Carissa Putri Soelaiman (born September 12, 1984 in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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, Germany

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) is an Indonesia

Indonesia

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n actress and model

Model (person)

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 best known for her role as Maria Girgis in the romantic

Romance film

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 religious Indonesian hit movie "Ayat-Ayat Cinta" (a.k.a Verses of Love) in 2008 and "The Tarix Jabrix" on the same year.

Carissa is the daughter of Ris Isa Soelaiman and Lilly S.P., an Indonesian actress. Carissa is of Indonesia

Indonesia

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n-German

Germans

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-Dutch

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 descent

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.

Carissa attended Pelita Harapan University in Indonesia

Indonesia

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, one of the most prestigious universities in the country, major 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 succes 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

Comedy

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 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

Presenter

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 and actor

Actor

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, Daniel Mananta

Daniel Mananta

Daniel Mananta is a Chinese Indonesian television host, VJ and actor. He's best known as a VJ for MTV Indonesia since 2003. Mananta hosts Indonesian Idol and was one of the host on the Asian Idol show in 2007 for the first time held in Indonesia...

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Sinetron

• Satu Bunga Empat Kumbang (2004)
• Jangan Pisahkan Aku (2006)
• Hikmah 3 (2006)
• I Love You Boss (2006)
• Anggun (2007)
• Date With Daniela (2007) TV television
• Aqso dan Madina (2008)
• Rafika (2009)
• Mertua dan Menantu (2010)

Filmografi

• Ayat-Ayat Cinta (2008)
• The Tarix Jabrik (2008)
• The Tarik Jabrix 2 (2009)
• The Tarix Jabrik 3 (2011)

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