Moe Hay Ko

Moe Hay Ko (Burmese: မိုးဟေကို; born Aye Aye Khine on 26 June 1985) is a Burmese actress, model, producer and businesswoman.[1] She is the Myanmar's third highest-paid actress[2] and considered as one of the most commercially successful actresses in Burmese cinema.[3][4] Throughout her successful career, she has acted in over 300 films.[4][5]

Moe Hay Ko
မိုးဟေကို
Moe Hay Ko at the L'Oréal event
Born	Aye Aye Khine (1985-06-26) June 26, 1985 Mandalay, Myanmar
Nationality	Burmese
Occupation	Actress • Model• Producer • Businesswoman
Years active	1999–present
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Parent(s)	Kyaw Min Nu Nu Sein
Awards	Asia Model Award (2015)

Moe has won the Asia Model Award at the 2015 Asia Model Festival, held in Seoul in 2015.[6]

Early life and education

Moe Hay Ko was born on 26 June 1985 in Mandalay, Myanmar. She is the middle daughter of Kyaw Min and his wife Nu Nu Sein. She has an elder brother and younger brother. She graduated high school from Basic Education High School No. 1 South Okkalapa.[7]

Career

1997–2004: Beginning as a commercial model

Moe joined Tin Moe Lwin's model training at the grade 9. She officially entered the entertainment industry in 1999 was as a model as part of the John Lwin's John International Modeling Agency with countless modelling competition and runways that had been walked on. Then came the offers for TV commercials and then DVD ones. Her hardwork as a model and acting in commercials was noticed by the film industry and soon, movie casting offers came rolling in.[4]

2005–2006: Film debut and recognition

Moe made her film debut with a leading role in the film Eain Mat Alon (Beyond the dream), alongside Lu Min, film released in 2005. The same year, she then starred a female lead in the film Kyun Ma Ma Hay Thi (I'm Mistress) alongside Pyay Ti Oo and Khine Hnin Wai. In 2006, she starred in the film A Hmyin, where she played the leading role with Lu Min, Ye Deight, and Tint Tint Tun. The film was both a domestic hit in Myanmar, and led to increased recognition for Moe Hay Ko.[3]

2008–present: Breaking into the big screen and career success

In 2008, Moe took on her first big-screen leading role in the film Moe Nya Eain Mat Mhyu, alongside Nay Toe, Soe Pyae Thazin, Thinzar Wint Kyaw, and directed by Kyi Phyu Shin which screened in Myanmar cinemas in 2009. The film was nominated Best Actress for Moe Hay Ko and have won Best Actor for Nay Toe and Best Supporting Actress for Soe Pyae Thazin at the 2009 Myanmar Academy Award Ceremony.[8]

In 2013, Moe starred in the big-screen film HnaLonThar Phyint Pyuu-Lote Thi (Made with Heart) where she played the leading role with Pyay Ti Oo, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi and directed by Wyne which screened in Myanmar cinemas in 2014, which earned her a nomination for the 2018 Myanmar Academy Award for Best Actress and have won three Academy Awards at the 2014 Myanmar Academy Award Ceremony. From 2005 to present, she has acted in over 300 video/films.[8]

Film production and business

In 2014, Moe established a film production company called Moe Film Production, whose first film Yone Pati Thee Lay Myar (The Littile Okras).[9] One of the produced films named Koe Soe Lu Hnite which received overwhelming support from the audience. From 2014 to present, the production have produced over 10 film.[4] On 27 March 2015, she opened the Moe Fabric House, a store selling silk, cotton and traditional fabric.[10]

Book

In 2016, Moe had also produced a travel documentary book titled Kya Ma Chit Thaw (My Beloved), a travel diary of sorts that came together with stunning photos of Moe Hay Ko herself and beautiful, local places she'd visited. The book was printed in Thailand with a first run of 2000 copies.[11]

Filmography

Films

• Over 300 films

Films (Cinema)

Lists of Films

Year	Film	Director	Co-stars
2009	Moe Nya Einmet Myu	Kyi Phyu Shin	Nay Toe, Soe Pyae Thazin, Thinzar Wint Kyaw
2014	Lu Sein (Stranger)	Aung Zaw Lin	Nay Toe, May
	Hna-Lone-Thar Phyint Pyu-Lote Thi (Made in Heart)	Wyne	Pyay Ti Oo, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi
	By Coincidence	Maung Myo Min	Pyay Ti Oo, Laila Khan
2015	A Chein Tine Nay Ya Tine	Wyne	Pyay Ti Oo, Htun Eaindra Bo, Aye Myat Thu, Kyaw Kyaw, Phway Phway, Min Oo, Yin Latt
2017	Taw Kyee Kan (Wild Crow)	Steel (Dwe Myit Tar)	Myint Myat, Htoo Char, Khin Hlaing
2018	A Mone Tway Kauk Htar Lite	Thar Nyi	Nay Toe
2019	Papawaddy Si Yin Khan	Wyne	Tun Tun , A Linn Yaung , Phway Phway

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2009	Myanmar Academy Award	Best Actress	Moe Nya Eain Mat Mhyu	Nominated
2014	Myanmar Academy Award	Best Actress	Hna-Lon-Thar Phyint Pyu-Lote Thi (Made with Heart)	Nominated

References

1. "တစ်ဖက်သတ်စာချုပ်မဟုတ်ကြောင်း မိုးဟေကို ငြင်းဆို". Mizzima (in Burmese). 2 October 2017.
2. "ငွေကျပ် သိန်းတစ်ထောင်တန် လက်ပတ်နာရီ နဲ့ မိုးဟေကို". Global Myanmar (in Burmese). 23 September 2018.
3. Kyaw, Yu Mon (26 June 2018). "တကျော့ပြန်လာပေမယ့် ယခုတိုင် အောင်မြင်မှု ထိန်းထားနိုင်ဆဲ မိုးဟေကို". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese).
4. Khine, Lin Lin (22 June 2019). "A chat with Moe Hay Ko". Eleven Media Group.
5. "တစ်ဖက်သတ်စာချုပ်မဟုတ်ကြောင်း မိုးဟေကို ငြင်းဆို". Mizzima (in Burmese). 2 October 2017.
6. "Asia Model Award ဆုရရှိတဲ့ မိုးဟေကို အောင်ရဲလင်း" – via YouTube.
7. Nyan, Zwe (14 June 2019). "ဖေ့စ်ဘွတ်ခ်သုံးရတာမကြိုက်တဲ့ မိုးဟေကို". 7Day News (in Burmese).
8. "မိုးဟေကိုနဲ့ တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း". The Voice Weekly (in Burmese). 3 June 2019.
9. Nyan, Zwe (28 December 2015). "မိုးဟေကို ထုတ်လုပ်ရေးရဲ့ ပွဲဦးထွက်ရုပ်ရှင်". 7Day News (in Burmese).
10. "Moe Fabric House". Yangon Life. 30 March 2015.
11. Aung, Nandar (12 July 2016). "Actress publishes travel photo album". The Myanmar Times.

External links

• Moe Hay Ko on Facebook
• Moe Hay Ko on Instagram