Jarunee Suksawat

Jarunee attended secondary school at Bangkapi, followed by a vocational course at Chao Phaya Commercial, finally receiving a Bachelor degree in Social Science from Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University and a Master in Cosmetical Sciences from Maefah Luang University in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Her family was poor[2] and she was raised by her grandmother.[1] Her father Ferdinand Desneiges was French, and her Thai mother was Rabiab Suksawat. Desneiges did not realise he was her father and they did not meet him until around 2000, shortly before his death.

Jarunee starred in hundreds of films and was known as the "action movie queen",[1] although she had no training in martial arts.[2] She began acting in films in 1977, first in Sawasdee Khun Kroo and then in Rak Laew Raw Noi with popular actor Sorapong Chatree.[1] She was a protégé of director Promsin Sibunruang.[3]

In 1980, she starred in the drama film Baan Sai Thong, directed by Ruj Ronnapop and later in the sequel Pojjaman Sawangwong, seen as a breakthrough role.[1] Before that, she said was typecast as a tomboy.[2]

She left acting in the mid 1980s after being injured while filming, but occasionally returns to acting, including in the 2008 film Queens of Langkasuka directed by Nonzee Nimibutr,[1] her first role in ten years. She had turned down a number of previous offers and found it difficult to return to filming.[2]

Jarunee runs an alternative health and beauty products company, Thaidham Alliance.[1][2] She was on the steering committee of the 2011 conference of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists.[4]

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