Phway Phway | |
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Native name | ဖွေးဖွေး |
Born |
Shwe Yee Ko Oo 9 August 1988 Yangon, Myanmar |
Nationality | Burmese |
Occupation | Actress, Model |
Years active | 2007–present |
Parent(s) | U Mg U(father) and Daw Theingi (mother) |
Awards | 2012 Myanmar Academy Award 2015 Myanmar Academy Award |
Phway Phway (Burmese: ဖွေးဖွေး, pronounced [pʰwé pʰwé]; born 9 August 1988) is an actress and model in Myanmar. She is a well-known actress in Burmese Entertainment Industry..
She won her first Myanmar Academy Award in 2012 with Let Pan and achieved her second award in 2015 with I am Rose Darling. Both of the film were directed by Academy Wyne (film director). Phway Phway was listed as Second Youngest Academy Award Winner after Soe Pyae Thazin.Phway Phway's fan called her "Phway Sein"
Phway Phway was born Shwe Yee Ko Oo on 9 August 1988 in Yangon. She graduated from the Kamayut 2 High School in 2004, and the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Korean in 2008.
Phway Phway had a great interest in becoming a singer as a child. She and her friends formed a band, "Art of Depression" with her as a vocalist. At university, she began modeling; her first modeling opportunity was for the MAX Calendar in 2007 with the name "Shwe Yee Ko Oo" which is her birth name. Then she named herself as "Phway Phway" as her actress name. Her modeling career led to appearing in music videos and TV commercials, and direct-to-video films. She starred in over 100 video films and appeared on many magazine covers. She had awarded as successful new face actor in 2009 People Magazine Award and as best leading actress in "Lat Pan" movie which was her very first movie in Myanmar Academy Awards 2012.
Besides acting, singing and modeling, Phway Phway also has great interest in fashion design. She believes that if she was not involved in the entertainment industry, she would have studied fashion and created her own label. She is the cousin of Myanmar model and actress Wut Hmone Shwe Yee.