Honey Nway Oo (Burmese: ဟန်နီနွေဦး; born 19 March 1999) is a former Burmese actress and current officer in the Student Armed Force (SAF). Initially working in acting, she openly opposed the Tatmadaw following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, and left her acting career to join the SAF; a warrant was issued for her arrest. Honey has been regarded as one of the most prominent revolutionaries in Myanmar and is often called the "people's girl" for her role in anti-coup movements.[1][2][3][4]
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| Born | Honey Nway Oo 19 March 1999 Yangon, Myanmar |
| Alma mater | Yangon University of Foreign Languages |
| Occupation(s) | Revolutionary, former actress |
| Years active | 2019–2021 |
Early life and education
editHoney Nway Oo was born on 19 March 1999 in Yangon and is of a mixed Burman-Shan-Rakhine descent[5]. She finished her primary and higher education in Yangon. She went on to study at Yangon University of Foreign Languages (YUFL), where she earned a B.A. (German) in 2020. She was picked as the "university's beauty queen" as a freshman at the university. In 2018, she founded the first YUFL football team and served as its captain.[4]
Acting career
editWhile studying German at YUFL, Honey began modelling for local magazines and music videos in 2019.[6] She appeared in over 20 TV commercials[7] and was a brand endorser for Oppo.[8][9] She made her acting debut in a main role in the 2020 film Yangon In Love. She participated in the non-profit organization Care Teen, which provides school supplies and health and education services to underprivileged children.[10]
Rebel career
editIn the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Honey organized anti-coup protests and left for the jungle. She, along with several other celebrities, was charged with calling for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), damaging the state's ability to govern, supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.[4] On 3 July 2021, military forces arrived at her family's home in Lanmadaw Township and posted a notice declaring that it had been confiscated by the junta.
In response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, members of Yangon-based University Student Unions [my] learned basic military training in the liberated area of the Arakan Army, and with the support of the Arakan Army formed the Student Armed Force on April 27, 2021, with 22 leaders.
Honey later joined this resistance group, the Student Armed Force and is currently serving as a senior officer.
References
edit- ^ Frontier (13 September 2022). ""This is robbery": junta's property seizure spree". Frontier Myanmar. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "မော်ဒယ်၊သရုပ်ဆောင် ဟန်နီနွေဦးကို မဇ္စျိမက ဆက်သွယ်မေးမြန်းချက်" [Mizzima contacted model and actor Honey Nway Oo]. Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "နွေဦးမှာပွင့်တဲ့ပန်း – ဟန်နီနွေဦး" [A flower that blooms in spring – Honey Nway Oo]. Progressive Voice Myanmar (in Burmese). 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "တောထဲက ရဲဘော်တွေနဲ့ တစ်သားတည်းရှိကြောင်းကို မြို့ပေါ်ကပြည်သူတွေ လုပ်နိုင်မယ့် နည်းလမ်းလေးကိုမျှဝေ တိုက်တွန်းလာတဲ့ ဟန်နီနွေဦး" [Honey Nway Oo, who encouraged the people of the city to share always to show that they are one with their comrades in the forest]. Myanmarload (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Rakhine people - FamousFix.com list". FamousFix.com. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Express, Myanmar (10 March 2020). "ထွန်းတောက်လာမယ့် YUFL က ကြယ်လေးတစ်ပွင့် (သို့) ဟန်နီနွေဦး" [The new rising star Honey Nway Oo from YUFL]. Myanmar Express (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "နားလည်မှုရှိပေးနိုင်တဲ့ သူမျိုးကိုပဲ သဘောကျတယ်ဆိုတဲ့ ဟန်နီနွေဦး" [Honey Nway Oo said that she only likes people who can be understanding], Duwun, archived from the original on 10 January 2023, retrieved 10 January 2023
- ^ yoyarlay (20 August 2020). "OPPO မှ Reno4 စမတ်ဖုန်းအသစ်ကို သြဂုတ်လ ၂၂ ရက်နေ့တွင် တရားဝင် စတင် မိတ်ဆက်မည်" [OPPO will officially launch the new Reno4 smartphone on August 22]. YOYARLAY Digital Media and News (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Live Chat with Cele – ဟန်နီနွေဦး", Duwun, archived from the original on 10 January 2023, retrieved 10 January 2023
- ^ "အသက် (၂၃) နှစ် ပြည့်သွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်တဲ့ ပြည်သူ့အချစ်တော်လေး ဟန်နီနွေဦး" [Honey Nway Oo, who has turned 23 years old, is the favorite of the people]. Myanmarload (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
External links
edit- Exclusive Interview with People's Star Honey Nway Oo Archived 4 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Burma VJ