Wah Wah Win Shwe

Wah Wah Win Shwe
Born Rangoon, Burma
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s)
Than Htut (m. 1971)
Children Win Htut Win
Wa Zin
Parent(s) Tun Shwe
Than Tin
Awards Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards (3)

Wah Wah Win Shwe (Burmese: ဝါဝါဝင်းရွှေ, also spelt War War Win Shwe) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actress. She is one of the stars of the Burmese entertainment industry.

Early life and education

She was born to Tun Shwe and Than Tin in Rangoon, Burma, the youngest of four children. She attended Methodist English High School and enrolled at Rangoon University for higher education.

Film career

She began her career in film at the age of 16, with her debut film, Seit (စိတ်, lit. "Mind"). Throughout the course of her career, she has starred in hundreds of films and directed over 50. She won three Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards,[1] for her work in Chit Thami (Lovely Daughter) in 1965, Chaung Ko Pyit Ywe Myit Ko Sha in 1979, and Meingalay Shin Ei Sanda in 1979.

Business interests

She founded the Wah Wah Win Shwe Film Production company in 1970. She also has interests in real estate, particularly in Yangon.[2] She owns Su Htoo Pan Cinema.[2] In 2012, she began work with Great Father Land Construction to redevelop the site of the historic cinema into a 14-storey condominium.[3] In 2013, contractual disputes surfaced between the two parties, with Wah Wah Win Shwe claiming that the company had performed occult rituals on the site.[4] The company accused her of retreating from an agreement to pay 1.2 billion kyat to build the tower and subsequently filed a defamation lawsuit in late June.[4] In July of that year, Father Land Construction withdrew the lawsuit and cited her inability to pay for the remaining costs of construction.[1]

Personal life

Wah Wah Win Shwe wed Than Htut, an actor, in 1971. They have two sons, Win Htut Win and Wa Zin. She had affair with Kokang ‘Warlady’ Olive Yang.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Zon Pan Pwint 2013.
  2. 1 2 Yan Pai 2011.
  3. ↑ Noe Noe Aung 2012.
  4. 1 2 Zon Pann Pwint 2013.
  5. ↑ https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kokang-warlady-olive-yang-dies-91.html

References

  • Yan Pai (23 March 2011). "Privatization Linked to Money Laundering". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  • Noe Noe Aung (9 July 2012). "Great Father Land waits on building permits". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  • Zon Pann Pwint (1 July 2013). "Actress in court over black magic claims". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  • Zon Pan Pwint (15 July 2013). "Father Land Construction withdraws suit against actress". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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