Freida pinto cast as Amy Adam's daughter In Netflixs ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Actor Freida Pinto is the latest star to join the cast of filmmaker Ron Howard's next directorial venture "Hillbilly Elegy".

The project, which hails from Netflix stable, is based on the bestselling memoir of the same name by author JD Vance.

Pinto joins Amy Adams and Glenn Close, in the project.

Freida pinto will play the role of Usha(JD Vance wife)

As I reported last week, seven-time Oscar nominee Close will portray "Mamaw," the "resilient and whip-smart matriarch of a southern Ohio family." Adams, a six-time Oscar nominee, will play Bev, the author's (jd vance) addiction-riddled mother.