Wichayanee Pearklin


Wichayanee Pearklin, also known as Gam Wichayanee, Gam The Star, or simply Gam, is a Thai actress, singer, and television host. Wichayanee is the "Most Admired Female Singer in Modern Thai Music", according to Suan Dusit Poll in 2018, surveying Thai people around Thailand. She is also regarded by the Thai media as the "Female Artist with Outstanding Powerful Voice" or the "Powerful Diva" and has been awarded various accolades, including the National Outstanding Youth Award and Most Popular Female Artist Award. Wichayanee was firstly known to the Thai public as the first female winner who won popular votes from Thai people in "The Star" Season 4 (2008), the first singing talent reality show in Thailand. She is widely known for voicing Elsa and singing "Let It Go" in the Thai localization of Disney Company|Disney]'s animation film Frozen – she also voiced Elsa and sang "Into the Unknown" in the Thai version of Frozen II.
Wichayanee is recognized for her power, singing technique, and emotional performance. She is able to sing in many genres, from pop, R&B, jazz to Thai country, and in many languages, including Thai, English, and Korean.

Early life

Wichayanee was born in 1989 in Phatthalung, Thailand then moved to Phuket in 1995 to live with her younger sister Jinnapak Pearklin and her mother Yada Pearklin, who worked as a nurse. Wichayanee was able to sing when she was three years old. During the first year at her primary school, she won a singing competition for the first time, and when she was in her third year, she was selected to be a lead singer of the school's music band and practiced singing difficult Thai country songs to improve her singing skills. Her mother brought Wichayanee to participate in numerous contests in various events, where Wichayanee usually won the first prizes.
Wichayanee furthered her high school education at Satree Phuket School and joined “The Star” Season 4 in 2008. She won the talent show and signed a contract with the label Exact, under GMM Grammy, the largest media conglomerate entertainment company in Thailand. Then she began her singing career in Thai modern music. After winning The Star, she passed a direct examination to further her bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Music, Silpakorn University and graduated in 2013. Wichayanee presently lives with her sister in Bangkok while her mother is still working in Phuket.

Entertainment career

Wichayanee released her first single "Kwam Pook Pan Sue Kwam Rak Mai Dai " in May 2008 and her first album GAM in October 2008. She first sang an original soundtrack named "Sang Lae Ngao " for a TV drama and received a Diamond Song Award from the Ministry of Culture. In 2009, she debuted her musical play as a supporting actress in Jukebox Musical. Wichayanee was cast by Disney to voice Tiana in the Thai version of the animation The Princess and the Frog.
Wichayanee released her second album Baby It's You in 2011. In 2012 she acted in Rak/Jap/Jai The Romantic Musical where her song "Kong Tai Tee Yak Hai Jai" gained a second Diamond Song Award from the Ministry of Culture. In 2013, she joined various significant projects, including voicing the Thai version of Queen Elsa in Disney's animation film Frozen, and was selected by the Royal Thai Government to perform at the Official Ceremony Commemorating King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Royal Thai Government House.
In 2015, Wichayanee was a television host for the first time for a variety show See Podum , and has been a judge and commentator in many singing talent TV programs. She was also a contestant in the Mask Singer Season 3 in 2017.
On 9 February 2020, Wichayanee was called to join Idina Menzel, Aurora and eight more of Elsa's international dubbers to perform the song “Into the Unknown” during the 92nd Academy Awards. Every international performer sang one line of the song in a different language: Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg in Danish, Willemijn Verkaik in German, Takako Matsu in Japanese, Carmen Sarahí in Latin American Spanish, Lisa Stokke in Norwegian, Kasia Łaska in Polish, Anna Buturlina in Russian, Gisela in European Spanish and Gam in Thai.

Music

Single

  • "ความผูกพัน "
"กันเอง" - With กัน นภัทร
"เมื่อสองเราได้พบกัน"
"ของตายที่อยากหายใจ" - From the musical รักจับใจ เดอะโรแมนติกมิวสิคัล
"กลัวความห่างไกล" - With โดม จารุวัฒน์
"เลือกได้ไหม" - With อ๋อง เขมรัชต์
"รักของฉันนั้นคือเธอ "- รวมศิลปินเดอะสตาร์
"ได้ยินไหมคำว่ารัก"
"หนึ่งนาทีที่ไม่เหลือใคร" - GAM & The Angels
"เรา" - 4 โพดำ
"ฝืน" - With บูม ปรัตถกร From หาคู่ DUET
"เธอกลับมาเพื่อหมุนเข็มนาฬิกาให้เดินกลับหลัง" - 4 โพดำ
"ขอบคุณกันและกัน" - 4 โพดำ
"ไม่มีเธอ ไม่ตาย"
"30 สิแจ๋ว"- OLAY&JOOX
"รักไปทำไม"
"Flame"
"ไม่เหมือนตอนมีเธอ"
"Share"
"หัวใจปลอดภัยดี" - With Marr Team

Ost.

  • 2008 -
  • 2008 -
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  • 2010 -
  • 2010 -
  • 2010 -
  • 2010 -
  • 2011 -
  • 2011 -
  • 2013 -
  • 2013 -
  • 2014 -
  • 2016 -
  • 2017 -
  • 2017 -
  • 2017 -
  • 2017 -
  • 2019 - Krong Kam
  • 2019 -
  • 2019 Bai Mai - Bai Mai Tee Plid Plew
  • 2019 - Song Kram Nak Pun 2
  • 2020 -
  • 2021 -
  • 2021 - Wake Up Ladies: Very Complicated
  • 2021 -
  • 2021 - Game of Outlaws
  • 2021 We're alright -
  • 2022 - Wela Kammathep
  • 2022 - My Queen
  • 2022 - Poot [Mae Nam Khong]
  • 2024 - Mini series Deep Blue สัมผัสที่เหงา
  • 2024 -The Loyal Pin ปิ่นภักดิ์
  • 2024 -

Performance

Television

  • 2008 as Gam Wichayanee
  • 2010 as Khan Jai
  • 2014 as Chee Phong
  • 2014 Songkram Nang Ngarm as Gam Wichayanee
  • 2015 Ngao Jai as Tibby
  • 2019 Song Kram Nak Pun Season 2 as Gam Wichayanee

Series

  • 2013 Club Friday The Series 2 ตอน คนดีที่เธอไม่รัก as Aum
  • 2015 Wifi Society Ep. Keep in Touch รักครั้งใหม่ ไม่ปล่อยหลุดมือ as Kobuw
  • 2016 I Was Born In the Reign of Rama IX The Series as Tay
  • 2017 Fabulous 30: The Series as Yui
  • 2018 Blacklist as Ms. Jinmanee
  • 2022 My Sassy Princess as Rainbow

Sitcom

  • 2015 ฮา in One ตอน นางซิน as Ketee

Theater

  • 20

Film

  • 2012 Rak/Jap/Jai The Romantic Musical as Wun
  • 2025 Dream as The Fairy princess

Television programs

MC

  • 2015 4 Po Dam
  • 2015 ''YouTube:GamWichayaneeThailand''

Director

  • 2017 Stage Fighter
  • 2017 Hakoo Duet
  • 2017 Diva Makeover เสียงเปลี่ยนสวย
  • 2019 ''Top One ตัวจริงชิงหนึ่ง''

Contestant