Laura Basuki

Laura Basuki (born 9 January 1988) is an Indonesian model and actress. She won a Citra Award for Best Leading Actress for her role in the 2010 film Tiga Hati, Dua Dunia, Satu Cinta (Three Hearts, Two Worlds, One Love).

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Laura Basuki
Born (1988-01-09) 9 January 1988
West Berlin, West Germany
NationalityIndonesian
Alma materUniversitas Atmajaya
OccupationModel and actress
Years active2005–present
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

Early life

Basuki was born in Berlin on 9 January 1988. She is of mixed Indonesian-Vietnamese ancestry. As a teenager, she intended to be a doctor. However, her mother pressured her into becoming a model.[1][2][3] The 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) tall Basuki, who weighed 49 kilograms (108 lb), enrolled at the OQ Modeling School in 2005.[2]

Career

Her first modelling job was at a bridal pageant showing the works of Bijan Wanaatmadja. This was followed by spots marketing products including Coca-Cola and Vaseline.[1] The weekly entertainment magazine Tabloid Nova, Basuki's compared her look to that of Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa.[3] As the modelling work kept her too busy to study medicine, Basuki began studying economics.[2]

In 2008, Basuki was cast in her first role, Gara-Gara Bola (Because of Football), after the producer Nia Dinata saw Basuki's face in a magazine. She played the role of a bookie's wife after a month of coaching. Gara-Gara Bola garnered her two awards at the 2009 Indonesian Movie Awards.[2][3]

Two years later, Basuki played a Catholic woman in love with a Muslim man in Tiga Hati, Dua Dunia, Satu Cinta (Three Hearts, Two Worlds, One Love), which was a critical success.[1][2] For her work, Basuki received a Citra Award for Best Actress at the 2010 Indonesian Film Festival.[4] Also in 2010, Basuki served as an emcee hosting a quiz show for the MNC Group; the programme, broadcast during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was about football.[2]

Basuki married businessman Leo Sanjaya in 2011.[1] In early 2012, she played a journalist in Agus Kuntz' film Republik Twitter (The Twitter Republic).[5] Basuki's fourth film, Di Timur Matahari (East of the Sun), debuted on 12 June 2012. A children's movie directed by Ari Sihasale, it followed Basuki's character Vina as she moved to Papua with her Papuan husband.[1] For the shooting, she spent over a month in the mountainous inner regions of the island, bathing only weekly.[6]

In 2013 she was in a film entitled Madre. In 2015 she was in the film Love and Faith.[7]

Filmografi

Film
TahunJudulPeran
2008Gara-gara BolaLaura
20103 Hati Dua Dunia, Satu CintaDelia
2012Republik TwitterHanum
2012Di Timur MatahariVina
2013MadreMeilan Tanuwidjaja
2014Haji BackpackerSuchun
2015Love and FaithLim Kwee Ing
2018 Terbang: Menembus ImpianCandra Dewi
2018Doyok Otoy Ali Oncom: Cari JodohAyu
2018 The Returning Natalie
2019 Susy Susanti-Love All Susi Susanti

FTV
TahunJudulPeranKeterangan
2011Antara Aku dan BoboDindi
2011Mendadak NingratPutri
2012Delman Cinta di Kota KembangMelati
2012Cinta Wedang RondeCinta
201323 Hari Cinta MatematikaRania
2016Love is CrazyKamelia

Iklan
  • Lays
  • Hadalabo

Video klip
LaguPenyanyi
Hapus AkuNidji
SeandainyaThe Titans
KauT-Five
Detik TerakhirLyla

References
  1. Dwyer 2012, Twists in Fate.
  2. Kurniasari 2011, Laura Basuki.
  3. Nova 2009, Laura Basuki, Si Pemalu.
  4. Jakarta Post 2010, Actress Laura Basuki.
  5. Tibshraeny 2012, 'Republik Twitter'.
  6. Dewi 2012, Laura Basuki: Belajar Sederhana.
  7. IMDb credits listing

Sources
  • "Actress Laura Basuki wins Citra award". The Jakarta Post. 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  • Dewi, Trifosa (June 2012). "Laura Basuki: Belajar Sederhana" [Laura Basuki: Learning to be Simple]. Femina (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  • Dwyer, Krissy (12 June 2012). "Twists in Fate On the Road to Fame". Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  • Kurniasari, Triwik (13 February 2011). "Laura Basuki: Ready to play the game". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  • "Laura Basuki, Si Pemalu Yang Benci Clubbing" [Laura Basuki, The Shy Girl who Hates Clubbing]. Tabloid Nova (in Indonesian). 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  • Tibshraeny, Jenée (12 February 2012). "'Republik Twitter': The real love". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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