Paing Phyo Thu

Paing Phyo Thu
ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု
Born5 April 1990 (1990-04-05) (age 36)
Yangon, Myanmar
Other nameThu Thu
Alma materUniversity of Medicine 1, Yangon
OccupationActress
SpouseNa Gyi
Parent(s)Soe Win (father)
Nwe Oo (mother)

Paing Phyo Thu (Burmese: ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု; born 5 April 1990) is a Myanmar Academy Award winning film actress and medical physician. Regarded as one of the leading actors in contemporary Myanmar cinema, she won Best Supporting Actress at the 2017 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards for her role in the film, 3Girls. She is also widely known for her performances in Mi (2018),[1] Now & Ever (2019) and What Happened to the Wolf? (2021).

Early Life and Education

Paing Phyo Thu was born on 5 April 1990 in Yangon, Myanmar. She completed her secondary education at TTC Yangon in 2006 and later graduated from the University of Medicine 1, Yangon. In 2018, she served as a Health Ambassador (Yangon Division) for Ministry of Health and Sports.

Career

Paing Phyo Thu began her career as a child actor in 1999 and later transitioned to lead roles in mainstream Myanmar cinema. In 2017, she was cast as a titular character in Mi, an adaption of the novel by prominent Myanmar novelists, Kyi Aye.[2][3] Her performance as Mi was well received by the audience. The film's release generated public debate over her portrayal of Mi, a heavy smoker.[4] In response to the criticism, she resigned from her role as Health Ambassador to maintain her artistic integrity regarding the character's depiction.

For her performance in Mi, she won Best Actress at the Star Awards (2018) and was nominated Best Actress at the ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards (2019). She later received a nomination for Best Performance (Seymour Cassel Award) for What Happened to the Wolf? at Oldenburg International Film Festival (2021).

On 1 January 2019, she married Myanmar filmmaker Na Gyi.[5][6] In 2024, she received the Honorary Tribute Award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.

Activism and Exile

Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Paing Phyo Thu actively participated in anti-coup movements, attending rallies and publicly joining the "We Want Justice" three-finger salute movement.[7][8] She utilized her significant social media platform to denounce the military junta.

On 2 April 2021, State Administration Council issued a warrant for her arrest under Section 505 (A) of the Myanmar Penal Code. She was targeted for speaking out against the military coup, encouraging participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.[9][10] To evade capture, she and her husband were forced into hiding and subsequently fled into exile.[11][12]

Filmography

Film (cinema)

Television series

Awards and Nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2016Myanmar Academy AwardBest Supporting ActressAngel of EdenNominated
2017Myanmar Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress3GirlsWon
2018Myanmar Academy AwardBest ActressMiNominated
2018Star Awards[13]Best ActressMiWon
2019ASEAN International Film Festival and AwardsBest ActressMiNominated
2021 Oldenburg International Film Festival Best Performance (Seymour Cassel Award) What Happened to the Wolf? Nominated
2024 Oldenburg International Film Festival Honorary Tribute Award[14] - Won

References

  1. ↑ "Defying convention to find another kind of success". The Myanmar Times. 2019-03-21. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  2. ↑ "Kyi Aye: A life well lived". The Myanmar Times. 2018-08-23. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. ↑ "ဆရာမကြီးကြည်အေးရဲ့ မီနဲ့ ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု". Yangon Life. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  4. ↑ "ဆေးလိပ်သောက်သည့်ကိစ္စ အကယ်ဒမီ ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု ရှင်းလင်း (ရုပ်သံ)". DVB. Archived from the original on 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  5. ↑ "ထူးခြား ဆန်းသစ်မှု တွေနဲ့ ပြည့်နှက်နေတဲ့ ဒါရိုက်တာ ဏကြီး နဲ့ ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု တို့ရဲ့ မင်္ဂလာပွဲ" (in Burmese). Mahar Media News. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  6. ↑ "ဇာတ်ကောင်စရိုက်တိုင်းကို ပီပြင်စွာ ပုံဖော်လိုသူ ဆရာဝန်သရုပ်ဆောင် ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု၏ ငယ်ဘ၀ အမှတ်တရ ဖြတ်သန်းရာ". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  7. ↑ "မတ်လ ၂၄ ရက်နေ့ "Silent Strike" မှာ လူညီကြဖို့ ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု တိုက်တွန်း". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Finalist: Anonymous, freelance contributor, The New York Times". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  9. ↑ "Warrants issued for artists, entertainers that called for CDM participation". Eleven. 3 April 2021. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "စစ်ကောင်စီကိုဆန့်ကျင်တဲ့ အနုပညာရှင်တွေကို ဆက်တိုက်အမှုဖွင့်နေ". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 3 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Sandi Sidhu and Helen Regan (18 February 2021). "Burmese actress goes into hiding as celebrities opposing Myanmar coup added to arrest list". CNN. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  12. ↑ "Paing Phyo Thu". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  13. ↑ "STAR AWARDS 2018 gives prizes for best film, TV series, fashion statements". New Light of Myanmar. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019.
  14. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (August 20, 2024). "Oldenburg Festival Unveils Competition Lineup, Tribute to Exiled Filmmakers". The Hollywood Reporter.
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