Pan Yaung Chel

Pan Yaung Chel (ပန်းရောင်ခြယ်; born 14 January 1996) is an Anglo-Burmese singer-songwriter and actress best known for her pop songs, films and commercials (television and photo).

She rose to fame with her debut album "Wake Up Daddy!"

which is a duet album with her father Graham, a legendary Burmese pop singer.

She was born and raised in Myanmar and later at the age of 10, moved to Australia with her family for her studies.

Pan Yaung Chel was born to Graham and Thin Zar Oo in Yangon, Myanmar on 14 January 1996.

She became the elder daughter of her family when her little sister Pan Thun Chel was born on the same day as her birthday in 2001.

She grew up in Myanmar and studied in international schools in Yangon.

She released her first ever song, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", in Yin Mar Record Label's Children's Songs album at the age of 9.

Later at the age of around 11, Pan Yaung Chel and her family moved to Perth, Australia for her and her little sister's education.

In 2012, when Pan Yaung Chel was still in high school, her father, mother and her little sister returned to Myanmar while she stayed behind in Australia to continue her education.

She went to continue her secondary studies at St Brigid's College, an independent Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for girls, where she graduated as the class of 2013.

In March 2013, Graham held his solo concert in Yangon, she sang Adele's Someone Like You at her father's concert, where she was praised for her singing abilities.

After high school she went onto study architecture at The University of Western Australia.

But before she began studying at the university, Pan Yaung Chel took a gap year in 2014 where she worked on her debut album "Wake Up Daddy!"

together with her father, Graham.

The most popular track of the album was "Wake Up Daddy!"

which was loved by many, from children to teenagers, to the adults.

It was known for being the song that children fans of both Graham and Pan Yaung Chel sing to their fathers in the mornings when they wake them up.

The song was based on the real life experience Pan Yaung Chel and her family had in Australia, while they were living there.

The DVD of the album came out nearly two years later, on 21 December 2016, with 14 music videos inside.

She worked with Dutch Mill for a year from the end of 2016 until the end of 2017.

She has been working as Sunsilk's first ever Burmese Brand Ambassador since 2017 and recently announced that she has renewed her contract with Sunsilk in 2020 for another 2 years of Brand Ambassadorship.

Pan Yaung Chel has been stating in her current interviews that she is going to release her first solo album mid 2018 at the latest.

She released her first single for 2018 – "Butterflies", written together with her father, on 9 February through her Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Her second single for 2018 came out on 16 March, titled "You Set Me Free" and was written by herself.

Five days later, she also released a dance practice video of the song on her Facebook page and YouTube channel.

On 17 November 2018, Pan Yaung Chel released a music video for her first single "Let It Go" which is one of the tracks in her upcoming solo album.

The music video became widely popular since the day she released it on her official Facebook page and YouTube channel, and was praised for the quality and input of the cast and production team involved in this music video.

The music video was an action-based music video where Pan Yaung Chel got to show her acting skills and a tough side of her for the first time to the public by playing the character of a police woman who was in love with a drug dealer, who was played by Daung.

Many of her fans were excited to see the full music video ever since she dropped the teaser 5 days before she released the full version, and suggested her to start considering acting in films.

Pan Yaung Chel's acting career began with her first ever film work named "Lake Pyar" - a Canal+ original series, which began airing nationwide on 17 October 2019, in which she played the character of Lake Pyar.

"Lake Pyar" is a crime detective series written and directed by Nyan Htin about a female junior detective by the name of Lake Pyar (which means butterfly) and her co-workers, solving criminal cases in the city of Yangon, Myanmar.

Season 1 of "Lake Pyar" consists of eight episodes and each episode has a different criminal case.

"Lake Pyar" became popular and well-loved for its story, casts, the quality of production, and for it being one of the few films/series in Myanmar that has a female hero character, or in other words, is led by a female actress.

CANAL+ took a huge risk casting a singer as the lead for its series.

But with her first-ever role, Pan Yaung Chel was awarded the National Winner of Myanmar for Best Actress In A Leading Role for the Asian Academy Creative Awards - one of Asia-Pacific's most prestigious awards.

In recent interviews, Pan Yaung Chel said she will also start working on other films in 2020 which will go on the big screens later in the coming years.

Season 2 of "Lake Pyar" began airing on CANAL+ on 28 January 2021.

Pan Yaung Chel is also well known for being the face of many international brands.

The first brand she worked as the Brand Endorser was for Dutch Mill.