12 Facts About Chantal Ughi

Chantal Ughi was born on December 17,1981 and is an Italian and American female kickboxer, actress and multiple Muay Thai champion.

Chantal Ughi has since spoken out about the difficulties of being a female in a sport run by men, as well as her experiences of traveling to Thailand alone as a girl to train and compete in Muay Thai.

Chantal Ughi is a seven-time world champion in the sport.

Actress, director, singer and photographer, Chantal Ughi studied piano and followed her family relative Uto Chantal Ughi a violin player, at an early age.

Chantal Ughi then started modeling and traveling Europe, Paris, London, Madrid and Tokyo, Japan.

Chantal Ughi soon moved to Rome where she got her first acting role in the movie Traveling Companion, starring Asia Argento and French actor Michel Piccoli.

Chantal Ughi quickly became the muse of many European film directors such as Peter Del Monte, Citto Maselli, Giuseppe Piccioni, Fulvio Ottaviano.

Goodbye Darling I'm Off To Fight directed by Simone Manetti and Produced by Alfredo Covelli, where Chantal Ughi plays herself, was won Best Italian Documentary Prize and Jury Special Mention Prize at the prestigious 2016 Biografilm Festival in Bologna, Italy, as well as Best Documentary at Molise Cinema and many other prizes.

In 2016, Chantal Ughi played the lead role in Fiorella Mannoia's music video to "Nessuna Conseguenza", highlighting the continued relevance of violence against women and domestic abuse.

Chantal Ughi is a seven-time world champion in the sport.

Chantal Ughi won her first Muay World title the WPMF against Carly Giumulli on Dec 5th 2008, during the King of Thailand's Birthday celebration in Bangkok, in front of 100.000 people.

Chantal Ughi has fought Miriam Nakamoto for the WBC, Julie Kitchen for her WPMF title defense, Stephanie Ielo Page for the WMA and Eileen Forrest for the ISKA titles.