Chelsea Islan
Chelsea Islan was born in Queens, New York City, to an American mother and an Indonesian father, Islan moved to Jakarta to start elementary school and stayed until she finished high school at the Mentari International School. As an elementary student, she appeared in a stage play of "Once on This Island". She made her feature film debut in the 2013 drama film "Refrain" alongside Afgansyah Reza and Maudy Ayunda before achieving mainstream success with the action film "Street Society" and the biographical film "Merry Riana: Mimpi Sejuta Dolar" as well as the sitcom "Tetangga Masa Gitu" in 2014. Before this, in 2005, she had starring Wall's ice cream commercial. She appeared opposite Boy William in the historical drama "Di Balik 98" in 2015 and another biographical drama "Rudy Habibie" in 2016. Both roles garnered Islan consecutive nominations at the 2015 and 2016 Citra Awards in the Best Actress category, which she lost to Tara Basro ("A Copy of My Mind") and Cut Mini ("Athirah") respectively. For her role in the 2016 biopic film "3 Srikandi", Islan won the 2016 Maya Award for Best Supporting Actress, the 2017 Indonesian Movie Award for Favorite Supporting Actress, as well as a Best Actress Award at the 2016 Bandung Film Festival. Also in 2016, she appeared as a doctor in the Mo Brothers' action film "Headshot."
She was cast in the lead role of Alfie for Timo Tjahjanto's solo directorial debut "May the Devil Take You", which was released in 2018 to critical and commercial success. She reprised the role in the 2020 sequel "May the Devil Take You Too" and is set to appear in the third insallment "May the Devil Take You: Dajjal". Islan has appeared in multiple commercials for brands such as L'Oreal, Garnier, Tokopedia, Pizza Hut, Oppo, Magnum, Rexona, and Matahari Department Store. Islan established 'Youth of Indonesia', a youth community dedicated to be a platform to contribute to Indonesia and protect the values of pluralism, on the 88th anniversary of the 1928 Youth Pledge on 28 October 2016. She also serves as president of the community She was named an Innovative Young Leader at the 2017 Southeast Asian Leaders Summit in Jakarta.
Career
She has received two consecutive Citra Award nominations in the Best Actress category for "Di Balik 98" (2015) and "Rudy Habibie" (2016). She won four consecutive Indonesian Choice Awards for Actress of the Year from 2015 until 2018, the last year the award show was held.