Savika Chaiyadej, also spelled Sawika Chaiyadech ( th, สาวิกา ไชยเดช; ; born 19 June 1986), nicknamed Pinky (พิ้งกี้), is a Thai actress and singer.

Early life and education

Chaiyadej was born on 19 June 1986, in Bangkok. She is of Chinese, English, Indian, Mon, Pakistani, and Thai heritage. She had an Islamic upbringing as her father is Muslim. Chaiyadej has two elder brothers, one of which was also in her first childhood

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. She graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and later received a master's degree from Chalermkarnchana University.

Career

Chaiyadej has been in the entertainment business since she was around 8 years old, first seen in a

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, appearing with an ape/gorilla. She rose to fame in her teenage years when she starred alongside Veerapaph Suparbpaiboon in the action adventure lakorn, ''Angkor 2'', and portrayed as a princess who was cursed by a sorcerer. Chaiyadej also works in the

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. She made her debut in the 2011

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'' and played the female lead in the 2014

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Emo Gurram Egaravachu ''Emo Gurram Egaravachu'' () is a 2014 Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Chandra Siddhartha . It stars Sumanth and Pinky Sawika Chaiyadech. The latter made her debut in Telugu cinema through this film and it is Sumanth's second f ...

'' opposite the popular star

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which was released on 24 January 2014.

Lawsuit

On 18 August 2022, she and her mother Sarinya Chaiyadej, and her elder brother Surayuth Chaiydej were among 19 people arrested for allegedly defrauding people of money via a "Forex-3D scam". There are 9,824 victims in this case and the total damage value is 2.4 billion baht. The Criminal Court ruled against bail, Chiyadej and her mother were imprisoned at the Central Women's Penitentiary.

Filmography

Film

Television

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References

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