Jennis Oprasert
Jennis Oprasert is a member of the Thai idol group, BNK48, an international sister group of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is one of the first generation members of the group. Jennis also serves as the vice-captain of Team BIII, with Punsikorn Tiyakorn, the captain.
Career
As member of BNK48
In 2016, when BNK48 held the event ‘BNK48 We Need You,’ Jennis attended the said event. and later on joined the audition for the group. She passed the audition to become one of the first generation of BNK48. A year later, she was chosen to be the centre of the Thai version of the song ‘365 nichi no kamihikouki,’ a track in BNK48’s first single ‘:th:ไอตากัตตะ#%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95|Aitakatta’. After joining BNK48, she was nicknamed by her fans as "ลูกพี่", probably due to her big biceps, no-nonsense attitude and rather direct style of communication.When the formation of Team BIII was announced at the concert ‘BNK48 We Wish You! A Merry Christmas,’ on 24 December 2017, it was also announced that Jennis would be the vice-captain of the team, with Punsikorn Tiyakorn, as the captain.
In June 2018, Jennis decided to participate in the AKB48 53rd Single World Senbatsu General Election. This was the first time international groups were included in an AKB48 Senbatsu Sousenkyo, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the event.
Jennis also took part in BNK48’s First General Election. The final result was announced on 26 January 2019, in which she ranked as no. 2, with the total voting points of 58,362. The outcome was regarded as a surprise for many people, for in the first preliminary result, her rank was 6 and it remained so in the second round. In her election speech, Jennis thanked her supporters, saying 'her miracle was actually her supporters'.
As a result of the election, she was one of the three front-row members in BNK48’s 6th single ‘Beginner.’ A day later, she, along with other BNK48 members, joined the concert ‘.’ She was part of a special unit, the so-called World Senbatsu unit, and performed in the song ‘End Roll,’ along with Mao WeiJia, Shani Indira Natio and Abelaine Trinidad.
In the :th:การเลือกตั้งทั่วไปเซ็มบัตสึบีเอ็นเคโฟร์ตีเอต_ประจำซิงเกิลที่_9|BNK48’s 9th single ‘''Heavy Rotation,'
In July 2020, 'Lyra' a new BNK48 unit was announced, in which Jennis was a member, along with some other members of BNK48, i.e. Pun, Noey, Fond, New and Niky. The band is the collaboration between BNK48 and Universal Music and will focus on T-Pop genre. Initiallty it was planned that the unit was to be trained in Los Angeles for 30 days but was postponed until further notice, due to the outbreak of COVID-.
As actress
In 2008, at the age of 8, Jennis played Phrae,' an abused child, in a Thai suspense/thriller film, ‘'’. She was nominated for ‘Best Supporting Actress,’ at the :th:รางวัลภาพยนตร์แห่งชาติ_สุพรรณหงส์_ครั้งที่_18|18th Suphannahong National Film Awards from the said role.In 2018, she passed the audition for a Thai TV Series Be My Boy
In 2019, she performed in a drama film '
Personal life
Jennis was born in Petchaburi on 4 July 2000. Being a Thai-Chinese-Lao descendant, Jennis spent her childhood in Petchaburi, before moving to Bangkok when she was at Grade 4. Her primary school in Petchaburi was Arunpradit School and Sangsom School in Bangkok. At Grade 6, Jennis won the National Academic Competition Award in Thai Language. She studied for Grade 7-11 at Samsen Wittayalai School in a special class for those who were classified as 'gifted in science-mathematics', before moving to Singapore International School of Bangkok - SISB. There, she decided to dub her first name 'Jennis' as her nickname as well, viewing that it would be easier for foreigners to call her as such, rather than her real Thai nickname, 'Kraten' .In 2019, Jennis began studying for Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry at Chulalongkorn University
Honours
Jennis was appointed as a Buddhist ambassador, together with Praewa Suthamphong, for the Māgha Pūjā Day in February 2019 by Thailand's National Office of Buddhism.On 9 June 2019, Jennis received an 'Ananda Mahidol Day' memorial pin from the ‘One Drop Save Lives Charity Project,’ together with other 3 members of BNK48 who are students and a graduate of Chulalongkorn University, and the BNK48 executive
Works
Discography
; BNK48 singles| Year | No. | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | 1 | "Aitakatta – Yak Cha Dai Phop Thoe" | A-side | Also sang - "Ko Chop Hai Ru Wa Chop" and - "Sam Roi Hoksip Ha Wan Kap Khrueangbin Kradat " as the Centre. |
| 2017 | 2 | "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie – Khukki Siangthai" | A-side | Also sang "BNK48 " |
| 2018 | 3 | "Shonichi – Wan Raek" | A-side | Also sang - "Khwamsongcham Lae Kham-amla" - "Prakai Namta Lae Roiyim" |
| 2018 | 4 | "Kimi wa Melody – Thoe Khue Melodi" | A-side | Also sang "Meun Sen Tang" |
| 2018 | 5 | :th:บีเอ็นเคเฟสติวัล|"BNK Festival" | A-side | |
| 2019 | 6 | ":th:บีกินเนอร์#%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95|Beginner" | A-side | Also sang "Let U Go" |
| 2019 | 7 | "77 no Suteki na Machi e – 77 Din Daen Saen Wi Set" | A-side | |
| 2020 | 8 | :th:ไฮเทนชัน_#%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95|"High Tension" | A-side |
; BNK48 Album
| Year | No. | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | 1 | "River" | A-side | |
| 2019 | 2 | "Jabaja" | A-side | Also sang "Bye Bye Plastic" |