Phway Phway ( my, ဖွေးဖွေး, ; born Shwe Yee Ko Oo on 9 August 1988) is a three-time
Myanmar Academy Award
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 ...
winning Burmese film actress.
She is the Myanmar's highest-paid actress and considered one of the most commercially successful actresses in Burmese cinema. She is talking top actress in Burma.
Phway won her first Myanmar Academy Award in 2012 with the film
Let Pan, achieved her second award in 2015 with the film
I'm Rose, Darling and third award in 2018 with the film
Shwe Kyar. All films were directed by four-time
Myanmar Academy Award
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 ...
winner
Wyne.
Early life and education
Phway Phway was born on 9 August 1988 in
Mogok
Mogok (, ; Shan: , ) is a town in the Thabeikkyin District of Mandalay Region of Myanmar, located north of Mandalay and north-east of Shwebo.
History
Mogok is believed to have been founded in 1217 by three lost Shan hunters who discovered r ...
, Burma to parent Mg U and his wife Theingi. She attended high school at the
Kamayut 2 High School from 1993 to 2004, and graduated from
University of Foreign Languages, Yangon with a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in
Korean
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in 2008.
Career
Phway Phway had a great interest in becoming a singer as a child. She and her friends formed a band, "Art of Depression" with her as a vocalist. At university, she began modeling; her first modeling opportunity was for the MAX Calendar in 2007 with the name "Shwe Yee Ko Oo" which is her birth name. Then she named herself as "Phway Phway" as her actress name. Her modeling career led to appearing in music videos and TV commercials, and
direct-to-video films. She starred in over 100 video films and appeared on many magazine covers. She was awarded a successful new face actor in 2009 People Magazine Award and the best leading actress in "Lat Pan" movie (which was her very first movie) in
Myanmar Academy Awards 2012.
She created her first MTV called
MyWorld in August 2020.
Personal life
Besides acting, singing and modeling, Phway Phway also has great interest in fashion designing. She believes that if she was not involved in the entertainment industry, she would have studied fashion and created her own label. She is the cousin of Myanmar model and actress
Wut Hmone Shwe Yee
Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi ( my, ဝတ်မှုန်ရွှေရည်, , sometimes anglicized as Wut Hmone Shwe Yi; born on 10 August 1988) is a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actress and commercial model. She is the Myanma ...
. Phway Phway was listed as the Second Youngest Academy Award Winner after
Soe Pyae Thazin
Soe Pyae Thazin ( my, စိုးပြည့်သဇင်; born 22 September 1992) is a Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese actress and singer. She won her first special Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress with the film '' M ...
. Phway Phway's fan called her "Phway Sein".
Political activities
Following vthe aftermath of 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 ...
, Phway Phway was active in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. Denouncing the military coup, she has taken part in protests since 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. She donated 144 meals of
butter rice and chicken curry to the protesters. She also donated 15 lakh Burmese Kyats to government employees who involved in CDM, to commemorate General
Aung San
Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his go ...
's birthday on 13 February 2021.
On 3 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 g ...
, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.
Filmography
Direct-to-video
Films (Big Screen Movies)
Awards and nominations
References
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1988 births
Living people
Burmese film actresses
21st-century Burmese actresses
Burmese female models
People from Yangon