Suvanant Punnakant

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Suvanant Kongying
สุวนันท์ คงยิ่ง
Born
Suvanant Kongying

(1978-07-28) 28 July 1978 (age 46)
Other namesSuvanant Punnakant
Occupations
  • Actress
  • TV Host
  • model
  • presenter
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Danuporn Punnakant
(m. 2009)
Children2
Website Archived 8 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Suvanant Kongying (Thai : สุวนันท์ คงยิ่ง; RTGS: Suwa-nan Khong-ying; born 22 July 1978 in Bangkok) also known by her nickname Kob (Thai : กบ; RTGS: Kop), is a Thai actress. She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s. She has appeared in several lakorns (dramas), including Dao pra sook with Sornram Teppitak, in which she played Dao, the main character. She has been voted people's choice winner for top actress for many years. She's considered Thailand's most famous actress and her leading lakorn partner is Sornram Teppitak.

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Early life

Suvanant was born in Sirirat Hospital, and lived with her grandmother at Chachoengsao when she was a baby. She moved to Bangkok with her family when she was three to four years old. Her father, Amnuay Kongying (d. November 2001), was a teacher, and her mother, Ubonrat Kongying, works at the ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative. She also has a younger brother named Apisith Golf Kongying. Suvanant began acting from a very young age.

Career

Her first performance in a traditional Thai folklore drama won her widespread popularity and her first major acting award, to which she has since added many. She went on to star in Dao pra sook (Morning Star), in which she played a teenager abandoned as a baby but who grows up to find that she is after all wanted by many people, including the leading male character portrayed by Sornram Theppitak.

She is now married to Danuporn Poonnakan also known as Brook who had been her acting partner.

Suvanant graduated with a bachelor in Communication Arts from Rangsit University. She was paid an undisclosed sum of money believed to be millions of baht to act as a presenter for Mistine cosmetics. Suvanant is also a professional ice skating champion.

In 2003 a Cambodian tabloid reported that Suvanant Kongying made a speech claiming that Angkor Wat belonged to Thailand, the allegation which was later found to be groundless. This prompted the 2003 Phnom Penh riots, in which the Thai embassy in Cambodia was destroyed. [1] [2]

Suvanant is also known for co-hosting the famous show Jun pun dao with Nattawut Skidjai.

Filmography

Television

Mini series

  • Sawan Babb
  • Ru Tau Mua Ja Tai (minor Role)
  • Ratree Phirap
  • Chomrom Tor Tarn Puying
  • Ma Mia
  • Hom Klin Kwam Ruk
  • Duchanee Nang
  • Phan Nung Ratree
  • Siam Manusti
  • Majurat Ting-Tong (guest)
  • Ngern Ngern Ngern (guest)
  • Ru Fa Yang Fa Yu
  • Thong Lang Pra
  • Mae Pra Thorranee
  • Kum Mun Sunya

Films

Music

Commercials

Television shows (Host)

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