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Eaindra Kyaw Zin ( my, အိန္ဒြာကျော်ဇင်, ; born 24 April 1977) is a two-time
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-winning Burmese
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and model. She is Myanmar's third highest-paid actress and an amateur painter. Now, being above 40, she still remains a popular actress in
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.


Early life

Eaindra Kyaw Zin was born to a well-to-do family in
Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
, the youngest child of Mya Thida and Kyaw Zin. She is a granddaughter of
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, one of the
Thirty Comrades The Thirty Comrades ( my, ရဲဘော်သုံးကျိပ်) constituted the embryo of the modern Myanmar, Burmese army called the Burma Independence Army (BIA) which was formed to fight for independence from UK, Britain. This was ...
that founded the modern
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, a niece of
Dagon Taya Dagon Taya ( my, ဒဂုန်တာရာ; 10 May 1919 – 19 August 2013; also spelt Dagon Taryar), born Htay Myaing, was a renowned Myanmar writer. He was born at Htai Ku Myit Tan Village ( Mon), Kyaiklat Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region on 10 ...
, a writer, and a first cousin of singer
Hayma Ne Win Hay Mar Nay Win ( my, ဟေမာနေဝင်း, ; commonly spelt Hayma Ne Win) is a Burmese singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is considered one of the most successful singers of her generation, releasing o ...
and singer and film star
Yaza Ne Win Yar Zar Nay Win ( my, ရာဇာနေဝင်း; ; also spelt Yaza Ne Win, born 1968) is a Burmese film actor and singer. He was one of the most successful leading men of Burmese cinema during the first half of the 2000s. Ne Win comes from ...
. Kyaw Zin graduated from Yangon's Dagon 1 High School. She holds a B.Sc. degree in chemistry.


Career

In an interview with ''
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'', Kyaw Zin admitted that film was not her initial choice of a career. Rather she envisioned herself as an independent artist or a doctor but had to reevaluate her options after getting sub-par grades in school. Her first foray into the entertainment industry came by way of a local beauty contest. She won the Miss Kokkine contest in 1996, and then went on to win Miss Christmas that same year. After this year, she became to act in TV series such as Loving Editor (Chit Thaw Editor) and Ah Hnine Mae. She became popular in Ah Hnine Mae TV series with a character called Po Tay. For the next two years she appeared in magazines and modeling shows. In 2000, she scored her big break as an actress in the film ''Pyaw Lai Kya Ya Aung'' (Let's Have Great Fun) as the lead actress. She was nominated as best lead actress at Tha-Mee-Shin Film for 2000 Academy. Ironically, her film career in the early 2000s was handicapped by the top leading man of that day, Yaza Ne Win, her first cousin. In 2003, she spoke to
Chiangmai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...
-based ''
The Irrawaddy ''The Irrawaddy'' () is a news website by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG), founded in 1990 by Burmese exiles living in Thailand. From its inception, ''The Irrawaddy'' has taken an independent stance on Burmese politics. As a publication pr ...
'' magazine that "I have limited opportunities to act in current popular movies. In the movies, I can only perform sibling roles with my first cousin and we can not shoot love scenes." As it is leading men who score big at the box office in Burma, and being cast aside male superstars is an actress's best chance at fame. Eaindra Kyaw Zin won the 2004 Myanmar Academy Award, playing a
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role in the movie, ''Flirtatious Sky'' (). She continues to act in films and model for commercials. Eaindra Kyaw Zin also won the 2017 Myanmar Academy Award, playing in the main role in the movie, Knife in the Heart ( Yin-Bat-Htae-Ka-Dar). Although she is over 40, she is still a top model and actress in an industry full of young starlets. She is also vice-CEO of Pyay Ti Oo Education Foundation and, Chair-Person of Thudra Film Production and The Bridge Myanmar.


Political views and activities

In December 2003, the Burmese actress was accused by ''The Irrawaddy'' for displaying " conspicuous patriotism". When the Thai film ''
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''—which featured scenes of one of Burma's 18th century invasions of the Thai kingdom—was screened at a Pan-Asian film festival in France in early 2001, Kyaw Zin stormed out of the theater before the film's end. Its director, Thanit Jitnukul, who took home the festival's Best Director award, recounted meeting Kyaw Zin that day. "She was very friendly at first," Thanit said. "Then she asked me about my movie. I told her its name, and she refused to talk to me again." Following the
2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...
, she participated in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. Denouncing the military coup, she took part in protests, starting in February. She joined the "We Want Justice"
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movement. The movement was launched on social media, and many celebrities have joined the movement. On 2 April 2021, warrants for her arrest were issued under Section 505 (a) of the penal code by the
State Administration Council The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Comm ...
for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, she was charged with calling for participation in the
Civil Disobedience Movement The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The twenty-four day march lasted from 12 March to 6 April 1930 as a di ...
(CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the
Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီ; abbreviated CRPH) is a Burmese legislative body in exile, representing a gr ...
, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation. On 9 April 2021, Eaindra Kyaw Zin and her husband
Pyay Ti Oo Pyay Ti Oo ( my, ပြေတီဦး, born 30 November 1978) is a four-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning film actor and advertising model in Myanmar.Beautiful Model Worl''Pyay Ti Oo's profile''/ref> He is CEO of Pyay Ti Oo Ed ...
, were arrested at their home. After almost 11 months, they were released on March 2, 2022.


Personal life

She married actor
Pyay Ti Oo Pyay Ti Oo ( my, ပြေတီဦး, born 30 November 1978) is a four-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning film actor and advertising model in Myanmar.Beautiful Model Worl''Pyay Ti Oo's profile''/ref> He is CEO of Pyay Ti Oo Ed ...
on 1 January 2011. They have two children.


Social work

Eaindra Kyaw Zin is socially involved with the community and various Burmese charities and is considered by her peers to be a good
role model A role model is a person whose behaviour, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people. The term ''role model'' is credited to sociologist Robert K. Merton, who hypothesized that individuals compare themselves ...
for young women in the country.


Filmography


Awards and nominations


Beauty pageants


Myanmar Academy Awards The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Burmese Film Industry of Myanmar. The awards ceremony has been held annually since 1952. Each winner is pr ...


Other awards


References


External links

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Eindra Kyaw Zin on Facebook
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