Soe Myat Nandar (; ; born 15 December 1979) is a two-time

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winning Burmese

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. 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 An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

in Burmese cinema. Throughout her

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, she has acted in over 170

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Early life and education

Soe Myat Nandar was born on 15 December 1979 in

Dawei Dawei (, ; , ; , RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the eastern bank of the Dawei River. The city is about ...

Tanintharyi Division Tanintharyi Region (, ; Mon: or ; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the northern Malay Peninsula, reaching to the Kra Isthmus. It borders th ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

(formerly

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

) 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 older sisters

Soe Myat Thuzar Soe Myat Thuzar (; born 31 August 1971) is a three-times Myanmar Academy awarded Burmese actress and writer. She is best known for acting in many Burmese films. She started her acting career in September 1989. Early life Soe Myat Thuzar was b ...

, Soe Myat Klayar and her cousins

Soe Pyae Thazin Soe Pyae Thazin (; 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 '' Moe Nya Einmet Myu'' in 2009 at the age of 1 ...

, Sandy Myint Lwin are also actresses. She attended high school at

Basic Education High School No. 2 Bahan Basic Education High School No. 2 Bahan (; abbreviated to အ.ထ.က (၂) ဗဟန်း; also abbreviated as BEHS No. 2 Bahan, commonly known as Nanyan) is a public high school in Bahan township, Yangon. Until the nationalization under Ne Win ...

( BEHS No. 2 Bahan). She graduated from the

University of Yangon The University of Yangon (also Yangon University; , ; formerly Rangoon College, University of Rangoon and Rangoon Arts and Sciences University), located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmar's modern education system and the b ...

in 2001.

Career

Soe began her entertainment career when she was recruited by director

Kyaw Hein Kyaw Hein (; ; born Kyaw Htay (; , 14 July 1947 – 11 July 2020) was a Burmese actor, film director and singer. He is the five-time winner of the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. He starred in and directed hundreds of films, and was consi ...

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 Phyo Gyi, a

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. The couple

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in 2007, after having a

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, Myat Thaw Maung. She has been dating

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and singer, Soe Thu, since 22 April 2014.

Film

Awards and nominations

References

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