Chantal Ughi

Ughi in 2015

Actress, director, singer and photographer, Ughi studied piano and followed her family relative Uto Ughi a violin player, at an early age. She then started modeling and traveling Europe, Paris, London, Madrid and Tokyo, Japan. At the same time she pursued her passion for acting and photography.

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 (official selection at the Cannes International Film Festival).

She quickly became the muse of many European film directors such as Peter Del Monte, Citto Maselli, Giuseppe Piccioni, Fulvio Ottaviano. She showcased her talent in both drama and comedy movies through many leading and supporting roles in internationally acclaimed European and Italian movies like Not Of This World, starring Margherita Buy and Silvio Orlando (a United Artists release and winner of the Montreal World Film Festival and the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival), Love in The Mirror starring Peter Stormare (Dancer In The Dark), the Italian Academy Award Winner Growing Artichocks in Mimongo, the critically acclaimed comedy But We Only Made Love, where she plays Corinna, and Albania Blues, as Aida.

After an intensive Shakespeare program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, Chantal decided to move to New York City, where she immediately landed a leading role in the romantic comedy The Big Apple, aka Freax and the City which she also help produce. In New York her debut film La Mia Mano Destra (My Right Hand) won for Best Short at the Brooklyn International Film Festival.

Goodbye Darling I'm Off To Fight (Ciao Amore Vado a combattere!)[5] directed by Simone Manetti and Produced by Alfredo Covelli, where 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. It was also nominated for Italian Nastri D'Argento 2017. It was released in movie theatres all around Italy in 2017 by I Wonder Pictures.

In 2016, Chantal played the lead role in Fiorella Mannoia's music video to "Nessuna Conseguenza" (No consequences), highlighting the continued relevance of violence against women and domestic abuse.[9]

Chantal Ughi began fighting Muay Thai professionally in 2008. She is a seven-time world champion in the sport.[4] She 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.[10] Chantal Ughi has fought Miriam Nakamoto for the WBC, Julie Kitchen for her WPMF title defense, Stephanie Ielö Page for the WMA and Eileen Forrest for the ISKA titles.[11][12]

Record

Kickboxing Record

45 Wins (18 (T)KO, 27 decisions), 22 Loss, 0 Draws
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
April 11, 2015	Loss	Annalisa Bucci		Ancona, Italy	Split Decision	2	3:00
vacant WTKA European title • 66kg
March 19, 2015	Win	Daniellea Callejas				3	3:00
vacant WMO World title
November 19, 2013	Loss	Jorina Baars	Lion Fight 20	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	TKO	1	2:35
December 19, 2010	Loss	Miriam Nakamoto	WCK Muay Thai	Haikou City, Hainan Island, China	Decision (unanimous)	5	2:00
Fought for WBC World Title.
January 10, 2011	Loss	Antonina Shevchenko		Koh Samui Petch Booncha Stadium, Thailand	Unanimous Decision	4	2:00
October 30, 2010	Loss	Eileen Forrest	Warriors at War	Brisbane, Australia	Decision	5	3:00
Fought for ISKA World Title.
December 23, 2009	Win	Stephanie Ielö Page		MBK, Bangkok, Thailand	Unanimous Decision	3	3:00
Fought for WMA World Title.
April 8, 2009	Loss	Julie Kitchen		MBK Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Unanimous Decision	5	3:00
WPMF title defense.
March 30, 2009	Win	Lindsey Hofstrand		Patong Stadium, Phuket, Thailand		3	3:00
February 6, 2009	Win	Namwan		Patong Stadium, Phuket, Thailand		3	3:00
WIN vacant Stadium title
December 5, 2008	Win			Patong Stadium, Phuket, Thailand		3	3:00
December 5, 2008	Win	Carly Giumulli		King's Birthday, Sanam Luang, Bangkok, Thailand		3	3:00
WIN vacant WPMF World title
August 2, 2008	Win	Gulistan		WMF Prince's Cup, Bangkok, Thailand		3	3:00
vacant WMF Amateur World title
October 28, 2008	Win	Zelda		WTKA World Championship, Italy		3	3:00
vacant WTKA World Amateur title
October 28, 2008	Win	Kelly		WTKA World Championships, Italy		3	3:00
vacant WTKA Amateur Kickboxing World title
September 22, 2008	Win	Nongnane Jorguun gym		Patong Stadium, Phuket, Thailand		3	3:00
vacant PK1 Stadium Title
September 15, 2008	Win	Surat Thani		Patong Stadium, Thailand		3	3:00
June 15, 2008	Win			WKA North American Championships, Virginia, USA		3	3:00
WKA title
May 29, 2008	Win	Kwanfa		Kata Stadium, Phuket, Thailand		3	3:00
April 29, 2008	Win	Nonganne		Bangla Stadium, Phuket Thailand		3	3:00
January 14, 2008	Win			Lokroi Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand		3	3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Professional Boxing Record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
2	Loss	0–0–2	Mikaela Laurén	KO	1 (6), 1:50	Feb 2, 2012	The Aviation Club, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1	Loss	0–0–1	Siriphon Chanbuala	PTS	6	Feb 4, 2011	Bang Khen, Bangkok, Thailand

• Chantal Ughi at IMDb
• Chantal Ughi at Awakening Fighters