Wai Lu Kyaw
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Biography
Wai Lu Kyaw (Burmese: ဝေဠုကျော်) is a Burmese film actor. He won the 2011 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Award for best supporting actor his role in The Red Sun Above the Ocean (ပင်လယ်ထက်ကနေဝန်းနီ).
Wai Lu Kyaw was born in Nyaungdon, Irrawaddy Division, Burma, to Tekkatho Nyo Lwin Maung and Tekkatho Nyo Nyo Thein, Burma National Literature Award-winning writers who established the Panhlaing Publishing Press. He began his acting career in 1997 as a child actor, starring in With the Green Valley (အစိမ်းရောင်တောင်ကြားနှင့်) and (နှလုံးသားဖြင့်ရင်းရပါသည်).
Wai Lu Kyaw is also active in humanitarian and social relief work. He is a member of Myanmar Red Cross Society. He is also a founding member of the Consumer Protection Association, and a member of the Civil Society (Yangon), which splintered from the Free Funeral Service Society following disputes with Kyaw Thu.
Filmography
- Modern Yazawin (2014)