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Lukita Maxwell was born on 27 October 2001 in Indonesia. She is an actress, known for Afraid (2024), Shrinking (2023) and Generation (2021).

Valerie Mahaffey is an American character actress and producer. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979-81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.In 1992, Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the CBS drama series Northern Exposure. She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids and Big Sky. Mahaffey also appeared in a number of movies, including Senior Trip (1995), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Jack and Jill (2011), Sully (2016), and most notably French Exit (2020), for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Iko Uwais was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Maisyaroh and Mustapha Kamaluddin. His grandfather, H. Achmad Bunawar, was a master of silat, an Indonesian traditional martial art, and founded a silat school. Iko himself has been learning silat since he was 10 years old. He became National Champion in 2005 in Silat Demonstration category. Iko's talent as a martial arts actor was discovered by Welsh film Director, Gareth Evans, who visited Iko's Silat school for a documentary in 2007. Evans then asked Iko to quit his daytime job as a driver in a telecommunications company and join Evans' movie production company as the leading actor in his movies.

Johannes Taslim or Joe Taslim (born 23 June 1981) is an Indonesian actor and former Judo athlete of Chinese descent. He became well known in the 2012 action film The Raid: Redemption.

Taslim was born in South Sumatera, Indonesia. He was exposed to martial arts at an early age. His martial arts training includes Wushu, Judo, Taekwondo. However, he found his passion in Judo and this led to his career as a professional Judo athlete. He won several gold medals from 1997 -2009 in Asian and National championships.

Lovely, slender, and sensual raven-haired knockout Laurette Marcia Gemser was born on October 5, 1950 in Java, Indonesia. In 1955 Gemser left Indonesia at age four and moved with her parents to the Netherlands. Laura grew up in the Dutch city of Utrecht and attended Mulo Regentesseschool high school. She studied fashion design at the Artibus Art School in Utrecht. Gemser first gained public recognition with her nude modeling in various men's magazines in Belgium and the Netherlands. The exotic dark-haired beauty moved to Italy in the mid-1970's and made her film debut as Janine in the obscure Amore libero - Free Love (1974). However, it was Laura's small, but memorable role as a masseuse in Emmanuelle II (1975) that really launched her career in racy soft-core exploitation fare. Gemser achieved her greatest enduring international cult popularity with her incredibly erotic and uninhibited portrayals of the titular hedonistic and sexually adventurous globe-trotting photojournalist in the steamy "Black Emanuelle" series that were often directed by the notorious Joe D'Amato and frequently co-starred Gemser's real-life actor husband Gabriele Tinti. Other notable parts include charismatic cult leader the Divine One in Divine Emanuelle (1981), evil sorceress Indun in Ator: The Fighting Eagle (1982), and compassionate mutant telepath Lilith in Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (1983). Outside of acting, Laura also worked on a handful of movies as a costume designer. Gemser quit the motion picture business in the early 1990's and still lives in Italy.

Born in Bandung, Indonesia, Tania Gunadi moved to LA when she won a green card lottery. She began her career as an actress when a friend invited her to go along on an audition for a Disneyland commercial, where to her delight, she booked the role and was hooked on acting. Not long after that, she landed television and film roles for both live action and animation shows including Transformers Prime, Aaron Stone, The Magic of Ordinary Days, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Bizaardvark, Enlisted, Penn Zero, Trese, Pixel Perfect, DC Super Hero Girls, and Avatar Generations. In 2024-2025 you can see her on Curb Your Enthusiasm and on Disney's STUGO.

Alongside her love for acting and storytelling, Tania has recently been exploring her desire to write. Having spent the last couple of years learning from professional writers, she finished her first screenplay entitled Teddy, a story about a man and his dog. That said, she is thrilled at being the winner of the 2024 Cassian Elwes Screenwriting Fellowship at the Sundance Film Festival.

2025 update: Tania and Cassian are currently producing the screenplay, Teddy.

Yayan Ruhian was born in Tasikmalaya (West Java) on October 19, 1968. He found his passion in Pencak Silat and other martial arts, becoming a professional martial arts instructor. Ruhian is also known as an instructor of an inner breathing technique designed to condition of the body to withstand any impact. In 1988, he began teaching at Perguruan Silat Tenaga Dasar Indonesia (Inner Breathing Technique Silat School in Indonesia). During his term as an instructor he traveled regularly to teach in different cities and abroad.

Ruhian was a member of a demonstration team who performed at Festival des Arts Martiaux de Paris Bercy in Paris, France, while also participating at Institude Judo Paris in France to showcase Silek Minang (West Sumatra - Minang-style Silat.)

In 2008, Ruhian was hired as one of the choreographers for Merantau as a specialist in both Silat Harimau and Silat Minang. While casting the role of Eric, Gareth was unable to find an actor who would handle both the acting and fighting required for the role. Ruhian auditioned and won the co-starring role.

Joko Anwar was born on 3 January 1976 in Medan, Indonesia. He is a writer and director, known for Satan's Slaves (2017), The Forbidden Door (2009) and Gundala (2019).

Julie Estelle was born to a French father and Indonesian mother. She has two older sisters, her older sister Cathy Sharon is also an actress. Julie Estelle speaks fluent Indonesian (native language), French and English. She gained more international fame after starring in Gareth Evans' movie The Raid 2: Berandal, through which she attended to international film festivals such as Sundance Film Festival along with her co-star Iko Uwais. During the filming of The Raid 2, Julie was new to martial arts but was trained extensively to portray her character Hammer Girl. Julie Estelle has already collaborated with actor Iko Uwais 3 times, in The Raid 2 (2014), Headshot (2016) and The Night Comes for Us (2018). Headshot (2016) also starred another talented Indonesian actress, Chelsea Islan.

Actor/Model/Stuntman Yoshua "Yoshi" Sudarso was born in Indonesia and moved to Los Angeles at the age of nine. He and his brother, Actor/Model Peter Adrian Sudarso, developed a fanbase through social media by creating YouTube videos, doing fashion blogging, and cosplay. He has done commercial work for Samsung and Sony and stunt work for multiple films including The Maze Runner. Having discovered his passion for martial arts watching Power Rangers and Jackie Chan movies, his starring role in Power Rangers Dino Charge (2015) as the Blue Ranger "Koda" is a perfect addition to his acting resume.

Rebecca Klopper was born on 21 November 2001 in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. She is an actress, known for Virgo and the Sparklings (2023), LDR: Love Distance Relationshi* (2023) and Love like the Falling Rain (2020).

Strikingly gorgeous brunette stunner Jodi Ann Paterson was born on July 31, 1975 in Balikpapan, Indonesia. Her mother is Indonesian and her father is an American of mixed Swiss and English descent. Jodi's family moved to Oregon when she was two years old. She grew up in Springfield, Oregon. Paterson attended Thurston High School, where she was an honor roll student, a member of student council, and even was homecoming princess. Jodi won the title Miss Teen Oregon in 1994 and competed in the Miss Teen USA beauty pageant. Paterson attended Oregon State University, where she was not only a member of the Beta Epsilon chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, but also a DARE speaker and a teen mentor. Moreover, Jodi was also involved in the college newspaper, the campus TV station, and the university debate team. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Communications degree in 1997. Paterson was the Playmate of the Month in the October, 1999 issue of "Playboy". Jodi was named Playmate of the Year in 2000; she was paid $100,000 dollars and was given a red Chevrolet Corvette. Paterson went on to appear in a bunch of "Playboy" videos and posed for various "Playboy" newsstand special editions. She's featured in the music video for the song "Playmate of the Year" by Zebrahead. Jodi has small acting roles in the movies Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) and Toxic (2008). Paterson married auto racer Michael Andretti on October 7, 2006 in Napa, California.

Agnes Mayasari is an Asian American actress, model, beauty pageant winner, and stunt performer. Her last name, Mayasari, means "the most beautiful flower". She is trained in Meisner, Chubbuck, and improv techniques in Los Angeles and Atlanta. She has gotten booked for action films and tv shows, but has recently been doing more dramatic roles. Her hometown is Atlanta, GA, but she auditions and travels for work all around the U.S.

Her background is Vietnamese and Chinese, and grew up speaking fluent Vietnamese and English. She also grew up learning basic Chinese and French. She was born in a refugee camp in Indonesia, to parents who escaped Vietnam after the Vietnam War. She has played Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Hmong characters, some having to speak the language on camera. She is extremely hardworking. She has won many competitions; she has been featured on Maxim winning one of the top Maxim's Finest for the South East, she won Miss Photogenic in the Vietnamese Beauty pageant, and she won first place in a photo competition for Refinery29.

Most recently, she has just finished working on a few films out of state: Karate Princess (2024), in which she play a successful businesswoman that returns home to take over her father's Dojo, which she plays lead in and acted with Dean Cain; Conceivable, in which she plays a young Korean mom getting over an abusive relationship, the best friend of the lead character played by Jana Lee Hamblin; Time Boys 2, in which she plays one of the leads, three girls that ends up time traveling back to 1914. She also played the lead in Oxygen's Snapped: Killer Couples (2013) Jennifer Pan & Daniel Wong (2015), as killer Jennifer Pan. She recently worked on a short film, titled Mermaid, written and produced by Ginger Gonzaga. A fun character she got to play recently was Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girl's short pilot Townsville (2022), in which she got to travel to a few conventions to speak for the project, like DragonCon and BlerDCon. She also has a small role on DMZ (2022) on HBO Max and A Family Affair (2024) with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.

She also does her own stunts on Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Townsville (2022), Time Boys 2, Karate Princess (2024), The DUFF (2015), and many more. She has talents in martial arts, weapons, drawing, computers, programs, art, and some musical background (singing and piano) that makes her a fast learner and diverse artist.

A prominent German film actress born on 30 September 1887 at Madiven, Java, the daughter of a forest ranger in the service of the Dutch authorities. Sent at the age of ten to Baden-Baden to study, she later entered the cinema thanks to her marriage in 1917 to the actor Fritz Dagover who was 25 years her senior. They divorced in 1919 but not before he had introduced her to director Robert Wiene and other notables of German cinema. She made her screen debut in Fritz Lang's Harakiri (1919). Immediately after she appeared in Wiene's classic expressionist film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (aka The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)). Apart from three trips -- one to Sweden in 1927, another to France in 1928-9 and one to Hollywood in 1931 -- most of Lil Dagover's career and fate was linked to that of the German cinema, where her role was usually that of the frail, menaced heroine. She continued to star in a great number of films during the Nazi era. Among her best performances were her roles in Congress Dances (1931), in Gerhard Lamprecht's The Higher Command (1935) and in Veit Harlan's The Kreutzer Sonata (1937). She also acted in the Deutsches Theatre Berlin, the Salzburg Festival, at forces shows and at war theaters. At one time, she was reported to have been a close friend of Adolf Hitler. In 1944, she received the War Merits Cross. Dagover continued her career in post-war Germany, playing many supporting parts until the late 1970s.

Aghniny Haque was born on 8 March 1997 in Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia. She is an actress, known for Harlot's Prayer (2023), Cyanide (2021) and Satria Dewa: Gatotkaca (2022).

Vino G. Bastian was born on 24 March 1982 in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is an actor and producer, known for Radit & Jani (2008), Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2022) and Gampang Cuan (2023).

Maria Theodore was born on 13 December 2002 in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is an actress, known for Dating Queen (2022), My Ice Girl (2022) and Zona Merah (2024).

Marsha Timothy was born on 8 January 1979 in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is an actress and director, known for Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017), Monster (2023) and The Raid 2 (2014).

Erika Remberg was born on 15 February 1932 in Medan, Oostkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Saturday Night Out (1964), Sehnsucht hat mich verführt (1958) and So viel nackte Zärtlichkeit (1968). She was married to Sidney Hayers, Gustavo Rojo and Walther Reyer. She died on 10 November 2017 in Benidorm, Alicante, Valencia, Spain.

Dian Paramita Sastrowardoyo, born in Jakarta on March 16 1982, is an actor, producer and entrepreneur.

Dian's first movie was Bintang Jatuh (Shooting Star, director Rudy Soedjarwo, 2000) and for her role as a teenage refugee in other movie entitled Pasir Berbisik (Whispering Sands, director Nan Achnas, 2001) won her many prestigious awards including the 2002 Deauville Asian Film Festival in France for Best Actress as well as the 2002 Singapore International Film Festival.

Her iconic role as Cinta (also the Indonesian word for 'love'), a popular teenage girl who falls in love with a cool and introverted boy in the film Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? (What's Up with Love? Rudy Soedjarwo, 2002), gained her even wider recognition from critics and audiences alike. For her role in this movie, Dian won best actress in Indonesian Film Festival 2004

For her role as a timid-ticket-girl-turned-supermodel in Ungu Violet (Purple Violet, director Rako Prijanto, 2005), Dian won a special jury award for the Most Promising Actress at the 50th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2005 in Kuala Lumpur.

In 2008, Dian was involved in the production of short film Drupadi (director Riri Riza), an interpretation of the Indian epic, Mahabharata. The film has a unique format, a mixture of acting, dance, music and teater. Aside from portraying the title role, the project also highlighted Dian's first role as a producer

Marking her return to acting after a six-year hiatus, Dian starred in the romantic comedy 7/24 ("24/7", director Fajar Nugros, 2014), and reprised her role as Cinta in the highly-anticipated sequel movie, Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2? ("What's up with Cinta2?", director Riri Riza, 2016), which was also the best-selling film of that year.

Her other film, Kartini ('Kartini', director Hanung Bramantyo, 2017) a biopic of an Indonesian heroine who pioneered the education rights for girls and women in the 1900. In the film, Dian portrays the title role, who pioneered the education for girls and women's rights in the 1900s.

Dian's other projects are the two movies with a very different role : an assassin in an action genre movie The Night Comes For Us (director Timo Tjahjanto, 2018), and a foodie lover in an entertaining movie entitled Aruna dan Lidahnya (Aruna and her Palate, director Edwin,2018).

Dian's latest projects is a movie entitled"Guru-Guru Gokil" ( 'Crazy Teachers', director Samaria Simanjuntak, to be released April 2020), where Dian also acts as a producer.

Dian was chosen as one of the jury for International Category, The 4th International Film Festival And Awards - Macau (5-10 December 2019)

In 2009, Dian founded Yayasan Dian Sastrowardoyo (Dian Sastrowardoyo Foundation), which focuses on education, women empowerment and supporting Indonesian culture and heritage.

Dian has a degree in philosophy and also master degree for Finance management

She is married to entrepreneur Maulana Indraguna Sutowo in 2010 and has two children, Shailendra Naryama Sastraguna Sutowo (son), and Ishana Ariandra Nariratana Sutowo(daughter)

Christine Hakim was born on 25 December 1957 in Kuala Tungkal, Jambi, Indonesia. She is an actress and producer, known for Impetigore (2019), Eat Pray Love (2010) and Golden Cane Warrior (2014). She has been married to Jeroen Lezer since 7 January 2000. They have one child.

Amanda Rawles was born on 25 August 2000 in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is an actress, known for Skripsick: Derita Mahasiswa Abadi (2021), Dear Nathan: Hello Salma (2018) and A World Without (2021).

Peter Adrian Sudarso was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. Peter Adrian is an actor and writer, known for Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017), Chunk & Bean (2016) and Fam (2019).

Born in Indonesia to Cantonese parents, Lo migrated to Hong Kong in his teens, where he attended acting school and in 1962 joined the Shaw Bros. film company. By 1969 he had become the first kungfu superstar, preceding the legendary Bruce Lee. He acted in more than 100 films, usually cast as villains, then turned to directing in the 1980s. For over a decade ending in 1999, Lo was involved in television work in Hong Kong, until failing health forced him into semi-retirement.

Hanung Bramantyo was born on 1 October 1975 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is a director and writer, known for Bittersweet Seventeen (2022), Cinta Tapi Beda (2012) and The Gift (2018).