Nitchayanat Siripongpreeda | |
Birth Name: | Kullasatree Siripongpreeda |
Birth Date: | 2 August 1973 |
Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
Nickname: | Ning |
Alma Mater: | |
Years Active: | 1992–2006 |
Spouse: | Pairat Intarasak (m. 2006) |
Nitchayanat Siripongpreeda (Thai: ณิชชยาณัฐ ศิริพงษ์ปรีดา, born August 2, 1973), formerly and still colloquially known as Kullasatree Siripongpreeda (กุลสตรี ศิริพงษ์ปรีชา) is a Thai former actress who used to be famous and popular in the '90s.
Siripongpreeda, who goes by the nickname "Ning" (นิ้ง), was born in Thai Chinese family in Bangkok.
Siripongpreeda made her first debut in Itti Balangura's MV Kid Arai Yu with Jukrit Ammarat in 1994. Afterward, she made her first appearance onscreen in TV drama Poot Pitsawat on Channel 7 in 1995 with famous singer Touch Na Takuatung, whom she dated at the time.
That same year, with the popularity of the lovers, they have starred together again in the supernatural fantasy film Dark Side Romance by Prachya Pinkaew.
In 1996, she starred in the period drama Yatika, the second part of Sai Lohit and was followed by Rattanakosin, another period drama with a similar theme, but not related. They both aired on Channel 7.[1] [2]
In 1997, she received a golden doll award for "Best Actress" from Dreamers, a drama film directed by Ong-Art Singlumpong. She plays the role of Pim, a young woman with ambitions of becoming superstar singer.
Around 2006, she left the showbiz to pursue a career that she was passionate about. She became a full-time air hostess of Thai AirAsia, and still is present.[3]
She graduated from the Faculty of Communication Arts, Saint John's University and the Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University.
Siripongpreeda married her pilot husband, Pairat Intarasak, in late 2006.[4]