DIAN SASTROWARDOYO: THE TALENTED ACTRESS FROM INDONESIA

Diandra Paramita Sastrowardoyo, who is more popularly known as Dian Sastro or Dian Sastrowardoyo, was born on March 16, 1982 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dian Sastrowardoyo is an Indonesian model and actress. She is the daughter and only child of the late Ariawan Sastrowardoyo (1955-1995) and Dewi Parwati Sastrowardoyo (née Setyorini). Her paternal grandparents are the late Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, a retired physician and surgeon (and the author of the memoir Kembali ke Uteran (Return to Uteran), and the late Ina Sastrowardoyo. She is a niece of Dr. Aswin W. Sastrowardoyo (b. 1957), currently a physician and formerly guitarist and singer with Chaseiro,a music group of the 1970s and 80s; and Lisa Damayanti Sastrowardoyo (b. 1962). She is also the grandniece of, among others, Sunario (1902-1997), Indonesia's minister of foreign affairs from 1953 to 1956; Dra. Sukanti Suryochondro, a former instructor in women's studies at the University of Indonesia; and Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1924-1995), a noted poet and literary critic. A screenplay based on Kembali ke Uteran is in the works, with plans for Sastrowardoyo to play her own great-grandmother in the film adaptation.

The name of Sastrowardoyo's family name is derived from sastra (Sanskrit, writings) and wardaya (Sanskrit, heart), so literally means "writings of the heart". Her paternal great-grandfather, Sutejo Sastrowardoyo (1876-1967), traced the family's ancestry back to 15th century Java.

The career of Dian Sastrowardoyo was begun in 1996, when she was the cover girl of Gadis, a teen magazine in Indonesia. She later became popular as Daya, the protagonist in Pasir Berbisik (Whispering Sand) in 2001. But in 2000, she also starred a film Bintang Jatuh. Dian finally kick-started her career on the big screen with a starring role in the boxoffice hit (In Indonesia and Malaysia), Ada Apa Dengan Cinta (AADC) (What's Up With Love?) in 2002. Since then she has established herself as one of Indonesia's most bankable actresses, starring in films such as, Banyu Biru (2005), Ungu Violet (2005) and Belahan Jiwa (2006), and also the foreign movies like the Malaysian produced, Puteri Gunung Ledang (2005). Her recent (as of March 2007) television appearances include playing Raya in Dunia Tanpa Koma and a brief stint as the host of the game show Kuis Super Milyarder Tiga Milyar.

Dian Sastrowardoyo latest film is titled Fana: The Forbidden Love, Dalton Alka Cinema production, a film company from Turkey. Fana scheduled to appear early December 24, 2010, the day commemorating the Tsunami disaster in Aceh in 2004, because of love-themed film banned in the mainland of Aceh, before and after the 2004 tsunami disaster. In the film, Dian Sastrowardoyo tested her acting skill was so extreme that she had to play characters Gayo, a Muslim transeksualis and blind, who must love her own brother, Azzam, who was played by handsome actor, Dude Harlino. In addition to the Dude Harlino, Dian also be paired again with the senior actress Christine Hakim and senior actor Deddy Mizwar.

Other Dian latest film is Cintaku Di Kabut Toba or Love In Fog Toba (2010), directed by the famous director Chaerul Umam. In this film, Dian will be paired again for the fourth time with the actor Nicholas Saputra, after they scored a huge success by "Ada Apa Dengan Cinta?", (2002) "3 Doa 3 Cinta" (2008), and "Drupadi" (2008). "Cintaku Di Kabut Toba" will tell about Seruni, a famous actress, who ran away from the noisy world of entertainment noise, to a remote village in Toba, North Sumatra. Her meeting with Samosir, who was played by Nicholas Saputra, changing drastically Seruni life. They then fell in love. However Seruni suddenly disappeared, and returned to Jakarta without saying good-bye to Samosir. Apparently Seruni had Alzheimer's disease. They later reunited ten years later in very different conditions.

Here are many Awards which Dian Sastro have been reached:

• Deauville Asian Film Festival 2002 "Best Actress" - Pasir Berbisik
• SCTV Award 2002 "Most Favorite Actress Nominated"
• Singapore International Film Festival 2002 "Best Actress" - Pasir Berbisik
• Hawai International Film Festival 2003 "Best Actress" - Ada Apa Dengan Cinta
• Malaysian Film Festival 2003 "Most Favorite Indonesian Actress" - Ada Apa Dengan Cinta
• Festival Film Bandung 2003 "Best Actress" - Ada Apa Dengan Cinta
• Festival Film Indonesia 2004 "Best Actress" - Ada Apa Dengan Cinta
• Asia Pasific Film Festival 2005 "Most Promising Actress" - Banyu Biru
• MTV Asia Movie Award in Singapore 2005 "Most Favorite Actress" - Ungu Violet
• MTV Indonesia Movie Award 2005 "Most Favorite Actress" - Ungu Violet
• Pusan International Film Festival 2009 "Silver Award for Leading Female Performance" - 3 Doa 3 Cinta
• Bali International Film Festival 2009 "Best Supporting Actress" - 3 Doa 3 Cinta
• ELLE Film Magazine USA Award 2009 "Actress of The Year" - 3 Doa 3 Cinta
• USA Magazine Indonesia Award 2010 "Most Favorite Actress" - Drupadi

Beside as an actress, Dian Sastrowardoyo also known as Video Clip Model from many singer albums, the endorser of Lux, along with Tamara Blenszisky, and the brand ambassador Samsung Corby with Nicholas Saputra in 2009.

After her love life with Abi Yapto was ended on 2006, she was engaged by Indraguna Sutowo on February 14, 2010, and the Akad Nikah or wedding will be accomplished on May 18, 2010, in Dharmawangsa Hotel, Jakarta, While the wedding reception will be established in Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) Senayan on May 22, 2010.