May Than Nu
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May Than Nu | |
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| မေသန်းနု | |
| Born | Than Than Hsint 27 January 1961 (age 63) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
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| Years active | 1985 – present |
| Spouse | Sin Yaw Mg Mg (divorce) |
| Awards | Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards |
May Than Nu (Burmese: မေသန်းနု; born on 27 January 1961) is a Burmese film actress. She has won 5 Myanmar Academy Awards throughout her career.
Biography[edit]
May Than Nu was born Than Than Hsint (သန်းသန်းဆင့်)[1] in Mergui, Tenasserim Division, Burma (now Myeik, Myanmar) on 27 January 1961. She debuted with the film Thingyan Moe, playing the daughter of Khin Than Nu.
Controversy[edit]
She was arrested to the court for the misconducted and fraud the money from her close business friend so one year jail penalty by Yankin Court on 2 January 2020, and another being accused like the same case is still facing by the Kamaryut and Thingyangan Court in February 2020.[2]
Personal life[edit]
May Than Nu was previously married to Sin Yaw Mg Mg, with whom she has a son, Min Thant Maung Maung, a film director.
Filmography[edit]
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Films[edit]
- Thingyan Moe (သင်္ကြန်မိုး) (1985)
- Ta Pyi Thu Ma Shwe Htar (တပြည်သူမရွှေထား) (1994)
- Never Shall We Be Enslaved (သူ့ကျွန်မခံပြီ) (1997)
- A May Chay Yar (1997)
- Kyan Sit Min (ကျန်စစ်မင်း) (2005)
- Yadana (ရတနာ) (2006)
- Kyauk Sat Yay (ကျောက်စက်ရေ) (2009)
- Eternal Mother (ထာဝရအမေ) (2017)
- Hit Tine (ဟစ်တိုင်) (2019)
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 1985 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Thingyan Moe | Nominated |
| 1991 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Legend | Nominated |
| 1992 | Myanmar Academy Award | Exclusive Sweetheart | Won | |
| 1993 | Myanmar Academy Award | Artifice Of River | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Myanmar Academy Award | Ta Pyi Thu Ma Shwe Htar | Nominated | |
| 1995 | Myanmar Academy Award | Bright Moon at Bagan | Won | |
| 1996 | Myanmar Academy Award | Pale Light Sky | Won | |
| 1997 | Myanmar Academy Award | Never Shall We Be Enslaved | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Myanmar Academy Award | Another Side of Love | Won | |
| 2002 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Me, Another, Men, Women | Won |
| 2005 | Myanmar Academy Award | Kyan Sit Min | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Myanmar Academy Award | Yadana | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Myanmar Academy Award | Kyauk Sat Yay | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Myanmar Academy Award | Amay Kyay Zu Satt Phu Chin Tal | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Eternal Mother) | Nominated |
References[edit]
- ^ Fame, Asian (2016-10-25). "ငွေကြေးနှင့် စာရွက်စာတန်း အပေးအယူ ကိစ္စ ကြေညာချက် ပြန်လည် ရုပ်သိမ်း သွားရခြင်း အကြောင်း အကယ်ဒမီ မေသန်းနု ရှင်းလင်း ပြောကြား". Popular (in Burmese). Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "Myanmar academy award winning actress jailed for embezzlement". Myanmar Mix. 3 January 2020.
External links[edit]
- May Than Nu on Facebook
- May Than Nu at IMDb