Bangkok, Tailandda tug‘ilgan, 10 yildan ortiq Nairobi, Keniyada va 20 yildan ortiq Nyu-Yorkda yashagan. Nairobi shahrida (sahna) 4 yil davomida aktyorlik faoliyatini boshlagan. 1999 yilda Tailandga qaytib, Leonardo DiCaprio bilan birga "The Beach" (1999) filmida o‘zining birinchi rolini ijro etgan, keyin esa Claire Danes bilan "Broke Down Palace" (1999) filmida rol o‘ynagan. Shundan beri u 80 dan ortiq ishlab chiqarishda ishtirok etgan, jumladan, Ryan Gosling va Kristen Scott Thomas bilan "Only God Forgives" (2013), Michelle Yeoh va David Thewlis bilan "The Lady" (2011), Pierce Brosnan va Owen Wilson bilan "No Escape" (2015) filmlarida.
