Transgender Actress Poy Poised to Become Big Star in China
By addy on January 17, 2014 in NEWS
Thai transgender actress, Poy, surged in popularity among Chinese viewers after her steamy appearance in The White Storm <掃毒>. Poy has recently signed with Hong Kong’s Universe Artist Management. The Thai transgender actress will join Gallen Lo (羅嘉良), Elanne Kwong (江若琳), and Jeremy Tsui (徐正曦) under the agency’s talent wing.
Earlier this week, Poy took a direct flight from Thailand to Hong Kong to sign the management contract with Universe executives. Due to her busy schedule in Thailand, Poy only stayed in Hong Kong for half an hour. Poy allegedly signed a five-year management contract with Universe and will receive a salary of at least $1 million HKD per year. Poy has also been cast as the lead actress in an upcoming film directed by Oxide Pang (彭順).
The 27-year-old Poy, also known as Treechada Petcharat, was a male at birth. At the age of 17, he underwent sex reassignment surgery to fulfill his dreams of becoming a woman. Holding a bachelor’s degree in law, Poy speaks fluent English aside from her native Thai. She made her debut in the entertainment industry in 2004, when she won the Miss International Queen pageant. She debuted as an actress in 2008.
Poy’s recent role in Hong Kong film, The White Storm, pushed her to greater popularity, and her intimate scenes with Nick Cheung (張家輝) took captivated viewers. Reports say that Universe plans to push Poy for a longtime acting career in the Chinese market and are encouraging her to learn Mandarin. There are also plans for Poy to release an official photobook.
In an interview with Daniel Lam (林小明), the director of Universe, he praised Poy to be very cooperative and smart. As for her price, he said, “I can’t talk about that! It’s a business secret. However, she is very professional. We already have a lot of casting offers for her from many film producers.”
Daniel Lam disclosed that Universe is thinking about promoting Poy as an action star. “We are confident in her development,” he said.
Source: Oriental Daily
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
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Transgender Actress Poy Poised to Become Big Star in China
good for her, shes hot
She’s sooo pretty and looks like a natural and way more prettier than alot of real girls!
Good for her.
She probably spent quite a lot of time, effort and money to get where she is now 🙂
Wow! Thanks to the surgeon that did the work on Poy. She’s very lucky to come out from SRS alive and looking beautiful.
I didn’t think the mainland was that accepting of people like her. Good for her if she can make a successful career out of it.
Would be nice if everyone stopped calling her a transgender though since technically she’s female now. I’m sure she wants to be known as an actress a and not for her sex change.
Haven’t seen white storm yet but looking forward to it.
yeah i agree. i hope people would stop calling her a transgender T_T
She is so pretty and she can act!
Whats the point when thai speak chinese at all, moreover Cantonese
That is why there is dubbing. Even the mainland stars are dubbed so of course foreigners will get dubbed.
They cant
I really wonder his her real voice sounds?
Go to youtube. She has given interviews. Sounds normal.
Really? I guess she got her voice box fixed too.
I just looked up some interviews/shows of hers and must say that she sounds like she is speaking through her nose or with her nose squeezed.
go watch The White Storm. she sounded normal at the front parts (most probably due to hormone injections/ voice box fix or smth) but OMG the last part when Nick Cheung got shot and she started screaming her voice cracked and leaked out her original manly voice. people in the whole cinema laughed during that supposedly sad scene. :/
If the hottest girl they can find is a trannie, damn society has truly failed…
that’s right, the entertainment field is control by illuminati.. satanic worship group