Please answer the following question: Facts: - website: date = march 2015 - residence: zermatt , switzerland - module: embed = violin label = = yes background = non_vocal_instrumentalist genre = instrument - other names: vanessa vanakorn - years active: 1990 -- present - caption: mae ' , october 2014 attends the ' collars & coats gala ball - birth date: 27 october 1978 - name: vanessa-mae - nationality: british - image: vanessa-mae 2014.jpg - birth place: singapore - occupation: violinist musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vanessa-mae .
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vanessa-mae -lrb- born 27 october 1978 -rrb- , is a british violinist with album sales reaching several million , having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the united kingdom in 2006 .she competed under the name vanessa vanakorn for thailand in alpine skiing at the 2014 winter olympics , but was disqualified from sochi because a qualifying race for her benefit was corrupt ; she was also banned from skiing , but the court of arbitration for sport nullified the ban , citing lack of evidence for her own wrongdoing in the manipulation .