Ananda Everingham (; born 31 May 1982) is a Thai actor and model. Working primarily in Thai films, he is best known for his lead role in the 2004

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, '' Shutter''.

Biography

Ananda Matthew Everingham is the son of a Laotian-born mother, Keo Sirisomphone and

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father,

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-based photojournalist John Everingham. He is of Lao and

descent. His parents' story was loosely dramatised in the 1983

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television movie '' Love Is Forever'', starring

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and

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, which tells of a photojournalist who scuba dives under the

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to rescue his lover from communist-ruled

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in 1977. His parents divorced in 1997. John remarried a Chinese woman. Ananda has a brother and a half brother. Ananda was born in

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and attended

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. He holds Australian citizenship and visited Brisbane, Australia, on school holidays. Aside from '' Shutter'', Ananda has starred in the horror-comedy ''Ghost Delivery'' and the teen-slasher movie '' 303 Fear Faith Revenge''. In 2005, he starred in the

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'' The Leap Years''. Two years later, he played the lead roles in the romantic dramas '' Me... Myself'' and ''Bangkok Time''. He had featured roles in the Singaporean film ''

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'' and in Pen-ek Ratanaruang's '' Ploy''. In 2008, he appeared not only in the

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film '' Queen of Langkasuka'' but also in '' Sabaidee Luang Prabang'', the first Laotian commercial film produced since Laos adopted communism in 1975.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

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Ananda Everingham at the Thai Film Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Everingham, Ananda 1982 births Ananda Everingham Living people Australian people of English descent Australian people of Laotian descent Ananda Everingham Ananda Everingham