Methika Jiranorraphat
Methika Jiranorraphat | |
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เมธิกา จีรนรภัทร | |
 Methika in 2017 | |
| Born | Ramida Jiranorraphat (รมิดา จีรนรภัทร) June 19, 1999 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Other names | Jane (เจน), Janeyeh (เจนเย่) |
| Education | Bangkok University |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Agent | GMMTV (2016–2024) |
| Known for |
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| Musical career | |
| Genres | T-pop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Labels | |
| Formerly of | Sizzy |
Methika Jiranorraphat (Thai: เมธิกา จีรนรภัทร; born 19 June 1999), formerly known as Ramida Jiranorraphat (Thai: รมิดา จีรนรภัทร), and also known as Jane (Thai: เจน) or Janeyeh (Thai: เจนเย่), is a Thai-Taiwanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the girl group Sizzy under RISER MUSIC. Methika is best known for her leading roles in My Dear Loser: Edge of 17 (2017), The Gifted (2018), Home School (2023), Beauty Newbie (2024),[1] and Mad Unicorn (2025).
Names
[edit]Methika was born in Bangkok, Thailand as Ramida Jiranorraphat. She's half Taiwanese and half Thai.[2] In January 2025, XOXO Entertainment announced that Methika Jiranorraphat (Jane) will star in KNOMJEAN's music video for "แค่เอาคืน", alongside Supassara Thanachat (Kao). According to this announcement, Ramida confirmed that she has changed her legal name to Methika.[3][4]
Her Chinese name originally was Ye Zhen (Chinese: 葉臻; pinyin: Yè Zhēn), but it was later changed to Ye Zhiyu (Chinese: 葉芷妤; pinyin: Yè Zhǐyú).
Education
[edit]Methika graduated from Sarasas Witaed Bangbon School by passing an equivalency test and enrolled directly into School of Communication Arts at the Bangkok University, obtaining her bachelor's degree in 2020.[5]
Career
[edit]Methika began her journey in the entertainment industry after placing as the 2nd runner-up in the Miss Teen Thailand 2014 pageant. Prior to that, she had auditioned for major South Korean entertainment companies JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment but was unsuccessful.[6] She made her acting debut in the television series Love Sick Season 2, followed by its spinoff, The School, and later appeared in Room Alone 2.[7]
From there, Methika steadily built her acting career with a variety of roles in television dramas. In 2016, she appeared as White in Part Time, younger version of Kookai in Lovey Dovey, and as Loma in U-Prince Series (2016–2017). In 2017, she played Kanomphing in Med in Love [8] and made her film debut in the Chinese production, My Subject God, as Jiang Yue.[9]
She gained recognition after portraying Peach in My Dear Loser: Edge of 17 (2017) alongside Korapat Kirdpan and her Med in Love costar, Pronpiphat Pattanasettanon.[10] That same year, she starred as Fah in Teenage Mom: The Series (2017), an adaptation of a popular Thai webtoon of the same name, alongside Perawat Sangpotirat.[11] Then, she reprised her role as Peach in My Dear Loser: Happy Ever After.
Her breakthrough role came in 2018 when she portrayed Claire, a synesthetic student in the Gifted Program, in the science fiction teen drama, The Gifted.[12] Her performance received critical acclaim and brought her both national and international recognition. She reprised the role in its sequel, The Gifted: Graduation (2020).[13]
In 2019, she appeared in the series Wolf and in Love Beyond Frontier, a remake of the popular lakorn of the same name from 2008.[14] That year, she also debuted as a member of the girl group Sizzy (formerly SISSY) under GMMTV [15], which was active until its disbandment in October 2024.[16]
In 2020, she played as Lin in Angel Beside Me alongside Krissanapoom Pibulsonggram.[17] In the next year, she nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at The 26th Asian Television Awards and Best Leading Actress (on Online Platform) at the 12th Nataraja Awards for starring as Dao in the 2020 television series After Dark The Series.[18] She also played as Lookmai in Wake Up Ladies: Very Complicated (2020) and as Eve, whose business get cheated by Mim (Ploynira Hiruntaveesin) in The Player (2021).[19]
In 2022, she portrayed Cake, a makeup artist who involves in a scandal with 40-year-old top star Ton Naruebet (Nawat Kulrattanarak) in Oops! Mr. Superstar Hit on Me.[20] She also appeared in the anthology series Good Old Days, in story 1: Bond and Relationship and in Club Sapan Fine Season 2.
In 2023, she received warm reception for her leading role as White, one of Maki's (Rachanun Mahawan) close friends at Home School who often helps their other schoolmates in the 2023 suspense-horror television series Home School, along with Jirawat Sutivanichsak.[21]
In 2024, she starred as Faye, a popular chemistry student who is known for her natural beauty, but is also desperate for attention that she manipulates her innocent persona to steal the spotlight in Beauty Newbie, a Thai adaptation of a popular South Korean webtoon My ID Is Gangnam Beauty.[22]
After her contract with GMMTV expired in October 2024, Methika took on a leading role as Xiao Yu in the hit Netflix action comedy series Mad Unicorn (2025).[23] She portrayed a sharp-witted, multilingual financier known for her beauty, talent, and fluency in both Thai and Chinese. During this time, she also appeared in various music videos.
Filmography
[edit]| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Television series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Love Sick Season 2 | Tai | Supporting role | [1] |
| The School | Jane | Main role | [6] | |
| Room Alone 2 | Ploen | Supporting role | [7] | |
| 2016 | Part Time | White | Main role | |
| Lovey Dovey | Kookai (young) | Supporting role | [1] | |
| U-Prince: The Foxy Pilot | Loma | |||
| 2017 | U-Prince: The Playful Comm-Arts | |||
| Med in Love | Kanomphing | Main role | [8] | |
| U-Prince: The Extroverted Humanist | Loma | Supporting role | ||
| U-Prince: The Single Lawyer | ||||
| U-Prince: The Crazy Artist | ||||
| U-Prince: The Badly Politics | ||||
| U-Prince: The Ambitious Boss | ||||
| My Dear Loser: Edge of 17 | Peach | Main role | [10] | |
| Teenage Mom: The Series | Fah | [11] | ||
| My Dear Loser: Happy Ever After | Peach | Guest role | [10] | |
| 2018 | The Gifted | Claire | Main role | [12] |
| 2019 | Wolf | Ping | Guest role | |
| Love Beyond Frontier | Ple | Main role | [14] | |
| 2020 | Angel Beside Me | Lin | [17] | |
| The Gifted: Graduation | Claire | [13] | ||
| After Dark The Series | Dao | [18] | ||
| Wake Up Ladies: Very Complicated | Lookmai | [17] | ||
| 2021 | The Player | Eve | [19] | |
| 2022 | Oops! Mr. Superstar Hit on Me | Cake | [20] | |
| Good Old Days: Story 1 - Bond and Relationship |
Phu's neighbour | Guest role | ||
| Club Sapan Fine Season 2 | May | Main role | ||
| 2023 | Home School | White | [21] | |
| 2024 | Beauty Newbie | Faye | [22] | |
| 2025 | Mad Unicorn | Xiao Yu | [23] | |
| Love Design † | Rin | [24] |
Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | My Subject God (我的學科男神) | Jiang Yue (江悦) | [9] |
Television shows
[edit]| Year | Title | Network | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | #TEAMGIRL | GMM 25 | Regular member | [25] |
| 2018 | Game of Teens | Guest | [26] | |
| 2019 | Beauty and the Babes Season 2 | Main host | [27] |
Music videos
[edit]| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | "พักอิงซบ" | Pop Pongkool | [28] |
| 2024 | "พูดไม่ฟัง" (Comeback No Comeback) | DICE | [29] |
| "Super Secret" | Pruk Panich (Zee) | [30] | |
| “อย่าฝืน (Over)” | PERSES | [31] | |
| 2025 | "แค่เอาคืน" | KNOMJEAN | [32] |
| "ไกลกว่าดาว" (Million Light-Years) | FREEHAND | [33] |
Discography
[edit]OST
[edit]| Year | Title | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "เลือกที่จะรัก" (Teenage Mom: The Series OST) | GMMTV Records | [34] |
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kazz Awards 2019 | Popular Young Woman of The Year | Won | [35] | |
| 2020 | Kazz Awards 2020 | Popular Young Woman of The Year | Nominated | ||
| Popular Female Teenage Award | Won | [36] | |||
| Zoom Dara Awards 2020 | Popular Single | "เปลี่ยนคะแนนเป็นแฟนได้ไหม" (Love Score) by Sizzy x Nanon | Won | [1] | |
| 2021 | The 26th Asian Television Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | After Dark The Series | Nominated | [18] |
| 12th Nataraja Awards | Best Leading Actress (on Online Platform) | Nominated | [18] |
References
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