Yanin Vismitananda
Yanin Vismitananda | |
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Born |
Nicharee Vismistananda March 31, 1984 Bangkok, Thailand |
Other names | Jeeja Yanin |
Occupation | Actress, martial artist |
Yanin "Jeeja" Vismitananda (Thai: ญาณิน "จีจ้า" วิสมิตะนันทน์; RTGS: Yanin "Chicha" Wisamittanan), née Nicharee Vismitananda (Thai: ณิชชารีย์ วิสมิตะนันทน์; RTGS: Nitchari Wisamittanan), (born March 31, 1984) is a Thai actress and martial artist. She specialises in Taekwondo. She is credited as Yanin Mitananda in Chocolate.
Early life
Vismitananda was born in Bangkok, Thailand. Her mother is Prasita Vismitananda and her father, Pawadol Borirak, was a businessman who died when his daughter was 17.[1] She has an older brother, Nantapong "Jeed" Vismitananda.[1] She is mainly of Thai descent with some English and Burmese ancestry.[2]
Vismitananda holds a 3rd Dan black belt in taekwondo.[3]
Career
Vismitananda was discovered by Prachya Pinkaew in 2003.[4]
Her film debut was the starring role in the film Chocolate (2008), and her second movie was Raging Phoenix (2008).
On 29 August 2012, Yanin revealed that was five months pregnant and was engaged to Andrian Robert Bowden, a co-star in her previous films and younger brother of Thai singer Pamela Bowden. She also stated that she planned to suspend herself from work for the next two years.[5]
Filmography
- Chocolate (2008) as Zen
- Raging Phoenix (2008) as Deu
- Jak Ka Ran (2011) as Jak Ka Len[6]
- This Girl Is Bad-Ass (2011) as Jukkalan
- The Kick (2011)[7]
- Chocolate 2[8]
- TYG2 (2013)[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "จีจ้า ญาณิน วิสมิตะนันทน์ คอลัมน์ คุยกับดาว" (Press release) (in Thai). Khaosod. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ สาวช็อกโกแลต : อ่อนหวานแต่ไม่อ่อนแอ โดย ผู้จัดการออนไลน์ 17 มกราคม 2551 18:07 น.
- ↑ "Behind the Scenes with Yanin Vismitananda". Bangkok Knows. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ↑ "Chocolate might be better than Tom Yum Kung..". BK Magazine. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ↑ "ไม่โกหก "จีจ้า" รับท้องก่อนแต่ง บอกตอนนี้มีความสุขที่สุดในโลก" [Jeeja: To be honest, I'm pregnant before getting married, but I'm now the happiest in this world] (in Thai). Manager Online. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ↑ Jak Ka Ran (Thai)
- ↑ "AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE STAR JIJA YANIN JOINS CAST OF PRACHYA PINKAEW'S TAEKWONDO PICTURE THE KICK". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ↑ "FM 2011: CHOCOLATE 2 COMING IN 3D". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ↑ Tony Jaa returns in The Protector 2
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