Eindra Kyaw Zin was born to a well-to-do family in Yangon, the youngest child of Mya Thida and Kyaw Zin. She is a granddaughter of Bo Zeya, one of the Thirty Comrades that founded the modern Burmese Army, a niece of Dagon Taya, a writer, and a first cousin of singer Hayma Ne Win and singer and film star Yaza Ne Win.
Kyaw Zin graduated from Yangon"s Dagon 1 High School.
Kyaw Zin, an amateur painter, is one of the stars of the Burmese entertainment industry. She is best known for winning the 2004 Myanmar Academy Award as best actress in the film Flirtatious Sky (မျက်နှာများတဲ့ မိုးကောင်းကင်). She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry.
In an interview with The Myanmar Times, Kyaw Zin admitted that film was not her initial choice of a career.
Rather she envisioned herself as an independent artist or a doctor but had to reevaluate her options after getting sub-par grades in school. Her first foray into the entertainment industry came by way of a local beauty contest.
Foreign the next two years she appeared in magazines and modeling shows. In 2000, she scored her big break as an actress in the film Pyaw Lai Kya Ya Aung (Let’s Have Great Fun) as the lead actress.
In 2003, she spoke to Chiangmai-based The Irrawaddy magazine that "I have limited opportunities to act in current popular movies.
She continues to act in films and model for commercials. Although she is over 30, she is still a top model and actress in an industry full of young starlets. Eindra Kyaw Zin is socially involved with the community and various Burmese charities and is considered by her peers to be a good role model for young women in the country.
In December 2003, the Burmese actress was accused by The Irrawaddy for displaying " conspicuous patriotism". When the Thai film Bang Rajan—which featured scenes of one of Burma’s 18th century invasions of the Thai kingdom—was screened at a Pan-Asian film festival in France in early 2001, Kyaw Zin stormed out of the theater before the film’s education Its director, Thanit Jitnukul, who took home the festival’s Best Director award, recounted meeting Kyaw Zin that day.
"She was very friendly at first," Thanit said. "Then she asked me about my movie. I told her its name, and she refused to talk to me again.".
"She was very friendly at first," Thanit said.
