Sophia Latjuba

Sophia Inggriani Latjuba, known professionally as Sophia Latjuba (born 8 August 1970) is a German-born Indonesian actress and singer now based in the United States. Of German-Jewish, Bugis and Javanese descent, she is the mother of actress and singer-songwriter, Eva Celia. Biography Latjuba was born to Azzizurrahman Latjuba, a Bugis-Javanese and Anna Müller, a German Jew, on 8 August 1970. In youth, she moved back to Indonesia with her father; she later reported that she felt closer to him than her mother. She graduated from Senior High School 3 Jakarta. Latjuba made her film debut in 1987 with Bilur-Bilur Penyesalan (Stripes of Regret), while still in high school. She later appeared in numerous films, culminating with Kuldesak, directed by her then-sister-in-law Mira Lesmana which she appeared in for free, in 1998. During her film career, Latjuba was considered a sex symbol; Bruce Edmond, writing for The Jakarta Post, described her as being "many an Indonesian man's fantasy woman" at the time. She also released several albums, including Hanya Untukmu (Only For You), which won the 1994 BASF Award for Best Album Arrangement. When preparing his 2002 cover album Dekade (Decade), Chrisye approached Latjuba to perform two duets, "Kangen" ("Longing") and "Anggrek Bulan" ("Moon Orchid"), with him on the album; Latjuba accepted. She later performed in the Dekade Concert with him.