She graduated Bachelor of Arts with honors, and subsequently received a Fulbright scholarship to study teaching English as a foreign language in the United States.
[1] She enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she caught up on drama courses including acting, directing and playwriting.
[5][6] During her acting career in Hollywood she was a semi-regular on ABC's Adventures in Paradise with Gardner McKay,[7][8] and also guest starred on CBS's The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour.
She developed curricula based on the theories and practices of Western theater, and helped lay out the foundations of drama education in both tertiary and secondary institutions, as well as in professional circles.
Her plays include Yankee Don't Go Home, Tukkata Kaew ("Glass doll"), Yot Pratthana ("Dearest"), Koet Pen Tua Lakhon ("Born a play character"), Phu Phae–Phu Chana ("Loser–winner"), Phrai Nam, Khon Di Thi Sechuan ("Samaritan at Sichuan") and her latest production Lam Di ("the Good Interpreter"), which was released in 2009.
In recognition of her contributions to the field, Sodsai was named a National Artist in performing arts (theatrical and television plays) for 2011,[11] and received the Dushdi Mala Medal in 2014.