Carissa Putri

Carissa Putri
Born Carissa Putri Sulaiman
September 12, 1984
Frankfurt, Germany
Other names Carissa P., Carissa Soelaiman
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2004-present
Known for Playing role as Maria Girgis in the film "Ayat-Ayat Cinta"

Carissa Putri Sulaiman (born September 12, 1984 in Frankfurt, Germany) is an Indonesian actress and model best known for her role as Maria Girgis in the romantic religious Indonesian hit movie "Ayat-Ayat Cinta" (a.k.a. Verses of Love) in 2008 and "The Tarix Jabrix" on the same year.[1]

Carissa is the daughter of Ris Isa Soelaiman and Lilly S.P., an Indonesian actress.[2] Carissa is of Malay-Indonesian-German-Dutch descent.

Carissa attended Pelita Harapan University in Indonesia majoring in Faculty of Social and Political Science.

Career

Carissa started her career as a model and played supporting roles in some of Indonesian soap operas before landing her breakout role in a successful romantic religious movie "Ayat-Ayat Cinta" (a.k.a. Verses of Love) in 2008, based on a best-selling novel with the same title written by Habiburrahman El Shirazy, where she played a leading role as Maria Girgis. On the same year she played on another success comedy movie "The Tarix Jabrix".

She also had appeared in many Indonesian drama series including "Satu Bunga Empat Kumbang", "Jangan Pisahkan Aku", "Aqso dan Madina", "Hikmah 3", "Anggun", "Rafika", "Date with Danella", "Mertua dan Menantu", and "I Love You Boss" along with Indonesian presenter and actor, Daniel Mananta.

Filmography

Films

Television series

FTV

References

  1. ↑ "Ingin Menikah di 2011". Surabaya Post. 25 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Indah Setiawati (6 February 2011). "Carissa Putri: Acting runs in the family". The Jakarta Post.

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