Rhatha Phongam

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Rhatha Phongam at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival

Rhatha Phongam ( Thai ร ฐา โพธิ์ งาม , RTGS Ra-tha Pho-ngam ; born May 19, 1983 in Bangkok ) is a Thai actress and singer . Above all in her home country she is also known by her first stage name Yayaying , with which she became famous in the late 1990s. Since her appearance in Only God Forgives in 2013 with Ryan Gosling , Kristin Scott Thomas and Tom Burke , she has been regularly booked as an actress for international productions, primarily in her home country.

life and career

Rhatha was born on May 19, 1983 as the daughter of the Thai comedy actor Noi Phongam in the capital Bangkok. At the age of six she took ballet lessons; at that time her parents divorced. Her real career began when she was able to convince at an audition with the Celine Dion song Because You Loved Me and then got a recording contract. In the same year she released her debut album Ya Ya Ying and became known nationwide under her stage name Yayaying . Over the years she has worked with numerous popular Thai artists and recorded songs with various musicians. After releasing a few solo albums, albums that she has worked on followed. So among others Cheer Female 2001 or Wan Wan 1-2 in 2004. She also worked several times with Katreeya English , the China Dolls and Jennifer Politanont and released the albums Rah Tree (2001), Tiwa Hula Hula (2005) with them. and Show Girls (2006); all members of the China Dolls with the exception of Hwa Hwa took part in the latter album . She continued to work as a singer, then attended, among other things, the University of Bangkok , which she graduated with a Bachelor and then a Master in Communication Arts (Communication Arts) before embarking on a career as an actress.

She had one of her first important appearances in 2012 in the Thai romantic-erotic production Jan Dara Pathommabot, in which she can be seen in the role of Mrs. Boonlueang . The following year she played this role again in the sequel Jan Dara Pachimmabot . 2013 was a very busy year for Rhatha Phongam. She was also used in various film productions, for example in Nang fa , the directorial debut of Bongkoj Khongmalai , with whom she had already worked in the other two films. This year she could still be seen in the horror film Chit Sam Phat 3D , in the martial arts film Return of the Warrior and in the most important production for her career, the French - Danish thriller Only God Forgives , where she is at the side by Ryan Gosling . 2014, it had among other appearances as Miss V in Lupine The Third - The Master Thief of Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura or as Bua in the Thai production Game pluk phi , a horror film directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong which in English among other things as a Ghost Coins is known . In the same year she worked for the first time as a voice actress and worked on the Thai synchronization of Maleficent - The Dark Fairy . In the 2016 film Mechanic: Resurrection , which is largely set in the Thai capital Bangkok, she can be seen as a courier at the side of Jason Statham .

Filmography

Albums

Solo albums

  • 1999: Ya Ya Ying
  • 2001: Jeedd!
  • 2003: Khor Thod Na Ka Khor Thod

Special albums

  • 2001: Cheer Female
  • 2001: 2002 Rah Tree (with Katreeya English , the China Dolls and Jennifer Politanont )
  • 2003: Cover Girls
  • 2004: Wan Wan 1-2
  • 2004: Cover Girls 2
  • 2005: 2005 Tiwa Hula Hula (with Katreeya English, the China Dolls and Jennifer Politanont)
  • 2006: 2007 Show Girls (with Katreeya English, the China Dolls - with the exception of Hwa Hwa - and Jennifer Politanont)
  • 2009: Brazia

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personal data
SURNAME Rhatha Phongam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yayaying; ร ฐา โพธิ์ งาม (thS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Thai actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangkok , Thailand