May Than Nu
# May Than Nu

May Than Nu (Burmese: မေသန်းနု; born on 27 January 1961) is a Burmese film actress. She has won 5 Myanmar Academy Awards throughout her career.

## Biography

May Than Nu was born Than Than Hsint (သန်းသန်းဆင့်) in Mergui, Tenasserim Division, Burma (now Myeik, Myanmar) on 27 January 1961. She debuted with the film Thingyan Moe, playing the daughter of Khin Than Nu.

## Controversy

She was arrested to the court for the misconducted and fraud the money from her close business friend so one year jail penalty by Yankin Court on 2 January 2020, and another being accused like the same case is still facing by the Kamaryut and Thingyangan Court in February 2020.

## Personal life

May Than Nu was previously married to Sin Yaw Mg Mg, with whom she has a son, Min Thant Maung Maung, a film director.

## Filmography

### Films

* Thingyan Moe (သင်္ကြန်မိုး) (1985)
* Ta Pyi Thu Ma Shwe Htar (တပြည်သူမရွှေထား) (1994)
* Never Shall We Be Enslaved (သူ့ကျွန်မခံပြီ) (1997)
* A May Chay Yar (1997)
* Kyan Sit Min (ကျန်စစ်မင်း) (2005)
* Yadana (ရတနာ) (2006)
* Kyauk Sat Yay (ကျောက်စက်ရေ) (2009)
* Eternal Mother (ထာဝရအမေ) (2017)
* Hit Tine (ဟစ်တိုင်) (2019)

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Thingyan Moe | Nominated |
| 1991 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Legend | Nominated |
| 1992 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Exclusive Sweetheart | Won |
| 1993 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Artifice Of River | Nominated |
| 1994 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Ta Pyi Thu Ma Shwe Htar | Nominated |
| 1995 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Bright Moon at Bagan | Won |
| 1996 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Pale Light Sky | Won |
| 1997 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Never Shall We Be Enslaved | Nominated |
| 2001 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Another Side of Love | Won |
| 2002 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Me, Another, Men, Women | Won |
| 2005 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Kyan Sit Min | Nominated |
| 2006 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yadana | Nominated |
| 2009 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Kyauk Sat Yay | Nominated |
| 2010 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Supporting Actress | Amay Kyay Zu Satt Phu Chin Tal | Nominated |
| 2017 | Myanmar Academy Award | Best Actress | Eternal Mother) | Nominated |
