Cinta Laura

Cinta Laura Kiehl, better known as Cinta Laura (; born 17 August 1993), is an Indonesian-German actress, electropop singer and model in Indonesia. She was recently appointed ambassador of anti-violence against women and children by the Indonesian Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection.
Early life and background.
Laura grew up in several countries such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany and Indonesia. Upon her move to Indonesia at 12 years old, Laura became an Indonesia national swimmer, winning 10 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 7 bronze medals from various swimming competition.
Laura graduated at Columbia University, New York City. She was a teaching assistant (TA) for Professor Herbert S. Terrace in Columbia's psychology department. While at Columbia, she joined the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. Laura graduated cum laude from the university in May 2014. Additionally, after graduating she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career in Hollywood, signing her contract under Netflix and Grindstone Entertainment Group.
Acting and singing career.
2007: Debut.
Laura started her career in February 2007, debuted under MD Entertainment. Her first soap opera, "" aired on SCTV and TV2 (Malaysia) with 310 episodes, where she gain popularity and won "”2007 Indonesia's Best Actress”" on 2007 SCTV Awards.
2007−2012: "Oh Baby", "Cinta Laura" album, and "Hollywood Dreams".
In 2007, Laura playing her first movie "", where she also taking part on the film soundtrack, "Oh Baby" reigned in the no. 1 position of various charts in Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam. Soon after that, she released her first self-titled studio album, "Cinta Laura (2010)". The album was released in February 2010 and sold over a million copies. In the summer of 2010, Cinta received the Wannabe Artist Award of 2010 Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards.
She also filming her TV soap series, "Upik Abu dan Laura (2008)" and "Air Mata Cinta (2009)", which was a tremendous success in Indonesia and Malaysia aired in RCTI and TV3 (Malaysia). Following her success, she released several songs "You Say Aq", "Guardian Angel", "Cinta Atau Uang", "Tulalit", "Boomerang" and "Playlist" for her second album "Hollywood Dreams (2012)".
2013−present: International acting career and English album.
In 2013, she decided to move to Los Angeles. In addition, Laura was offered to act in a Hollywood-produced movie "After the Dark" (2013), starring Bonnie Wright and James D’Arcy. Laura work together with Grindstone Entertainment Group, continuing her acting at "The Ninth Passenger" (2018) by Hollywood producer Corey Large. She has also appeared on several Netflix Lifetime films, such as "Crazy For The Boys (2018)", "TAR (2018)", "Goodnight (2018)" and "The Nanny Is Watching (2018)". Laura won a "Best Film Actress" at the "2019 Latino Film awards", for the movie "Goodnight" (2018).
In 2019, Laura came back with her new English single "Caliente" and "Vida" after 7 years hiatus. She also starred in several Indonesian films such as "Target (2018)", "MatiAnak (2019)" and "Jeritan Malam" (2019).