Preity Zinta, Gene Goodenough become parents to twins through surrogacy: 'Excited for this new phase of our lives'

Preity Zinta and Gene Goodenough have announced the birth of their twins - Jai and Gia - via surrogacy in an Instagram post.

Sharing a photo of herself and her husband, the 46-year-old actress wrote: “Hi everyone, I wanted to share our amazing news with all of you today. Gene and I are overjoyed and our hearts are filled with so much gratitude and with so much love as we welcome our twins Jai Zinta Goodenough and Gia Zinta Goodenough into our family. We are very excited about this new phase in our lives.”

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Zinta recently celebrated 23 years of her debu t in the Hindi film industry. The actor had taken to social media to mark the occasion, saying that she was grateful to every person who supported her on her journey and pushed her to be a better person

To mark the anniversary of her debut, Zinta had shared a clip of her receiving her first award for her role in the 1998 Mani Ratnam film Dil Se. Since her debut, the actor has won appreciation for various movies including Kya Kehna, Veer Zaara, Kal Ho Naa Ho and D_il Chahta Hai._ She was last seen in the 2018 movie Bhaiyyaji Superhit, which also starred Sunny Deol.

Zinta married Gene Goodenough on 29 February, 2016 and then moved to Los Angeles.