[3][2] Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), on 22 April 1981 to Kyaw Thein, a ranking civil servant at the Ministry of Cooperatives, and his wife, Tin Tin Kyi, a lecturer at the Yangon University of Economics.
[6] Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, she participated in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media.
Denouncing the military coup, she took part in protests, starting in February.
On 13 April 2021, warrants for her arrest were issued under Section 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code by the State Administration Council for speaking out against the military coup.
Along with several other celebrities, she was charged with calling for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.