← All artists
Junei (Plearnpichaya Komalarajun)
Date of birth: 4 July 2000 (26 years old)
Place of birth: Bangkok, Thailand
Occupation: Actor
Junei (Plearnpichaya Komalarajun) is a Thai actress, born on 4 July 2000 in Bangkok. Her nickname was earlier spelled Juné. Besides Thai she speaks English and Russian, having spent 2016 in Russia as an AFS Intercultural Programs exchange student.
Her mother is Paula Phornawan Aphithanakhun, CEO of Candy Factory. Junei is the middle of three daughters, and the singer-songwriter Pawae is the youngest. She attended Mater Dei School and Panyarat High School, then studied visual communication design at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University.
Her first step into show business was the Young Model Contest 2013, where she was eliminated. She later joined BNK48 as a second-generation member and debuted on 28 September 2018, moving from trainee to Team BIII on 16 November 2019. After starring in a Lipta music video in February 2019, she made her acting debut in the series One Year the same year. She graduated from BNK48 on 2 June 2021 to concentrate on her studies.
Her later credits include the series Bad Genius The Series (2020) and the film OMG! Oh My Girl (2022).
