Ananda Everingham ( th, อนันดา เอเวอริงแฮม; born 31 May 1982) is a Thai actor and model. Working primarily in Thai films, he is best known for his lead role in the 2004

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, '' Shutter''.

Biography

Ananda Matthew Everingham is the son of a Laotian-born mother, Keo Sirisomphone and

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father,

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-based photojournalist John Everingham. He is of Lao and

descent. His parents' story was loosely dramatised in the 1983

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television movie '' Love Is Forever'', starring

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and

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, which tells of a photojournalist who scuba dives under the

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to rescue his lover from communist-ruled

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in 1977. His parents divorced in 1997. John remarried a Chinese woman. Ananda has one brother and two half brothers. Ananda was born in

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and attended

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. He holds Australian citizenship and visited Brisbane, Australia, on school holidays. Aside from '' Shutter'', Ananda has starred in the horror-comedy ''Ghost Delivery'' and the teen-slasher movie '' 303 Fear Faith Revenge''. In 2005, he starred in the

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''. Two years later, he played the lead roles in the romantic dramas '' Me... Myself'' and ''Bangkok Time''. He had featured roles in the Singaporean film ''

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'' and in Pen-ek Ratanaruang's '' Ploy''. In 2008, he appeared not only in the

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film '' Queen of Langkasuka'' but also in ''

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'', the first Laotian commercial film produced since Laos adopted communism in 1975.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

*
Ananda Everingham at the Thai Film Database
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