that episode, now is a great time to go back and listen.
1:07.1	Hi, Frida.
1:10.1	Can you introduce yourself?
1:11.6	My name is Frida Pinto, and I am an actress. I produce and I also identify as an activist.
1:19.6	And I'm so excited to be on your podcast.
1:21.5	We are so excited to have you. Can you tell me what that means to you to identify as an activist?
1:29.3	Oh yes. I always took action. I was very, I don't think I knew the word what activist really meant,
1:33.3	but I was a very proactive human, even as a child.
1:37.3	I felt like I needed to find opportunities to use my talents
1:42.3	and the privileges that I enjoy to bring up the shy girls
1:49.0	and the girls who were too scared to speak up or the girls who had talents but were just not sure if they would be accepted.
1:56.0	You fought hard for the rights of girls around the world.
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