Background
Pranita was born Gemma Pranita Xumsai in 1986 in Bangkok, Thailand, the daughter of a Thai father and an English mother.
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Pranita was encouraged to join the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) by her drama teacher, and from 1999 to 2003, she competed at state level in the Shakespeare Globe Association"s annual Shakespeare festival. Pranita formed a theatre company called Cry Havoc! with her best friend in 2006. After graduating from WAAPA, Pranita joined the Bell Shakespeare theatre company.
She has also had roles in the films, Crush and Resistance.
In September 2010, Pranita joined the cast of Australian soap opera Neighbours as Jade Mitchell. She departed the serial in August 2012.
When she was twelve years old, Pranita and her family moved to Australia. Pranita"s drama teacher encouraged her to apply to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
Pranita plays the guitar, composes music and she regularly performs in public.
Acting
From 1999 to 2003, Pranita competed at state level in the Shakespeare Globe Association"s annual Shakespeare festival. In 2002, she was invited to join the company in their National production of Loves Labors Lost as a performer and score composer. Pranita and Revz formed Cry Havoc!, a theatre company, together in 2006.
After she graduated from WAAPA in 2007, Pranita joined the Bell Shakespeare theatre company and she toured with them for eight months.
She also played the lead role in Revz"s short film, Hi My Name is Billy. The following year, Pranita joined the cast of thriller film, Crush.
The film shot on location in Perth and Pranita played the role of the Nurse. Pranita plays the role of the Spanish Valentina Vega in the Australian Sciences-fi film, Resistance.
In September 2010, a Herald Sun reporter announced Pranita would be joining the cast of Neighbours as Jade Mitchell, the younger sister of Sonya (played by Eve Morey).
Pranita was in Russia researching Anton Chekhov when her agent called her to audition for Neighbours. The actress returned to Australia and her agent informed her that she could audition on the last day. Pranita initially signed a twelve-month contract with the show.
On 8 June 2012, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun reported Pranita would be departing Neighbours.
Pranita stated that two years was long enough to play one character and she wanted to challenge herself to do other things. Pranita filmed her final scenes on 9 August.
The actress appears in the short film Banter as Emma. Pranita will appear alongside fellow Australian actresses Teresa Palmer and Phoebe Tonkin in The Ever After directed by Mark Webber.
Blog
Pranita started a fashion and travel blog called Gemma Peanut Gallery in 2013.
