May Than Nu

Burmese film actress
  • Actress
Years active1985 – presentSpouseSin Yaw Mg Mg (divorce)AwardsMyanmar 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

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

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

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

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Films

  • 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

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Myanmar academy award winning actress jailed for embezzlement". Myanmar Mix. 3 January 2020.

External links

  • May Than Nu on Facebook
  • May Than Nu at IMDb