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1982-09-15 · Bangkok, Thailand · Female

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Laila Boonyasak (Thai: ไลลา บุญยศักดิ์, RTGS: Laila Bunyasak, born 15 September 1982), formerly Chermarn Boonyasak (Thai: เฌอมาลย์ บุญยศักดิ์, RTGS: Choeman Bunyasak), nicknamed Ploy (Thai: พลอย, RTGS: Phloi), is a Thai actress. She is well known for her role as June/Tang in the film The Love of Siam, which earned her a Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Bangkok Critics Assembly Award for the same category. Her other film roles have included the title ghost character in director Yuthlert Sippapak's horror-comedies Buppah Rahtree and Buppah Rahtree Phase 2: Rahtree Returns. She was also featured in Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's Last Life in the Universe, in which she portrayed the younger sister of the character played by her real-life older sister, Daran Boonyasak.

Early life

Chermarn Boonyasak was born on 15 September 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand. Her father is Sirisak Boonyasak, a rear admiral; her mother is Thanyada Nilphirom (formerly Jiraporn). Her parents divorced when she was young because her father wanted a son, she has an older sister who later became a former actress Daran Boonyasak. Her mother became a single mother and raised her two daughters, so Chermarn and her older sister were raised by their grandmother Yupin Kritsanarat.

Chermarn completed her primary education at St. Joseph Rayong School in Rayong province. She then attended Joan of Arc School in Bangkok for her lower secondary education and continued her upper secondary studies at Bodindecha (Sing Singhaseni) School. Chermarn graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Lumnamping College and she also obtained a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts from Assumption University.

Career

In 2014, Chermarn has joined forces with the UN Refugee Agency and celebrities around the world to help spread the message of World Refugee Day.

She's also a mentor on the modelling-themed reality series The Face Thailand season 1 and The Face Thai and season 4 All Stars, aired on Channel 3.

Politics

Chermarn has supported the PDRC protests and Prayut Chan-o-cha, to the point where there are photos of them together. However, she later took a stand against Prayut's administration during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand and supported the protests in Thailand in 2020–2021.

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