Ladya Cheryl

Cheryl began her career as a model in the late 1990s. She appeared in a number of music videos before making her feature film debut playing the role of Alya in the 2002 hit drama Ada Apa dengan Cinta?, for which she received a Citra Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[2] In 2008, she played the lead role of Alisha in Mouly Surya's award-winning directorial debut Fiksi. opposite Donny Alamsyah and Kinaryosih.[3] For her performance, she garnered a Citra Award nomination for Best Actress, but lost to Fahrani.[4]

Cheryl is a frequent collaborator of the Citra Award-winning director Edwin; having appeared in three of his short films and three of his feature films, including the upcoming Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, an adaptation of Eka Kurniawan's novel of the same name.[5]

Cheryl is married to musician Zeke Khaseli, the son of former cabinet minister and retired special force general Agum Gumelar and former women's empowerment minister Linda Amalia Sari.[6] Khaseli, whose real name is Haris Khaseli Gumelar, is also in the film industry as a composer for films such as Mouly Surya's Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts and Fiksi., the latter of which starred Cheryl.

She is also related to badminton champion and Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat who is married to Ami Gumelar, her husband's sister.[7]

In the 2008 film Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly, Cheryl portrayed the character of Linda while a younger version of her was portrayed by Clairine Baharrizki, who is her relative. The two also appeared together in Edwin's 2005 award-winning short film Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon.[8]