Diandra Paramita Sastrowardoyo, better known by her stage nameDian Sastro or Dian Sastrowardoyo, is an Indonesian model and actress. At the age of 14, she won the teen beauty pageant Gadis Sampul. She began her acting career with a leading role in the 2000 film Bintang Jatuh directed by Rudi Sujarwo. She achieved wider recognition for her role as Cinta in the 2002 filmAda Apa Dengan Cinta?, for which she won the Citra Award for Best Actress. She reprised the role in the sequel 14 years later. She won the Best Actress award in the Deauville Asian Film Festival for her role in Pasir Berbisik in 2002. Sastrowardoyo is one of the most successful actresses in Indonesia. She has been the face of L'Oréal Paris Indonesia since 2010.
Early life and education
Sastrowardoyo was born on 16 March 1982 in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Ariawan Sastrowardoyo, an artist, and Dewi Parwati Sastrowardoyo, a university lecturer. Her paternal grandfather, Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, was a physician, surgeon and author. Her uncle, Dr. Aswin W. Sastrowardoyo, is a musician turned physician. She is also the grandniece of both Sunario, 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, a noted poet and literary critic. Her paternal great-grandfather, Sutejo Sastrowardoyo, traced the family's ancestry back to the 15th centuryJavanese. Sastrowardoyo's family name is derived from sastra and wardaya. She attended Junior high school at the SMP Vincentius Otista Jakarta and high school at the SMA Tarakanita 1. Dian furthered her studies at the University of Indonesia where she studied law briefly before moving to the Faculty of Literature, where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in July 2007. She did her post-graduate degree at the School of Economics at the same institution, where she studied Finance Management as her major and earned a Master of Management degree. She graduated cum laude in August 2014.
Career
She began her career in 1996 as the cover girl of Gadis, a popular teen magazine in Indonesia. She starred as Daya in Pasir Berbisik, which was a critical favorite and won her many awards. She rose to greater prominence with her starring role as Cinta in the cult classic romance movie Ada Apa dengan Cinta?, which was a box office hit not only in Indonesia, but also in Malaysia a year later in January 2003. Since then she has established herself as one of Indonesia's most bankable actresses, starring in films such as Banyu Biru, Ungu Violet and Belahan Jiwa. as well as international movies such as the Malaysian production Puteri Gunung Ledang. Other 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. Sastrowardoyo is the goodwill ambassador for the MTV EXIT campaign, a multimedia initiative produced by MTV EXIT Foundation to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking and modern slavery through live events, video content, and youth engagement, even hosting a special programme for the campaign in 2012 titled Enslaved, produced for thirteen different countries across Asia. In 2016, she reprised her role as the titular character in Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? 2, the sequel to Ada Apa dengan Cinta? opposite actor Nicholas Saputra. In 2016, Dian starred as Indonesia's national heroine in the movie Kartini. In 2018, Dian is set to star in Aruna dan Lidahnya, a film based on the Laksmi Pamuntjak book of the same name.
Personal life
Dian Sastrowardoyo married businessman Maulana Indraguna Sutowo, the son of tycoon Adiguna Sutowo, on 18 May 2010. They have two children: Shailendra Naryama Sastraguna Sutowo and Ishana Ariandra Nariratana Sutowo.
