Chayanit Chansangavej (Pat)

**Chayanit Chansangavej** (Thai: แพต ชญานิษฐ์ ชาญสง่าเวช; Born: August 19, 1994), nicknamed Pat, is a Thai-Chinese actress and model who’s been gaining popularity both for her inherent talent and intriguing look. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand.

In 2018 she won Best Actress in the Thai Film Awards 27th Entertainment Critics Association and in the The 16th Starpics Awards 2018.

She portrays "Wanwan" Thidawal Intharaphrom in P.S. I Hate You.

## Biography

### Early Life

Chansangavej was born in August 19, 1994. Being born into a family that’s more Chinese than Thai, she was obliged to learn Mandarin at an early age. She was schooled in Bangkok at one of Thailand’s oldest all-girls boarding schools Wattana Wittaya Academy. She graduated from the Faculty of Decorative Arts in Visual Communication from Silpakorn University.

### Career

Pat got into acting through college connections. She jumpstarted her career in 2015 with "Distance", a Taiwanese-Singaporean-Thai film that starred Taiwanese hotshot Chen Bolin. The film wasn’t commercially successful, but it did pave the way for roles in a number of Thai TV series, including "Love Song Love Series", "Project S: the Series", and "BBetter" at the same time that she signed as an artist under Nadao Bangkok until 2021.

## Filmography

### Movie Dramas

 2016
 2017
 Someone from Nowhere
 2022

## Notes

### General

* She states that her family were Chinese descent and her grandparents who speaks Mandarin aren't fluent in Thai, thus sending her to summer schools in Beijing and Taiwan when she reached a certain age.
* When she was casted in the 2015 Taiwanese-Singaporean-Thai film "Distance," she didn't know who Chen Bolin is but after doing some research, she described him as a professional, well-behaved, and shows gratitude.
* She says that acting came in her life accidentally and learned to like it but clarifies that it won't be her true calling and that it will never be her only profession in life.
* She recently won a Silver Award for her role in this show at the prestigious ContentAsia this 2023.

### Connections

* She, Nichaphat Chatchaipholrat (Pearwah), Ployshompoo Supasap (Jan) make an appearance in Wolf in 2019 where Juthapich Indrajundra (Jamie) is one of the supporting artist.
* She worked with Sueangsuda Lawanprasert (Namfon) in Rak Nee Hua Jai Rao Jong in 2019.
* She and Pawin Kulkaranyawich worked in The Stranded in 2019 with Nichaphat Chatchaipholrat (Pearwah) making a short appearance as Mint.
* She and Nichaphat Chatchaipholrat (Pearwah) reunited in Quarantine Stories in 2020.
* She, Yongwaree Anilbol (Fah), Thanat Lowkhunsombat (Lee), Sarunchana Apisamaimongkol (Aye), and Sivakorn Lertchuchot (Guy) were in Good Old Days in 2022, a week after the first 2 episodes of the series aired.
* She, Thanat Lowkhunsombat (Lee), and Sarunchana Apisamaimongkol (Aye) were one of the lead casts of The Jungle in 2023 with Sivakorn Lertchuchot (Guy) was one of the supporting casts while Phromphiriya Thongputtaruk (Papang), Juthapich Indrajundra (Jamie) and Goonchorn Na Ayutthaya (Pimkae) making an appearance. The show was co-produced by Snap25 Production and was adapted from an another novel of the author, Jinatcha Maneesriwong (Baison).
* She, Yongwaree Anilbol (Fah), Thanat Lowkhunsombat (Lee), Sivakorn Lertchuchot (Guy), and Pawin Kulkaranyawich make a short appearance in Midnight Museum headlined by her co-Nadao Bangkok Artist Thanapob Leeratanakachorn (Tor) and Atthaphan Phunsawat (Gun).