Frieda is the German feminine of Friedrich — from the Old High German *fridu* ("peace, protection"). **A top-300 US baby name from 1880 to 1932**. **Freida Pinto (born 1984)** — **Indian actress; her debut role as Latika in Danny Boyle's *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008) — the eight-time Academy Award winner including Best Picture — launched her into international stardom**. **First Indian actress to win the Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Breakthrough Performance (2009); BAFTA nominee for Best Supporting Actress (2009)**. ***Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), *Immortals* (2011), *Love Sonia* (2018), *Hillbilly Elegy* (2020); founder of the *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* TV series (Amazon, 2024) where she stars as Jane Smith. **Co-founded the Plan India "Because I Am a Girl" campaign for girls' education**. **Frieda Lawrence (born Emma Maria Frieda Johanna Freiin von Richthofen, 1879-1956)** — German-British aristocrat; wife of D.H. Lawrence (1914-1930); the inspiration for many of his heroines; cousin of WWI flying ace Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron). **Frieda Hempel (1885-1955)** — German operatic soprano; created the role of the Marschallin in Strauss's *Der Rosenkavalier* (1911 premiere). **Frieda Lübkin** (Frieda Roos) — Dutch-Israeli Holocaust survivor and concert pianist.
Featured throughout 20th-century arts and modern cinema.
Frieda reduces to two — the number of Slumdog Millionaire Oscars.