Cinta Laura
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Cinta Laura Kiehl is a German-Indonesian actress, electropop singer and model in Indonesia
Indonesia
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. Beginning her career in 2007, she has starred in several TV series, movies and endorsed several local and international brands. Since the start of her career, she has won several awards for acting and singing, two of which are from the "Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Indonesia" and "SCTV Awards". Her debut single, Oh Baby was from the soundtrack of her film, "Oh Baby
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Biography

Cinta Laura Kiehl was born to Michael and Herdina Kiehl, a successful German hotelier and Indonesian lawyer. In May 2006, Cinta won an acting and modeling and boldstar competition by MD Entertainment, who offered her a main role in a new TV series called Cinderella in 2007. Because of her father's job, Laura traveled around the world, moving from country to country every two years, english being her first language. Before her debut on Indonesia's television screens, she was taught bahasa Indonesia sufficiently. She also starred in the film, “Oh Baby” by MD Entertainment in 2008. Her debut single, Oh Baby was from the soundtrack of the film. Since the start of her career, she has won several awards for acting and singing, two of which are from the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Indonesia. She was also awarded in "Aktris Ngetop" (Best Actress) at the SCTV
SCTV
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 Awards in 2007.

Aside from her professional and academic life, Laura also holds a charity foundation called the “Soekarseno Peduli”, aimed at rebuilding dilapidated schools in Bogor, Indonesia. The foundation has cooperated with several multinational companies and NGO's, aiding more than 4000 children since 2003. After the success of her debut single, Oh Baby, Laura had collaborated with Duo Maia in the song Penghianat Cinta, and Afgansyah Reza in the song Let’s Get the Beat. In January 2010, she released her first studio album, Cinta Laura
Cinta Laura (album)
Cinta Laura is a first album by Indonesian singer and actress Cinta Laura. The album was released on January 15, 2010. The genre in this album is pop and electropop, but there are also rap, dance-pop and blues. "Cinta Atau Uang" was first single released in December 2009.-Track List:...

. The album has sold a million copies and received a record breaking 13 times platinum from sales in Indonesia
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, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam.

In early 2011, Laura collaborated with the winner of Australian Idol 2003, Guy Sebastian
Guy Sebastian
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 in a version of his song, Who's That Girl
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. She also graduated from the Jakarta International School
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 with honors and is attending Columbia University
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, New York
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 for her undergraduate studies in psychology
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 and political science
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. Recently, she has been cast in a Hollywood movie called “The Philosophers”, making her debut appearance in an international movie.

Filmography

Movie
Year Title Character Production
2008 Oh Baby
Oh Baby
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Baby MD Entertainment
2010 Seleb Kota Jogja (SKJ) Gadis Starvision Plus
2012 The Philosophers Utami Filming

Drama
Year Title Character Production Episode
2007 Cinderella (Apakah Cinta Hanyalah Mimpi?) Cinta MD Entertainment 324 Eps.
2008 Cinta missing reference missing reference Mini series
2008 I Love You Mini series
2008 Upik Abu dan Laura Laura Sinemart 110 Eps.
2009 Air Mata Cinta Cinta Sinemart 53 Eps.

Album

Year Title Single Sales Certification
2010 Cinta Laura
Cinta Laura (album)
Cinta Laura is a first album by Indonesian singer and actress Cinta Laura. The album was released on January 15, 2010. The genre in this album is pop and electropop, but there are also rap, dance-pop and blues. "Cinta Atau Uang" was first single released in December 2009.-Track List:...

  • "Cinta Atau Uang" (2009)
  • "Shoot Me" (2010)
  • "Guardian Angel" (2010)
1.000.000+
  • 2× Platinum
  • 11× Platinum
  • 12× Platinum

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    Awards and Nomination

    Year Awards Category Nominated work Result
    2007 Finalis Top Model Model Herself Won
    SCTV Awards 2007
    SCTV
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    Aktris Ngetop (Best Actress) Won
    Gadis Magazine Breakthrough Awards Won
    Panasonic Awards 2007
    Panasonic Awards
    Panasonic Gobel Awards , is the annual appreciation for the most favorite television programs and performances in Indonesia based on people's choice poll conducted by Indonesia's Citra tabloid since 1997...

    Aktris Panasonic Awards (Actress of the Year) Nominated
    2008 Gaul Tabloid Best Actress Won
    Trax Magazine Won
    Bintang Tabloid Won
    Teen Magazine Won
    Gadis Magazine Won
    Hai Magazine Won
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    Trendsetter Fashion Won
    Indonesia Kids Choice Awards 2008
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    Favorite Female Singer Nominated
    Favorite Actess Won
    Indonesian Star Wannabe Award Nominated
    2009 Anugerah Planet Muzik 2009 Best Vocal - Song (New Female Singer) Oh Baby Nominated
    Indonesia Kids Choice Awards 2009
    Indonesia Kids Choice Awards
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    Favorite Actress Herself Nominated
    2010 Indonesia Kids Choice Awards 2010
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    Favorite Female Singer Nominated
    Favorite Actress Nominated
    Indonesian Star Wannabe Award Won
    2011 SCTV Music Awards 2011
    SCTV
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    Best album Cinta Laura
    Cinta Laura (album)
    Cinta Laura is a first album by Indonesian singer and actress Cinta Laura. The album was released on January 15, 2010. The genre in this album is pop and electropop, but there are also rap, dance-pop and blues. "Cinta Atau Uang" was first single released in December 2009.-Track List:...

    Indonesia Kids Choice Awards 2011 Favorite Female Singer Herself
    Anugerah Musik Indonesia 2011
    AMI Awards 2011
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    Best Dance/Electronica Music Performance Cinta Atau Uang
    FTV Awards 2011 Favorite Theme Song

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