Moht Moht Myint Aung ( my, မို့မို့မြင့်အောင် , also Moh Moh Myint Aung) is a five-time

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winning Burmese

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, best known for her leading lady roles in several Burmese films from the 1980s to the 2000s.

Early life

Moht Moht Myint Aung was born in

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, the fifth child and youngest daughter of Myint Aung, a successful Burmese actor and

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. She grew up in the ''Kyaukmyaung'' section of

Tamwe Township Tamwe Township (also Tarmwe Township; my, တာမွေ မြို့နယ်, ) is located in east central Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 20 wards, and shares borders with Yankin Township in the north, Thingangyun Township and ...

. She wanted to be an actress like the leading ladies of the day like

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and Khin Than Nu. She attended high school at

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but failed the university matriculation exam several times. With most of her friends attending college, she gave up attending college and decided to focus on a film career.

Career

Moht Moht Myint Aung was virtually unknown until Kyaw Hein, one of the top leading men of his era, chose her to star in one of his films, ''Mun-Tet-Chein-Mha Nay-Win-Thi'' (The Sun Sets at Noon), in 1979. She was still in 8th Standard at the time. After winning her first Academy Award for 1984, Mo Mo Myint Aung established herself as one of the leading actresses of Burmese cinema. She is one of very few actresses in the Burmese film history able to lead a successful multi-decade career in a leading lady role. Mo Mo Myint Aung is still popular, seen by many as having aged gracefully, and continues to appear in several films in age appropriate roles. In a testament to her enduring popularity, she won her latest Academy Award for Best Actress for 2008.

Television

Moht Moht Myint Aung is on the judges panel in the show '' Myanmar's Got Talent'', the Burmese franchise of the

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Filmography

Moht Moht Myint Aung has made several movies over her over-three-decade-long career. She has won five Myanmar Academy Awards for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.

Film (Cinema)

*'' Moon Tae Chain Twin Nay Win The'' (1982) *Myo Pya Hna Lone Thar (1984) *'' Kyee Yaung Saung Thaw Daung'' (1985) *Khat Sein Sein Nay Pa Mal (1989) *Thamee Nae A May Myar (1991) *''

Ma Thudamasari ''Ma Thudamasari'' (also spelt ''Ma Sudhammacārī''; my, မသုဓမ္မစာရီ) is a social realist novel written by Burmese author Moe Moe (Inya). Having been adapted for the 1994 film of the same name, the novel follows Thein My ...

'' (1994) *''

Eain Met Yar Thi ''Eain Met Yar Thi'' ( my, အိပ်မက်ရာသီ) is a 2001 Burmese drama film, directed by Mee Pwar starring Dwe, Moht Moht Myint Aung and Eaindra Kyaw Zin. Cast *Dwe as Thurikza *Moht Moht Myint Aung as Ingyin Nway *Eaindra Kyaw Z ...

'' (2001) *''

Ma Nyein Thaw Mee ''Ma Nyein Thaw Mee'' ( my, မငြိမ်းသောမီး) is a 2002 Burmese drama film, directed by Naung Htun Lwin and Nyi Nyi Htun Lwin starring Dwe, Moht Moht Myint Aung, Nandar Hlaing, Nay Aung and Cho Pyone. Cast *Dwe as Ye Yint ...

'' (2002) *Myint Mo Htet Ka Tharaphu (2008)

TV series

Forever Mandalay ''Forever Mandalay'' ( my, ထာဝရမန္တလေး) is a 2014 Burmese drama television series. It is a story of Mandalay. It aired on MRTV-4, from February 10 to April 9, 2014, on Mondays to Fridays at 19:15 for 43 episodes. Cast Main ...

(2014) *Kyee Myat Thaw Martar (2018)

TV show

* Myanmar's Got Talent

Awards and nominations

References

{{authority control Burmese film actresses Living people 1960 births People from Yangon 20th-century Burmese actresses