Lola Amaria (born 30 July 1977) is an Indonesian actress, director, model, and film producer. She rose to prominence for participating in 1997 Wajah Femina, a modelling competition held by women's magazine '' Femina''. As a writer-director, Amaria made her feature film directorial debut with the drama film ''Betina'' (2006). She also directed and starred in ''

Sunday Morning in Victoria Park ''Sunday Morning in Victoria Park'' () is a 2010 Indonesian film directed by Lola Amaria. It was filmed in Hong Kong and Indonesia. The film was stars Lola Amaria, Titi Sjuman, Donny Alamsyah, and Donny Damara, and was released on 10 June 2010. ...

'' (2010), which earned her a nomination for the

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. She won the

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for Best Documentary Feature for directing '' The Exiles'' at the 2022 Indonesian Film Festival.

Career

In 1997, she participated in a modelling competition held by women's magazine '' Femina'', Wajah Femina. She won the award for Best National Costume during the competition. Then, she starred in Nan Achnas' soap opera ''Penari'' as Sila, an

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. In 2000, she made her film acting debut in ''Tabir'', then starred in the leading role of

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's '' Ca-bau-kan'' in 2001. In 2003, she made her producing debut in Aria Kusumadewa's ''Novel Tanpa Huruf 'R, which she also starred in. In 2006, she made her directorial debut with drama film ''Betina'', which won the NETPAC Award at the inaugural edition of

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. In 2010, she directed and starred in drama film ''

'' about Indonesian migrant workers in

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. The film received seven nominations at the 2010

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, including

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for Amaria. In 2012, she directed the segment "Lumba-Lumba" in

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''Jakarta Deep Down''. She served as a producer and starred in 2013 drama film ''Kisah 3 Titik'', which tells the story of three labours named Titik. In 2014, she directed, wrote, and produced ''Negeri Tanpa Telinga'', which earned her the

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nomination at the

2014 Indonesian Film Festival The 34th Indonesian Film Festival ceremony took place on 6 December 2014 at the Palembang Sport and Convention Center, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, to honor the achievement in Indonesian cinema of 2014. It was broadcast on Kompas TV and B ...

. She directed drama films ''Jingga'' and ''Labuan Hati'' in 2016 and 2017, respectively. In 2018, Amaria co-directed ''Lima'' about Pancasila along with Shalahuddin Siregar, Tika Pramesti, Harvan Agustriansyah, and

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. In 2019, she directed a

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film about

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, ''6,9 Detik''. In 2022, she directed her debut documentary film '' The Exiles'', which follows the stories of Indonesian students who are stranded and unable to return to Indonesia after the events of the

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in 1965. It had its world premiere at the

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and won the Indonesian Screen Award for Best Film. It won the

for Best Documentary Feature at the 2023 Indonesian Film Festival. In 2025, she made her acting return after eleven years in

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's '' Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra''. It had its world premiere at the

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, competing for Big Screen Competition.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amaria, Lola 1977 births Living people 21st-century Indonesian actresses Indonesian actresses Indonesian film directors Indonesian women film directors Indonesian female models Indonesian film producers Citra Award winners People from Jakarta