Anchali Sirachaya ( th, อัญชลี ศิระฉายา), née Anchali Choppradit ( th, อัญชลี ชอบประดิษฐ์), stage-named Aranya Namwong ( th, อรัญญา นามวงศ์), or nicknamed Piak ( th, เปี๊ยก), (born September 4, 1947,

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) is a Thai

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. She was the runner-up of 1964

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(while

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was the winner). She was the lead actress in many Thai films in the 1970s, often co-starring with

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. She also enjoyed popularity in

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after her joint role in ''

The Snake King's Wife Part 2 ''The Snake King's Wife Part 2'' (Khmer:ពស់កេងកង ភាគពីរ ''Puos Keng Kang Pheak Pii'', Thai:งูเกงกอง ภาค 2, also ''Giant Snake 2'' and ''Snake Girl 2: Revenge'') is a 1973 Cambodian-Thai horror fi ...

'', a prequel of the Cambodian blockbuster and award-winning film, ''

The Snake King's Wife ''The Snake Man'', also known as ''The Snake King's Wife'' ( km, ពស់កេងកង, ''Pós Kéngkâng''; th, งูเก็งกอง, ) is a 1970 Cambodian drama horror film based on a Cambodian myth about a snake goddess, starring t ...

'' starring the famous Khmer actress and former Miss Cambodia,

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. She then took a main rule in another Thai-khmer film, ''Love across Hoirzotal'', with the Khmer lead actor Chea Yutatorn. Recent films include ''

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'', '' The Bodyguard'', ''Unborn'' and ''The Mother''. She is married to Setha Sirichaya, lead singer of The Impossibles.

References

External links

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Partial filmography at Thai World View

Aranya Namwong Anchali Sirachaya ( th, อัญชลี ศิระฉายา), née Anchali Choppradit ( th, อัญชลี ชอบประดิษฐ์), stage-named Aranya Namwong ( th, อรัญญา นามวงศ์), or nicknamed Pi ...

Living people 1947 births

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