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'Slumdog Millionaire' actress Freida Pinto will play spy princess Noor Inayat Khan in a limited series. Getty Images
'Slumdog Millionaire' actress Freida Pinto will play spy princess Noor Inayat Khan in a limited series. Getty Images
'Spy Princess': Freida Pinto to play Second World War spy Noor Inayat Khan in new limited series
Khan was credited for holding together the Paris resistance and awarded the George Cross