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Burmese actress In this Burmese name, the given name is Khin Than Nu. There is no family name.
Khin Than Nu
Born (1945-12-07) December 7, 1945 (age 79)
Pyinmana, Burma
OccupationActress
Spouses
Myat Thura Soe ​(m. 1988)​
Maung Maung Khin ​ ​(m. 1975; div. 1988)​
ChildrenWai Yan Min Khin (son)
Hnin Hla Nu (daughter)
Myat Than Nu Soe (daughter)
Parent(s)U Aung Than
Daw Nu
AwardsMiss 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)

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.

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. 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. 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

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). "Hard work, no fame for bodybuilders". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

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