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Amita Marie Young (born Su Min Ta Marie Young) better known under her stage name Tata Young, is a Thai singer, model actress and dancer born on December 14th, 1980, from an American father and a Thai mother.

She gained prominence when she placed first in a national singing contest at age 11, subsequently signing a record deal and releasing her first album Amita Tata Young in 1996. Within five months, the album had sold over one million copies. Since then, Young has released eight studio albums, three in English and five in Thai.

She has acted in three films: "The Red Bike Story" (Jakkayan See Daeng), "O-Negative" and "Plai Tien" as well as the TV drama "The Candle" (Plai Tiean). She sang "Reach For The Stars" at the Bangkok opening ceremony for the 13th Asian Games in 1998 and also sang the English part of the title song for the Bollywood movie, "Dhoom".