She was known as Empress Thai Phương after her husband's death in 1997.

She and Prince Sadruddin had no children, but from this marriage he gained three stepchildren: Alexandre Sursock ( married to Thai Princess Mom Rajawongse Charuvan Rangsit of Chainat ), Marc Sursock and Nicolas Sursock.

She is also proficient in boxing, Muay Thai Kickboxing, and fencing, and has had training in stage combat, period weaponry, and firearms.

She was ordained by a Sri Lankan woman monk in the presence of a male Thai monk.

She is one of the most popular and prolific of the artists in the mor lam ( Thai country ) and luk thung ( Thai pop-country ) genres, having released 40 original albums as well as many compilations.

She records roughly equal amounts of mor lam and luk thung, but two of her best-known songs are the string ( Thai pop ) hits " Ma Tammai " and " Faen Ja ," recorded with Bird McIntyre.

She is also sometimes known by her nickname Jin or the epithet sao siang pin ( Thai: สาวเส ี ยงพ ิ ณ, meaning " lute-voiced girl ").

She made her film debut in 1997 in the youth drama ‘ The Red Bike Story ’, which broke records for audience-attendance for the Thai film industry.

She was the lead actress in many Thai lakorns in the 1990s-2000s.

She was named 2003 Thai Athlete of the Year by the Sports Authority of Thailand.

She also had a small role, playing a Thai interpreter, in the 1989 Australian mini-series Bangkok Hilton, with Nicole Kidman.

* She accompanied the Thai athletes during the Opening Ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea.

She defeated Ivett Gonda of Canada and Gladys Alicia Mora Romero of Colombia in the repechage tournament to win the bronze and become the first Thai Olympic medalist outside of boxing and weightlifting.

She began training at Fairtex Muay Thai Camp in Chandler Arizona where she trained religiously competing in both Muay Thai Kickboxing and Boxing events earning her first WIBF flyweight World Boxing title and IMTO International Muay Thai Kickboxing title.

She added Thai to her language repertoire when she starred in Nonzee Nimibutr's 2001 film Jan Dara.

She then began training in Japan, learning the Japanese wrestling style, as well as Muay Thai, kickboxing, and boxing.

She faced another Thai player, Tamarine Tanasugarn, defeating her in straight sets.

She read up on Thai classics, such as, Inao, Phra Abhaimani, and Sangsinchai.

She also made sure her children kept up with their Thai language and culture studies with a tutor, Prueng Siribhatra, who was sent by the Thai Government.

She personally went to open each of these schools, donating to them a set of symbolic items to bolster a sense of Thai identity, including a Buddha image to symbolize religion, a portrait of the King or the Queen as an emblem of the monarchy, and a flag to represent the nation.

She has shared her husband's greatness, but only within the confines of their home ; ;

She was certain now that it would be no harder to bear her child here in such pleasant surroundings than at home in the big white house in Haverhill.

She was the opposite of everything she should have been -- a positive pole in a negative home, a living reaction of warmth and kindness to the harsh reality of her father.

She got so drunk I had to take her home.

She stayed too late, and when she left, it was dark and time to go home and cook supper for her husband.

She was going to tell Bobby Joe about how mistaken she had been, but he brought one of the cousins home for supper, and all they did was talk about antelope.

She drew on all her resources of mind and heart to help them -- to make them at home in the world ; ;

She said, when she learned Jackie was heading home: `` I'm just speculating, but I have to think Jack feels he's hurting Boston's chances ''.

She is vacationing at the Kennedy summer home in Hyannis Port, Mass., and in his welcoming remarks, the President said he was representing her.

She is just home from a sojourn in London where she has become the sweetheart of a young fellow named Ronnie ( we never do see him ) and has been subjected to a first course in thinking and appreciating, including a dose of good British socialism.

She sounded so exactly like Doaty that Henrietta obeyed her under the clear impression that she could either comply or stay home.

She showed no interest at all in the life he had led back home, and it hurt him a little.

She was almost sick when Bobbie came home with the news that Poor John had won the job.

She seemed to work to grow close to her son in the few days he spent at home, talking to him about some of the more pleasant moments of his childhood and then trying to talk to him about those things in which he alone was interested.

She is not herself from the aristocracy or landed gentry, but is quite at home among them ; Miss Marple would probably have been happy to describe herself as a gentlewoman.

She later said her years at the home " were the happiest years " of her life ; many of the incidents in her novel Little Women ( 1868 ) are based on this period.

She purchased a house for her sister Anna which had been the last home of Henry David Thoreau, now known as the Thoreau-Alcott House.

She stayed for two years, winning a good-conduct medal in December 1836, and returning home only during Christmas and summer holidays.

She returned home at Christmas, 1839, joining Charlotte and Emily, who had left their positions, and Branwell.

She came home on the death of her aunt in early November 1842, while her sisters were in Brussels.

She calls for a new understanding about the importance of home and its place in the American Dream.

She is performing near Fredrik's home, and he brings Anne to see the play.

She came home afterward with the necklace and kept silent as if nothing happened.

She was returning to her California home following a holiday on Cape Cod.

She died on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey at age 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust.