Khin Than Nu

In this Burmese name, the given name is Khin Than Nu. There is no family name.

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.

Khin Than Nu
Born	(1945-12-07) December 7, 1945 (age 77)^[1]^[2] Pyinmana, Burma
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	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	Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards (Best Leading Actress for 1967, 1990), (Best Supporting Actress for 2000)

Early life

Khin 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

She 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

• 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

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

1. "ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၇ ရက်နေ့ကတော့ မင်းသမီးကြီးခင်သန်းနုရဲ့မွေးနေ့ပဲဖစ်ပါတယ်". Popular Myanmar.
2. 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)
3. Bawi, Nuam (July 11, 2011). . The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

External links

• Khin Than Nu at IMDb