Khin Than Nu (Burmese: ခင်သန်းနု, [kʰɪ̀ɰ̃ θáɰ̃ nṵ]; born 7 December 1945) is a Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards-winning Burmese actress, winning Best Actress in 1967, 1990 and 2000. In Myanmar, Khin Than Nu is recognized as the most beautiful actress of all time.
Khin Than Nu | |
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| Born | December 7, 1945[1][2] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouses | Myat Thura Soe (m. 1988)Maung Maung Khin
(m. 1975; div. 1988) |
| Children | Wai Yan Min Khin (son) Hnin Hla Nu (daughter) Myat Than Nu Soe (daughter) |
| Parent(s) | U Aung Than Daw Nu |
| Awards | Miss Pyinmana pageant, Miss Mandalay pageant, Miss Ottara pageant, Miss Union Burma pageant (1961), Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards (Best Leading Actress for 1967, 1990), (Best Supporting Actress for 2000) |
Early life
editKhin Than Nu was born on December 7, 1945, in Pyinmana, Burma to parent U Aung Than and Daw Nu, as the eldest of four children.
Career
editShe began her career, after winning the 1961 Miss Pyidaungzu Beauty Pageant.[3] Her debut film was Tint Hla Pay Han (တင့်လှပေဟန်), directed by Maung Thin (မောင်သင်).
Khin Than Nu was romantically involved with many well-known actors in the Burmese movie industry, including Shwe Ba, Tin Nyunt, Win Oo, Sein Myint and Myat Lay.[citation needed] In 1975, she married Colonel Maung Maung Khin and had a son, Wai Yan Min Khin. She gave birth to a daughter, Hnin Hla Nu.
In 1988, Khin Than Nu divorced Colonel Maung Maung Khin and married Dr. Myat Thura Soe. And their daughter Myat Than Nu Soe was born.
Filmography
edit- Maung Doe Cherry Myay (1963)
- Maung Mu Paing Shin (1964)
- Ko Yal Toe Yal Soe Soe Yal (1967)
- Kyaukme A Kyin Thar (1969)
- Hmone Shwe Yee (1970)
- Kanyar Pyo Nae Zayar Ao (1972)
- Thingyan Moe (1985)
- Khun Hna Sin A Lwan (1990)
- Thamee Shin (2000)
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards | Best Actress | Ko Yal Toe Yal Soe Soe Yal | Won |
| 1990 | Khun Hna Sin A Lwan | Won | ||
| 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Thamee Shin | Won |
References
edit- ^ "ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၇ ရက်နေ့ကတော့ မင်းသမီးကြီးခင်သန်းနုရဲ့မွေးနေ့ပဲဖစ်ပါတယ်". Popular Myanmar.
- ^ News (2018-03-05). "အသက် ၇ဝ ကျော်တဲ့အထိ လှပနေဆဲဖြစ်တဲ့ သင်္ကြန်မိုးမင်းသမီးကြီး ခင်သန်းနု". BuzzFeed Myanmar (in Burmese). Retrieved 2019-03-28.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Bawi, Nuam (July 11, 2011). "Hard work, no fame for bodybuilders". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
External links
edit- Khin Than Nu at IMDb