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Early life and education

Vismitananda was born in

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to Prasita Vismitananda and Pawadol Borirak, a businessman who later died when Vismitananda was 17. She has an older brother, Nantapong "Jeed" Vismitananda. She is of Burmese, Chinese, English and Thai heritage.สาวช็อกโกแลต : อ่อนหวานแต่ไม่อ่อนแอ
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black belt in

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. She received a bachelor's degree from

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Career

Vismitananda was discovered by

Prachya Pinkaew Prachya Pinkaew ( th, ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว; ; born September 2, 1962) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include '' Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior'' and ''Tom-Yum-Goong'', both martial arts films s ...

in 2003. Her film debut was the starring role in the film ''

'' (2008), and her second movie was '' Raging Phoenix'' (2008).

Personal life

On 29 August 2012, Vismitananda revealed that she was five months pregnant, and married Adrian Robert Bowden, a co-star in her previous films and a younger brother of Thai singer Pamela Bowden. She also stated that she planned to suspend work for the following two years. Vismitananda gave birth to a son, Jayden Bowden Vismitananda (เจย์เดน เบาว์เดน วิสมิตะนันทน์), on 22 January 2013.

Filmography

Television series

References

External links

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Yanin Vismitananda Yanin "Jeeja" Vismitananda ( th, ญาณิน "จีจ้า" วิสมิตะนันทน์; ), née Nicharee Vismitananda ( th, ณิชชารีย์ วิสมิตะนันทน์; ; born 31 March 1984) is a Thai ...