While Sanda was studying at
Basic Education High School No. 2 Sanchaung she starred in a number of films under her stage name. She gained recognition as the young version of
Win Mar in films such as 1953's
Yadanarbon (ရတနာပုံ) and in 1995's
Pho Pyone Cho (ဖိုးပြုံးချို). She became popular and later starred in many other famous films such as
Akyaw Amaw (အကျော်အမော်),
Naung Thitsar (နှောင်းသစ္စာ),
Swetae Metta (စွဲတဲ့ မေတ္တာ),
Metta Shwe Yi (မေတ္တာရွှေရည်) and
Min Htin Shwe Hmone (မင်းထင်ရွှေမှန်). In 1967, she starred in two separate roles in director Tin Maung's film
Nhaitmwa Athel (နှစ်မွှာအသည်း), winning her the
Myanmar Academy Award for Best Actress in 1967. The film also won the best director award and the photography award. In the film, Sanda plays the role of a boy with short hair, which influenced many young girls to cut their hair short. The hairstyle was known as
Sanda hair. In the romance film
Metta, she co-starred with actor
Kyaw Hein, whom she later married. During her marriage she acted in many films such as
Tahkyethkote Nhaithkyet Pyat,
Phusar Lansone and
Aywe Yine. After her troubled marriage, she and Kyaw Hein divorced and she left the film industry. After a long hiatus from the film industry, she co-starred with her brother
Win Hlaing in the film
Shwe Gaung Pyaung (ရွှေဂေါင်းပြောင်). She also co-starred with actor
Tiger Ko Myint in
Rupamala. In her last film she co-starred with
Moht Moht Myint Aung and
Yan Aung in the film
Mae Thida Lo Main Galay (မယ်သီတာလို မိန်းကလေး). She later remarried, to second husband
Zaw Lin and retired from acting. ==Filmography==