| Chue Lay | |
| Birth Name: | San Thaw Tar |
| Birth Date: | 5 October 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Thandwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar |
| Nationality: | Burmese |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2012–present |
| Alma Mater: | University of West Yangon |
Chue Lay (Burmese: ခြူးလေး; born San Thaw Tar; 5 October 1993), formerly known as Nay Inzara is a Burmese television and film actress of ethnic Rakhine descent who gained popularity after starring in the several MRTV-4 series.[1] [2] She has been nominated the Best Supporting Actress at the 2018 Myanmar Academy Awards for her performance in film Sign of Moe Pan Pwint.[3]
Chue Lay was born on 5 October 1993 in Thandwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. She is the eldest child among two siblings, having a younger brother. She attended high school at Basic Education High School No. 4 Insein. She graduated from University of West Yangon with a degree in English.[4]
In 2012, she started her career as a contestant in the new face actor choice contest "Pyaw Shwin Sayar Tha Yoke Saung Kabar" (Happy Acting World). Then she signed for five-year contract with MRTV-4 as their actress. She made her acting debut in the film Kyal Taeyar Tike Pwe (Star War), together with students from acting training class. She then starred in the films In Tin Tin Gwin, alongside Geib Wai Yan, and Twist, alongside Pyay Ti Oo.[5]
In 2014, she starred in her debut series Forever Mandalay, where she played the main role with Aung Min Khant, Han Lin Thant, Aung Yay Chan, and May Me Kyaw Kyaw, aired on MRTV-4 in February 2014. The series gained great success in series history in Myanmar. She then starred in her second television drama Pan Nu Thway Season 2, aired on MRTV-4 in 2014 and which received positive reviews for her portrayal of the character Chue Lay, which led to increased popularity for her. And later, she changed her name Nay Inzara into Chue Lay.[5] [6]
In 2015, she portrayed the female lead in her debut big-screen film Sign of Moe Pan Pwint, alongside Han Lin Thant and May Myint Mo.[7] The film was premiered in Myanmar cinemas on 14 September 2018, which earned her a nomination for the 2018 Myanmar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[3] [8]
Then she had to play in several series; Lu Yee Chun (Sophisticated Person) in 2015, Po Ywae Hla Thaw Ma Net Phyan (Prettier Tomorrow) and Kan Kan Ei A Kyo in 2016, Yatha Mawkun Alinkar, Shwe Phoo Sar Sone Yar Myay (The Land of Real Love) and Happy Beach: Season 2 in 2018, Chit Ya Par Thaw Nway (Lovely Chit Nway) and Nway Lel Nya Ye La Min (The Moon in Mid-summer Night) in 2019.[9] She also played in some films like Kyaw Kyar A Mhwe Sein Wi Nyin and Bar Nyar Bar Nyar in 2019, Thaung Tike Ka Kyar Say Thar (May the Universe Hear It) in 2020. Now she is preparing for her next series Tharaphu (The Crown), a famous novel by Khin Hnin Yu.[10]
| Year | Film | Burmese title | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sign of Moe Pan Pwint | မိုးပန်းပွင့်ရဲ့သင်္ကေတ | ||
| 2019 | Kyaw Kyar A Mhwe Sein Wi Nyan | ကျော်ကြားအမွှေစိန် ဝိညာဉ် | ||
| Bar Nyar Bar Nyar | ဘာညာဘာညာ | |||
| 2020 | Thaung Tike Ka Kyar Say Thar | သောင်းတိုက်ကကြားစေသား | ||
| 2022 | Kyaw Gyi Ka Chit Tat Tal | ကျော်ကြီးကချစ်တတ်တယ် |
| width=10 | Year | English title | Myanmar title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Forever Mandalay | ထာဝရမန္တလေး | MRTV-4 | ||
| Happy Beach Season 2 | MRTV-4 | ||||
| 2015 | Pan Nu Thway Season 2 | ပန်းနုသွေး အတွဲ၂ | MRTV-4 | ||
| 2016 | Lu Yee Chun | လူရည်ချွှန် | MRTV-4 | ||
| Po Ywae Hla Thaw Ma Net Phyan | ပို၍လှသောမနက်ဖြန် | MRTV-4 | |||
| Kan Kan Ei A Kyo | ကံ ကံ၏အကျိူး | MRTV-4 | |||
| 2017 | Magical Village | ပဉ္စလက်ရွာ | MRTV-4 | ||
| 2018 | Yatha Mawkun Alinkar | ရသ ေမာ်ကွန်း အလင်္ကာ | MRTV-4 | ||
| Shwe Phoo Sar Sone Yar Myay | ရွှေဖူးစာဆုံရာမြေ | MRTV-4 | |||
| 2019 | Chit Ya Par Thaw Nway | ချစ်ရပါသောနွေ | MRTV-4 | ||
| Nway Lal Nya Yae La Min | နွေလယ်ညရဲ့လမင်း | MRTV-4 | |||
| 2022 | Tharaphu | သရဖူ | MRTV-4 |