Soe Myat Nandar ( my, စိုးမြတ်နန္ဒာ; born 15 December 1979) is a two-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 actress. She won her first

for Best Supporting Actress in 2001 with the film ''Achit Ko Mwe Phwar Chin'' and achieved her second award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 with film ''Chit Chin Nge Pyaing''. Soe is considered one of the most successful actresses in

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. Throughout her career, she has acted in over 170 films.

Early life and education

Soe Myat Nandar was born on 15 December 1979 in

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to parent Soe Myint, a retired major and his wife Kyi Kyi Khin. She is the youngest daughter of four siblings, having two elder sisters and one brother. Her elder sister Soe Myat Thuzar is also an actress. She attended high school at Basic Education High School No. 2 Bahan. She graduated from the

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in 2001.

Career

Soe began her entertainment career when she was recruited by director Kyaw Hein to film ''Kan Kaung Loh'' in 1996. She took on her first big-screen role in the film ''Chit Like Top One Two Three'' (ချစ်လိုက်တော့ ဝမ်းတူးသရီး) in 1997.

Personal life

In 2005, she married Phyoe Gyi, a singer. The couple divorced in 2007, after having a son, Myat Thaw Maung. She has been dating actor

Soe Thu Soe Thu ( my, စိုးသူ; born Soe Thu Lwin on 30 November 1965) is a Myanmar Academy Award-winning Burmese actor, singer and physician. He has achieved fame and success as an actor and singer. Throughout his career, he has produced 13 mus ...

since 22 April 2014

Film

Awards and nominations

References

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