Patcharapa Chaichua ( th, พัชราภา ไชยเชื้อ; ; born 5 December 1978), or nickname Aum ( th, อั้ม; ), is a Thai actress.
Biography
Patcharapa was born on 5 December 1978 in
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population ...
. Her birth name is "Khaimuk Chaichua", which later changed to "Patcharapa Chaichua". She entered the entertainment industry in 1997 after she won a beauty and talent contest called HACKS.
The TV series that put Aum Patchrapa in the spotlight was ''So Sanae Ha'' in 2003. She played the lead role of Pralee. Aum won the 2003 TOP Award for Best Leading Actress.
That year, Chaichua starred in ''Fake'' for her first movie.
She won her second TOP Award in 2005 for ''Pleung Payu'' which also starred Tana Suttikamol. Since then she has been the highest-paid actress in Thailand. Aum Patchrapa once again was nominated for the Top Awards in 2006, as Best Leading Actress for the
lakorn
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s ''Pin mook'' and ''Song Sanae'', but the award went to
Ann Thongprasom
Anne Thongprasom ( th, แอน ทองประสม; born 1 November 1976) is a Thai actress, model and producer who was the lead actress in many Thai series in the 2000s and had the lead role in the 2004 romantic melodrama '' The Letter: J ...
for the lakorn ''Oum ruk''. Besides her talent in acting, Aum Patchrapa was voted ''
FHM
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'' (Thai edition's) sexiest woman for three consecutive years (2004 to 2006) but in 2007 she was beaten by May Pichanart.
Filmography
Tv Series
All have been broadcast on
BBTV 7
Movie
Host
Awards and nominations
Nataraja Awards
TV Gold Awards
Top Awards
References
External links
* Facebook :
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Living people
1978 births
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