Freida Pinto has a special place for fashion house Chanel because they believed in her when she had not become so famous.

The 26-year-old says Chanel was the only company to loan her clothes for red carpet events when she was beginning her career, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"I tell you why I like Chanel so much, when I started off no one wanted to give me clothes to wear. Absolutely no one. All the labels said, 'Who is she?', " she said.

"Modelling was not completely satisfying. But Chanel believed in me from the very beginning.

For the very first red carpet I did at the Toronto Film Festival in 2008, they dressed me up in their very current season collection. It's a massive brand, why would they invest in someone who is nobody, " she said.