Maneerat Kam-Uan, nicknamed Ae, is a Thai actress of Bangladeshi descent who was born and raised in Sakon Nakhon province, Thailand. Ae graduated from Khon Kaen Wittayayon School and bachelor's degree in humanities in journalism, Ramkhamhaeng University.
She is daughter of Mohammed Hussain a Bangladeshi father and Payomsri Hussain, Thai mother. During childhood, Maneerat and her sister helped their mother make and sell roti. Her father made a provincial contractor career, but everything changed when his father died. Her mother must become pillars of the family instead. She returned to help her mother sell roti again.
Later, when her mother had health problems, Maneerat went out to find a job. Initially, she worked as a home sales clerk, cashier, and illustrator until being an actor, giving her to learn and experience about acting, which she later was cast in the film 'Dear Dakanda' (2005) and played the role of Nui. She began to be known at this point.
Although Maneerat has a bangladeshi father, she thinks she has almost no remains a Bangladeshi side: 'My father has been here since I was a child and has never been home since I remembered. My father lived a thai life, a half-son in me. As for the culture, Dad might be jealous. There are some rules in the house. The main thing that's been given is the food. I like to eat spicy turmeric curry, but it's thai.' Her family is Islamic.
(Source: Wikipedia)