Khin Zarchi Kyaw

Khin Zarchi Kyaw (Burmese: ခင်ဇာခြည်ကျော်; born 15 June 1976) is a Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmrese actress and singer. She won the Myanmar Academy Award for Best Acrtess in 2002 with the film Me, Another, Men, Women [my]. Throughout her career, she has acted in over 550 films and only released one album.

Early life

Khin Zarchi Kyaw was born on 15 June 1976 in Yangon, Myanmar but grew up in Mandalay. She is the eldest child of Kyaw Kyaw and his wife San San Swe. She has an younger brother. His family moved to Yangon from Mandalay when she was 15 years old.

Career

Khin Zarchi Kyaw started his acting career in 1991. She made her acting debut with a leading role in the film Khayar Tar Tar, alongside Nay Aung and Ye Aung, directed by Khin Zaw (Kaythipan). She then starred in her second film Phyu Ni Nyo Pyar, where she played a main role with Min Oo, Chit Chit Zaw and Lin Zarni Zaw. The film was both a domestic hit, and led to increased recognition for Khin Zarchi Kyaw. In 1992, she took on her first big-screen role in the film Chit Pan Thi Tae Main Kalay, alongside May Sweet, Yan Aung and Yan Kyaw which screened in Myanmar cinemas in 1993. In 1999, she released a solo album "Shin Ma Pya Naing Buu".

In 1994, she starred in the big-screen film Naw Yin Mhwe, which earned her a nomination for the 1994 Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the Best Actress in the 2002 Myanmar Academy Award for her performance in the film Me, Another, Men, Women. Ever since then she had starred in over 50 big screen films and over 500 films.

In 2018, she starred in the film The Attachment, was screened in Myanmar cinemas on 8 June 2018 which earned her a nomination for the 2019 Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Discography

Solo album

• Shin Ma Pya Naing Buu (ရှင်းမပြချင်ဘူး) (1999)

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Khin Zarchi Kyaw married in 2000 and they divorced in 2009. She have a son named Phone Min Nay La, a model and a daughter named Htin Thit Sar, a model.